Plaxton Beaver

The Plaxton Beaver, originally known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver, is a minibus body built by Plaxton. It was built at the Pilsley, Derbyshire factory of Plaxton's Reeve Burgess subsidiary from 1987-1991, at Plaxton's main Scarborough factory from 1991, and from 1995 at Anston in South Yorkshire.

Plaxton Beaver
Silcox Coaches Plaxton Beaver 1 bodied Mercedes-Benz 711D in Tenby in May 2005
Overview
ManufacturerReeve Burgess
Plaxton
Production1987–2011
Body and chassis
Doors1 door
Floor typeStep entrance
ChassisMercedes-Benz T2
Mercedes-Benz Vario
Renault S56 and S75
Iveco 49.10
Powertrain
EngineMercedes-Benz (Mercedes-Benz T2/Vario)

The Beaver has been built mainly on Mercedes-Benz van-derived minibus chassis such as the 709D and 811D, and was also built on the Renault S56 and S75 until 1992. Rare examples were also built on Iveco 49.10 chassis.

The Beaver 2, built on Mercedes-Benz Vario chassis, replaced the original Beaver in December 1996, and is still in production as of 2007. In 2006 Plaxton launched the Beaver 3, the Beaver 2 body combined with the front end of a Plaxton Cheetah.

References
  • Millar, Alan (1992) Bus & Coach Recognition : Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 0-7110-2060-4
  • Millar, Alan (2007) Bus & Coach Recognition : Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 0-7110-3136-3
  • Plaxton History & Heritage at Plaxton Centenary website
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