Road Transport System

Standard sections, dropside systems, tipper profiles, GRP panelling and everything else you need to build a commercial vehicle.

If you build commercial vehicles, you need a supplier who understands the whole vehicle, not just the material list.

That's what our Road Transport System is built to deliver. A comprehensive range of standard sections, systems, panelling, flooring and flat products, developed specifically for commercial vehicle bodybuilding, and backed by a sales team with genuine market knowledge.

One supplier. The whole build.

From the floor to the roof, and everything in between. Our Road Transport System covers primary production for curtainsiders, dropsides, tippers, box vans, livestock trailers, refrigerated bodies and specialist conversions.

Flooring: runners and bearers, aluminium floor planks (including AalcoDek), keruing and EGL laminate half-lap planking, kick strips and phenolic mesh-faced anti-slip flooring (AalcoMesh, Aalco HexaGrip, AalcoTrans)
Side raves: aluminium and galvanised v-groove options
Side guards: compliant sideguard sections
Corner pillars: the full profile range
Cant rails
Roofing: roof components and GRP roof coil
Top hats
Dropside sections: including standard and Zed and moulding options
Door cappings
Aluminium castings
Curtain track: including Load Lok Track
GRP systems: 2", 3" and 5" standard and captive box systems, plus GRP panelling
Curtainsider body sections
Livestock sections
Tipper bodies: including full 30mm tipper body profiles
Tipper plate: aluminium and stainless
Aluminium standard products: angle, channel, tee, tube, box section, flat, square and round bar
Stainless steel standard products for structural, fastening and finishing work

The full range, with sizes, weights, diagrams and specifications, is set out in the Road Transport Product Guide. To see each component in context, explore our interactive Road Transport animations and pick your vehicle body type.

For the wider sector context and to see who we supply, see our Road Transport industry page.

Bespoke where you need it

Beyond the standard range, our Service Centres can cut, process and package material to your specification, whether that's cut-to-size profiles, kitted deliveries or scheduled call-off.

If the section you need isn't in the brochure, talk to us. Our range is continually expanding, and our sales team has decades of experience helping customers find the right answer.

Materials that meet the standard

Aluminium in the alloys, tempers and finishes that commercial vehicle bodybuilding demands. See our Aluminium page for the full material range.
Stainless steel for structural, fastening and finishing applications. See our Stainless Steel page for the full material range.
AalcoMesh, Aalco HexaGrip and AalcoTrans anti-slip plywood flooring, sourced from PAGED (a leading European FSC-certified manufacturer) with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and health and safety approvals.