Andover Trailers' largest trailer in 26 years
Andover,Hampshire,UK -Transport Engineer (UK), by John Chaleen -5 April 2011: ... Measuring 16.7m by 4m and with a gross weight capacity of 152 tonnes, the four- axle step frame, with beavertail, will be used by international energy company Eesti Energia to transport mining machines across an expansive oil shale mine in Narva, Estonia... Operating with a heavy-duty 600bhp 8x8 Mercedes-Benz Actros Titan tractor unit, and reinforced with steel plating on the ramps and deck, it this trailer is custom-built to carry loads of up to 120 tonnes... The 32-wheel trailer features a sophisticated load-compensating rocker-beam suspension system and was chosen from among several offered by competitors across Europe... The 32-tonne frame is fitted with four sets of SAF walking beam bogies, each attached to two swing axles rated at 15 tonnes apiece, and mounted through four Andover-designed pivoting suspension beams... These give load compensation between each bogie, preventing wheels from lifting while traversing slopes and uneven ground...
* USA - Gordon Trucking to install 2,000 additional side skirts
Pacific, WASH,USA -Fleet Owner -8 April 2011: -- Gordon Trucking Inc. will install 2,000 additional sets of Aeroflex trailer side skirts on its trailers, joining nearly 2,200 trailers already outfitted... Gordon, which runs 1,700 power units, began installing the side skirts on its trailers several years ago. With a diesel benchmark price of $3.80/gal., GTI will save approximately $2.2 million a year in fuel costs with the devices. If the fleet were completely outfitted, that number would rise to about $4.5 million per year, while saving more than 13,000 tons of CO2 annually... Altrichter said Gordon expects a 10-year lifecycle for skirts, which the company began investigating seven years ago... (Photo from farm3.static.flickr: A Gordon Trucking Inc's truck on I 80)Labels: trailer makers news worldwide
![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home