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10 October 2011 | Andover Trailers

Andover Trailers'' Step Frame gets the job done - ''PLANE'' AND SIMPLE

Darlington-based Todds Highway Maintenance has added another four-axle Andover Trailers step frame to its fleet, designed to operate within STGO Category 2 regulations.

The bespoke-built trailer will be used to transport the company''s largest Wirtgen W2100 cold milling machine weighing 41.2 tonnes.  This powerful road planer is mounted on crawler tracks and is used to remove individual paved layers or complete carriageway structures at depths of up to 32 cm in a single pass.

Malcolm Todd, Managing Director of family-run Todds Highway Maintenance, says: "The Wirtgen W2100 is our largest planer and guarantees high daily production rates, but in turn it requires a very specialist vehicle and trailer to move it between jobs.

"We''ve operated trailers of various makes over the years, but the Andover Trailers kit has always performed best.  Our mileages are relatively low, but the trailer is out on the road every day and the weights we carry are significant.  There is no time for downtime in our business, so reliability is our primary concern when specifying equipment."

This SFCL 67 step frame is the fourth Andover Trailers product to enter service with Todds Highway Maintenance - previous deliveries have included a similar four-axle step frame, a three-axle step frame and a centre-balance drawbar for carrying smaller planers behind rigid tippers.

At 12m long (king pin to rear) and 2.53m wide, the new trailer features a low profile neck with slide out extensions to the deck, bridge and beavertail.  It has been manufactured with two fixed and two self-steering BPW axles, plus air- suspension with raise/lower controls.  4m long ramps with access toes deliver a gradual approach angle for pavers, with hydraulic steady legs to guarantee a secure loading and unloading platform.  For maximum flexibility, a hydraulic sideways function allows the ramps to be adjusted in or out to carry machines with different track widths.

The new trailer will operate with a Volvo Globetrotter tractor unit and features red conspicuity markings at the rear, and silver markings down both sides, in line with new EU guideline 2007/35/EG.  A flashing orange beacon is also mounted on the off-side ramp, to maximise safety.

Todds Highway Maintenance was established in 1996 as a small family business, operating primarily in the North East of England.  The company has rapidly grown to become one of the main road planing contractors in the UK, undertaking work ranging from a small patch of road to a complete motorway.  Customers include local authorities, major contractors and the private/public sector, with contract values ranging from £400 to several million.

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