Shaw Commercials bring in Roger Dyson trailer to reduce vehicle recovery downtime
Renault Trucks dealer Shaw Commercials, based in Castlebar, County Mayo, has brought in a new Roger Dyson Landoll travelling-axle trailer to help reduce the time and personnel for recovery jobs.
The Landoll replaces a standard, fixed-axle low-loader trailer, which when hauling buses and coaches with long overhangs, was not an ideal. Mick Shaw, MD, explains:
"Getting a bus onto the trailer was a two-man job and always difficult - the angle of approach just wasn't low enough.
"The Landoll is specifically designed for recovery work and the travelling axle system means the approach angle is very low indeed. The time it takes to turn around a recovery has been slashed by at least half, and it's now a safe and straightforward one-man operation.
"That obviously makes our lives easier, but is a big and very welcome improvement in the level of service we can provide to our customers too," he says.
The trailer has a fully hydraulic, 14.6m platform (and its available as a 12.5m platform) and offers 6-degrees loading angle. It also has an extra front extension, over-width side-mounted outriggers and a 9,000kg winch with remote control.
"It is fitted with three Haldex EBS electronically braked 11,000kg axles, it is designed to a gross vehicle weight of 53,000kg, giving a potential carrying capacity of 44,000kg and allowing it to cope easily with the largest recovery jobs. I'm delighted with its ease of use and the build quality is superb," he adds.