Andover Trailers Manufactures New Step Frame for AJ Brunt Ltd.
Andover Trailers has manufactured a new step frame for the Somerset-based AJ Brunt Ltd. The body and trailer manufacturer has been working with AJ Brunt Ltd, the haulage contractor, for more than two decades in order to deliver a number of bespoke trailers. The new high specification tailor built step frame created by Andover has a 38-tonne payload capacity in order to carry a range of heavy construction plant by their clients. Andover has already supplied AJ Brunt Ltd with five other trailers. These Andover trailers that are a part of the AJ Brunt fleet are a mixture of step frames and semi-sloping trailers that have been manufactured in order to meet the haulage companyâs requirements at the time. Andover are well known for their excellent customer service, listening to the needs of the client before offering a range of solutions and manufacturing a bespoke trailer improving the efficiency of their clients. The new step frame that has been delivered to AJ Brunt has also been fitted with a full width power-lifting neck rack that has been added in order to make the loading and unloading process both safer and more efficient. It was also specified that the trailer featured 17.5 inch wheels on BPW axles as well as real-lifting axle capabilities and a number of different safety features. The safety features installed onto the new step frame are a working at height system, strobes, safety lights and extra reversing lights as well as a reversing alarm. The trailer also has LED lighting for carrying out safer operations at night. The newly manufactured trailer is expected to remain a part of the AJ Brunt fleet for a minimum of 15 years. During this time the trailer will be put to work transporting construction plant six days a week for 52 weeks of the year. Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine | The Home of Manufacturing Industry News
FM Conway Received a Delivery of Centre Balanced Drawbar
FM Conway has received a delivery of centre balanced drawbar that has come from Andover Trailers that have been designed especially for the Infrastructure services company. The trailers that have been supplied by Andover Trailers have been earmarked to be used for the further assistance of their expanding road construction and maintenance operations. The trailers that have been delivered to FM Conway have been manufactured to be unique by Andover Trailers. The alterations of the vehicles are expected to allow for a quicker transportation of FM Conwayâs asphalt chip spreaders to their sites. The work to tailor the centre balanced drawbar trailers was carried out by Tex Engineering. The investment into these trailers has occurred as the presence of chip spreaders is central to the work FM Conway carries out as part of their highway surfacing and maintenance projects. The suppliers have previously been supplied with their own trailers, than have been purpose built, however the trailers that are provided are not fitted with a power braking system. This feature means that the trailers cannot be used on EU roads, which then impedes FM Conway while carrying out their operations. The design team working at Andover Trailers were given the measurements for the two different chip spreaders used by FM Conway and access to one of the illegal trailers in order to develop a road legal trailer that is a nine-tonne tandem-axle drawbar trailer that would be able to carry either of the chip spreaders to and from site. This new equipment will save the infrastructure services company time, manpower and money when transporting the chip spreaders to site. The new trailers can also be towed by the companyâs Volvo FE320 4×2 rigid vehicles, meaning that extra expense for a suitable vehicle is also avoided. This new addition of transportation equipment will make FM Conway much more efficient and will allow them to continue their excellent service for their customers.
