At the show, Scheuerle shared a stand with French partner Nicolas, and its newest partner, German trailer manufacturer Kamag, which was acquired in February by parent group Transporter Industry International, led by German industrialist Otto Rettenmaier, acquired in February. (Kamag had a turnover of Euro 25m and 110 employees in 2003). In July, Scheuerle opened a 35,000 sq m assembly at its site in Pfedelbach, southern Germany.
The company showed a new narrower trailer. The Series L6 has a width of 2,430mm, 570mm thinner than the slimmest model before. The smaller dimensions allows the L6 to be shipped within a curtain-walled ISO container.
Goldhofer showed a new semitrailer with friction-steered axle. The trailer was particularly designed to be low price. It is available in a three-axle version with or without ramps. It also showed its heavy THP/UT heavy trailer, three-axle semitrailer with one-axle dolly, a modified flatbed trailer extendible up to 28.5m, and low-end three-axle TU3 lowbed trailer.
Faymonville has developed a low loader with bed that widens under hydraulic power, removing the need for manually-attached outrigger blocks. The trailer extends from 2.75m wide to 3.85m wide, in order to better support wide crawler tracks. The trailer, for example, can support all of the weight of a 3.6m wide crawler with 700mm tracks – a machine whose tracks would extend over the side and rest mostly on the outrigger blocks, according to Faymonville. The Mega Z1+5 semi-trailer was first designed for Belgian haulage firm Jan Coesens Transport de Geeraardsbergen.
Faymonville has built a five-axle semi-trailer that can carry a 65t load legally. The trailer, which itself weighs 25t, connects to a five-axle tractor. The trailer uses the manufacturer’s twin axle design, which carries loads of 12t per axle. The company claims the twin axle design is cheaper to purchase and maintain than normal swing axles.
BigMove, a trade association of 12 German hauliers, celebrated its six month anniversary last month. Some 35 cooperative international projects have been organised within the group since it was launched at Bauma.
‘Constant communication makes the knowledge about the other BigMover’s competences grow. Even complex client-demands are realised quickly. With every cooperation-project, trust within the other BigMove-members grows,’ the company says. It adds that it is working to develop two special trailers ‘which will bring advantages to weight-classes of high demand.’
Pallman recently transported a 20m long, 54t wind turbine mast section from eastern Germany to a wind park in the Black Forest. Pallman developed the adapter itself. Maximum load is 65t.
