What is Plaxton Beaver?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox UK Bus | background = | name = Plaxton Beaver | image = Plaxton Beaver 1.JPG | imagesize = | caption = Mercedes-Benz 711D with Plaxton Beaver 1 bodywork in 2005 | interiorimage = | interiorcaption = | manufacturer = {{ubl|[[Reeve Burgess]]|[[Plaxton]]}} | production = 1987–2011 | factory = [[Pilsley, North East Derbyshire|Pilsley, Derbyshire]] | replaced = | capacity = | operator = Many operators in the UK | length = | width = | height = | floortype = [[High-floor|Step entrance]] | doors = 1 door | weight = | chassis = {{ubl|[[Mercedes-Benz T2]]|[[Mercedes-Benz Vario]]|[[Dodge 50 Series|Renault S56 and S75]]|Iveco 49.10}} | engine = Mercedes-Benz (Mercedes-Benz T2/Vario) | powerout = | transmission = }} The '''Plaxton Beaver'''{{Efn|known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver}} is a [[Coachwork|body]] of a [[minibus]], It has a [[step-entrance bus|step-entrance]], It was built from 1987 to 2011 by [[Plaxton]]. == Plaxton Beaver 1 == The first generation Beaver 1{{Efn|previously known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver}} was a [[Coachwork|body]] of a [[minibus]], It had a [[step-entrance bus|step-entrance]], It was made from 1987 to 1995 by [[Reeve Burgess]] and then [[Plaxton]]. The Beaver 1 body was built on the [[Mercedes-Benz]] [[Mercedes-Benz T2|709D]] [[chassis]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/First_West_Yorkshire_Buses/GKH-EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Plaxton+Beaver+Mercedes-Benz+709D&pg=PT13&printsec=frontcover|title=First West Yorkshire Buses|last=Poole|first=Scott|date=15 April 2024|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-9727-7|language=en|access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> and the [[Mercedes-Benz T2|Mercedes-Benz 811D]] chassis.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Golden_Miller_Buses_including_Cardiff_Bl/0_-3DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Plaxton+Beaver+Mercedes-Benz+811D&pg=PT92&printsec=frontcover|title=Golden Miller Buses including Cardiff Bluebird|last=Wallis|first=Philip|date=15 October 2019|publisher=Ambe