Wednesday, July 12, 2017
KESTEREN
- D-TEC
will be introducing its first steering tipper trailer at the MobiliteitsRAI
in October and the Agritechnica
in November. This tipper trailer's unique characteristics are its low
self-weight and the D-TEC steering system. ‘This new tipper trailer addresses
the demands from the agricultural market for steering tipper trailers’,
according to D-TEC manager Gerrit van Vlastuin.
The D-TEC
steering system is a proven concept and has now been applied in D-TEC tanker
trailers for more than 30 years. It is of great benefit to the agricultural market as
this steering tipper trailer can easily turn on terrain with little room, thus
avoiding damage to farmyards or the soil.
Small chance of toppling over A
significant risk with tipper trailers is tilting sideways or toppling over due
to side winds or misalignment when the trailer is in the tipped position. The
D-TEC steering tipper is made of high tensile steel, so the chassis could be of
a light construction. Moreover, the D-TEC steering tipper trailer consists of
one single central tube, which has plenty of torsional stiffness. This means
that the chassis is ten times as stiff as a double-beam chassis. Consequently,
there will be less deformation of the chassis and the chance of tilting over or
toppling is significantly reduced. This offers large benefits, as the soil is
often less level in agricultural environments.
D-TEC
Flexliner
D-TEC is
putting this new product on the market as the Flexliner. The D-TEC steering
tipper trailer can be used for different markets and transports, including
sludge, grain, beetroot, recycled paper and so on. The steering tipper trailer
is therefore flexible in use, hence the name: Flexliner.
First deliveries
Last
year, D-TEC produced its first Flexliner and delivered it to Berkhof BV.
These tipper trailers are equipped with a 47 m3 Hardox-body
and have an unladen weight of 8,200 kg. D-TEC built a special tipper trailer
for Van
der Stelt BV for odourless sludge transport. D-TEC has now
also built its first tanker trailer as a tipper for haulier Van Leendert,
for transporting potato steam peels. This tipping tanktrailer with its pump
construction, steering system and 36 m3 tank capacity, has an unladen weight of
just 8,450 kg.
Introduction on the MobiliteitsRAI and
Agritechnica
D-TEC
introduces its first steering tipper trailer at the MobiliteitsRAI and the
Agritechnica ‘We see this as a very good addition to our product range. The
D-TEC quality and our focus on low unladen weight will distinguish us in the
steering tipper trailer market. After the summer, we expect to have the first
steering tipper trailer with a 55 m3 aluminium body available which will serve
as a demo model’, concludes Van Vlastuin.
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