Faymonville Jeep Dolly Trailers Deployed to Move 56-Tonne Components
UK-based abnormal loads specialist Collett has transported four steel bridge sections weighing 56 tonnes a piece for a new link road spanning the Calder and Hebble Navigation inland waterway in the northern English county of West Yorkshire.
The steel sections measuring 48 metres long and 1.35 metres high were carried from manufacturer Severfield’s facilities in Bolton to the Salterhebble Bridge project site in Halifax, a distance of about 40 miles.
Over a two-week period, each of the hulking steel sections were loaded directly onto two Faymonville eight-axle jeep dolly trailers, which feature automatic steering that allow the back axles to autonomously follow the tractor unit.
According to Collett, the trailers also offer the option of overriding this feature, providing manual steering and rear steer capabilities to enable the rear bogie to drive independently of the tractor unit.
“Their first outing for Collett, these trailers proved the perfect solution for these 48-metre cargoes, the largest pieces of steelwork to ever leave Severfield’s Bolton facility,” Collett said.
The units were delivered at night under police and private escort to limit disruption to traffic.
Check out a video of the move:
Collett and Faymonville will be exhibiting at Breakbulk Europe 2023, taking place on 6-8 June at the Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre.
