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Hard wearing internal finish: the panel before anything else

A fleet cabin opens and closes dozens of times a day, and the panel shows it first. The published wall materials, and when galvanised sheet is used.

Internal length light commercial vehicles need in a mixed parc

A mixed parc needs one internal length serving cars and vans together. How that figure is fixed, and what it costs to run a long cabin for a short vehicle.

Back to back booth cycles: what extraction has to carry

One successful cycle does not mean ten. Why fleet configuration raises extraction capacity, and what the published air, heat and power ranges are.

Refrigerated fleet workshop: height before length

The roof-mounted refrigeration unit changes the height figure before the length. How internal size and door opening are fixed from the published range.

Courier fleet workshop: what dust does to filters

Courier vehicles arrive carrying a heavier dust load, which shortens filter life. The published filtration stages, when they change, and what that costs.

Distribution fleet workshop: sized on the heaviest unit

A distribution parc is mixed, and its average represents none of it. How lift capacity, height and booth size are built on the actual fleet mix.

Vehicle Conversion Workshop Fit Out: Start From the Longest Vehicle

A conversion workshop takes in vehicles no single class describes. How fit-out decisions are ordered in five steps, and which figure is fixed before equipment.

Truck Box Body Coating: A Standalone Part, Not Part of a Vehicle

A truck box is usually coated before it is mounted, which makes it an industrial part rather than a vehicle. What changes in size, support and coated area.

Modified Vehicle Refinishing: Size Follows the Body, Not the Class

A modified vehicle leaves the dimensions of its class, so a model built on a class will not serve it. How the size is fixed from the body itself instead.

Cycle Time Large Surfaces: Where Speed Can Be Bought

A truck's surface is a multiple of a car's, and spray and cure times lengthen with it. What governs the time, and which part of it a figure can shorten.

Desert Expedition Vehicle Finishing: Fit-Out Raises the Size

An expedition vehicle carries fit-out that raises its dimensions above the manufacturer plate. How the size is fixed by real measurement, not by class.

Tractor Unit Refinishing: Two Bodies, Two Sizes, One Cycle

Tractor and trailer enter the same chamber at two different sizes. When they are coated together and when they separate, and what fixes the approved length.