Welcome to Wheelbase Engineering Ltd
Wheelbase Engineering Ltd is a long established family company that in the early days did exactly that, modify or ‘re-engineer’ the wheelbase’s of truck chassis’. At that time, by today’s standards chassis’ were relatively crude in their construction with low level technology, however legislation is ever present and operators were forced to modify chassis’ to comply with increasing demands.
Over the intervening years chassis’ have developed at such a rate that they are scarcely comparable with those of just a few years ago let alone decades, now sporting high levels of sophistication in every aspect of their design, which has created need for the likes of Wheelbase Engineering Ltd whom have grown up in parallel with the truck manufacturers and are capable of offering the same service levels to ever more demanding customers purchasing chassis from a world market dominated by Europe and the Far East. Read more...
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Latest News
In Greek mythology Proteus is commonly referred to as ‘The old man of the sea’ but in this case the Proteus to which we refer is far from old as it encapsulates the most modern waterproofing systems available!...
27th February 2017
With their distinctive red and cream livery Palmer and Harvey vehicles of all size are a familiar sight to many of us, but they are rarely seen during the night unless you happen across them on the motorways between Bristol and Swansea trunking their demountable refrigerated bodies for onward delivery around Wales the following day....
18th March 2016
Tesco distribution has taken the initiative step of introducing Wheelbase Engineering Ltd designed refrigerated drawbar combinations for deliveries to their ‘Metro’ and ‘Express’ stores. The combinations are based around a Mercedes Antos 2540L 6x2 prime mover fitted with a Solomon Commercials Ltd body and coupled to a Wheelbase Engineering Ltd drawbar trailer fitted with a second refrigerated body. The geometry and operating features, including the truck towing package and drawbar trailers were designed by Wheelbase Engineering Ltd to meet a very specific operating criteria requested by Tesco and required close co-operation with both Mercedes Benz UK Ltd and Solomon Commercials Ltd...
8th March 2016
Wheelbase Engineering Ltd open ‘Privately owned Test Facility’ (POTF’s) for third party IVA inspections by DVSA.
Having invested in DVSA standard test facilities for the inspection and certification of commercial vehicles and trailers which were originally intended for solely our own use, these test facilities have now been opened up for the use of third party clients....
17th February 2015
Godfrey Syrett Ltd the Newcastle upon Tyne manufacturer of office furniture has chosen Fraikin Ltd and their preferred supplier Wheelbase Engineering Ltd to provide two alternative transport solutions for their business where the demands of their situation required radically different equipment specifications...
12th December 2013
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