ANDOVER TRAILERS DELIVER FOR COYLE HAULAGE 20 YEARS AFTER FIRST ORDER
11 October 2013
Family-run Coyle Haulage has added a new four-axle Andover Trailers step frame trailer to its fleet, to help deliver a range of heavy road construction equipment throughout the UK.
The new step frame is the eighth piece of equipment owner John Coyle has specified from the Hampshire-based manufacturer, having first ordered an Andover Trailers low loader in 1993.
The bespoke-built SFCL67 trailer features a low profile neck, eight inch slide out extensions to the deck, bridge and beavertail, a removable top deck stop bar, and hydraulic power toe ramps, designed to release the toe cable and clamp it into the main ramp so that both can be lifted under an overhanging machine. Each ramp is operated by a separate control.
The 13.2m long trailer – worth more than £60,000 – also features two fixed and two steering BPW axles with the rear axle lifting, for maximum manoeuvrability, plus BPW air suspension with manual raise and lower control. The specification also includes a pair of heavy duty hydraulic steady legs located under the beavertail, to ensure a stable platform for loading and unloading on uneven ground, whilst the floor is constructed of 38mm hardwood with 3mm steel underlay welded down in the outer bays to ensure a long working life.
John Coyle, says: “We’ve been commissioning the team at Andover to build bespoke trailers for our fleet for the last two decades. They have retained our business as the equipment is reliable, durable and built entirely to meet the needs of our business.
“I have a picture of my son Shaun when he was a young buy standing next to one of the first trailers; he’s now 23 and is using the new step frame to transport screeners and excavators; we’re getting as good a service from Andover Trailers today as we did the first time we ordered from them.”
To ensure maximum visibility, the trailer features LED rear lights, stalk lights, wide load marker boards, yellow conspicuity markings along both sides and strobe beacons which can be operated from inside the cab.
“We’ve been working with Andover for so long they know what we want almost without us having to ask. The team really make the whole trailer ordering process easy and we have never been disappointed with one of their products in the 20 years we’ve been doing business together,” adds Coyle.
The new trailer will operate with a Scania R620 Topline tractor unit and is expected to remain in service at London-based Coyle Haulage for at least eight years.
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For information on the heavy haulage and specialist transport solutions provided by Andover Trailers, contact Ivan Collins at Andover Trailers Ltd, Unit 75, Columbus Way, Walworth Business Park, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 5NP. Tel: 01264 358 944 or e-mail: sales@andovertrailers.co.uk Website: www.andovertrailers.co.uk
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