GG Glass and Glazing’s new Supertrucks feature aluminium extrusions

GG Glass & Glazing, one of the UK’s leading contract glazing specialists, has opted for Supertrucks built from aluminium extrusions, for transporting glass sheets to retail outlets and other commercial premises where it supplies its range of products.

Based on 7.5-tonne Isuzu chassis, the vehicles feature an innovative double A-frame design concept. This offers four facings and means sheets of glass measuring more than 3.2 metres in height and 4.5 metres in length can be crane-loaded from the rear.

The first of the new trucks is now working from the GG Glass and Glazing’s Liverpool headquarters, with the second due to enter service shortly at a depot in Leeds, one of six which the company operates nationwide.

St Helens-based Supertrucks, meanwhile, is the country’s number one manufacturer of purpose-designed glass carrying vehicle bodies and racking systems. Acquired in 2014 by the Bevan Group, the bodybuilders enjoy an enviable reputation for its bespoke design capability and build quality.

Significantly more cost-effective than enclosed vehicles, yet every bit as practical and productive, GG Glass and Glazing’s new trucks feature aluminium extrusions which are powder-coated in white for an enhanced appearance and increased durability, as well as the corrosion-resistant stainless steel fixings which are a Supertrucks ‘trademark’.

Roy Williams, the GG Glass and Glazing Director with responsibility for transport, says: “Supertrucks has been a valued supplier to GG Glass and Glazing since we founded our business eight years ago.

“Most of its previous work for us has entailed converting 3.5-tonne panel vans, which are fitted with internal racking as well as external frails – we run upwards of 40 of these vehicles now. Supertrucks’ aluminium fixtures and fittings are manufactured to a very high standard and good for a second or even third life, so when we stand a van down we’ll always remove its glass-carrying components and fit them to a new vehicle.”