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25 -- LOW PROFILE TANKER BODY UNITS AND UTILITY TRUCK BODY UNITS Sol IFB R5-96-11, Due 041696, contact, Contracting Officer, Leonard Schoenhals, (916) 842-6131, Additional Contact, Sheila Georges, (415) 705-2829. Estimated issue date March 14, 1996. The low profile (utility type) body used on a 3/4-ton or 1-ton truck chassis. The full size pickup inner bed width will accommodate a slip-on tanker unit or the PTO pumper tanker unit. Weatheright side compartments are necessary to protect tools, parts, supplies, and personal belongings such as clothing and sleeping bags from weather, dust damage, and pilferage when locked. An enclosed shelf, the full length of the body on the curb side, is provided for storage of suction hose. The rear half of the bed may be used for transportation of personnel and cargo with the slip-on or PTO tanker unit installed; or it may be used as a full size pickup bed when the slip-on unit is removed. The low position of the side compartments offers easy access from all sides to the interior of the body. (068)

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