Construction is robust but is also light in design – saving time and effort when manually manoeuvring the Steps up to, or away from, the aircraft.

The step treads and top-platform walking-area are surfaced with grip-faced aluminium tread-plate.

Sliding side-rails with hand-operated spring-bolts at both sides of the top-platform to facilitate opening the aircraft doors with the Steps interfaced with the Aircraft.

A pivoting-section is fitted at the leading edge of the top-platform to compensate with fuselage contours.

Rubber buffering is fitted to the top-platform pivoting-section and to the leading edges of the sliding side-panels.

The standard unit has tubular-steel side /

hand rails with a mid-rail and steel-mesh panel, fitted to both sides of the stair-flight. Full solid-sheet steel panels are fitted to the sliding rails at each side of the top-platform.

Steering is turntable-type through a ball-bearing ring, controlled by the tow-bar. Tow-bar has a 50mm diameter towing-eye and grip-handle to assist coupling.

Four wheels with pneumatic tyres, fitted on stub-axles. Each stub-axle is individually mounted for easy and economical maintenance.

Parking-brake – operating on front steering wheels, actuated by raising the tow-bar.

A tubular-steel rail is fitted across the front end of the chassis, providing a conveniently positioned hold for pushing and pulling.

4 stabilising-jacks are fitted to the chassis-frame
2 x quick-release / sprung-retraction type at front end and 2 x wind-down type at rear end.

Standard Finish

Chassis Frame, Steering Turntable, Towbar and Front Rail are Galvanised
to ISO1461. All other sections and panels are Painted in a single Corporate colour.High-Visibility (Red "Day-Glo" painted) Markings are applied to front/rear chassis, corners and tow bar.