Delhi, ON - Recently, Titan Trailers Inc. presented the world's first high-capacity aluminum body self-unloading trailer specifically designed for extreme-duty applications. “The response has been spectacular,” reported Mike Kloepfer, President of Titan Trailers.
Targeting businesses such as scrap metal, construction & demolition and aggregate hauling, Titan unveiled two THINWALL™ demonstration trailers featuring the KEITH® steel V-Floor™ unloading system from KEITH Mfg. Co.
The new THINWALL V-Floor trailer combines the capacity, durability and light weight of Titan aluminum body construction with the self-unloading efficiency and safety of a solid steel KEITH WALKING FLOOR® V-Floor™ system.
According to Mike Kloepfer, the new trailer is Titan's response to increased demands for higher efficiency and improved safety in extreme duty applications. "The THINWALL trailer has become the preferred choice for many applications that demand maximum capacity and low lifecycle costs. With the new V-Floor system, we can now extend the benefits of THINWALL to customers who need the extra strength of a steel live floor."
Many of these applications are met traditionally by steel-body dump trailers and flatdecks. However, dump bodies generally reach their practical payload limit around 50 cubic yards and can have problems handling off-balance loads on uneven work sites. A 48-ft Titan trailer, meanwhile, offers more than double the payload capacity – up to 130 cubic yards – while the KEITH V-Floor system ensures that the trailer maintains a sure footing while it walks off the load. Since the Titan trailer has a covered top, it also offers a viable alternative for truckers who haul crushed cars through states that restrict them from using open-top or flat-deck trailers.
As well as meeting all state highway legislation, combined with a tarp system, this trailer improves the loading and unloading time. In conversation with one operator, Mike said “he has cut his time by more than half, allowing him to get more material in the same amount of time.”
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Titan Trailers with KEITH® WALKING FLOOR® V-Floor™ unloader is now part of the Titan product line for severe-duty applications. |
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KEITH Mfg. Co. first developed steel V-Floor systems for stationary installations in recycling yards. KEITH’s Bob Moore said the company had been eyeing aggregate and C&D markets for a number of years. "Then we got inquiries from waste management operations who had to start covering their landfills every day. They wanted to use the same trailers that deliver the garbage to hauling in their overburden. But the big trade-off has always been the extra weight of steel." With the development of newer high-wear, high-yield steels, KEITH was able to develop a line of V-Floor systems that can withstand heavy impacts and abrasion without a prohibitive increase in weight. To handle fine abrasives, KEITH eliminated seals from the V-floor design by overlapping the V-slats and mounting them on a full-length bearing.
Titan custom-builds the THINWALL V-Floor unloader for virtually any extreme duty requirement including multi-axle and B-train units.
Titan recently returned from the Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition in Birmingham, England, where they have been showing their trailers for the past two years and where it has also met terrific success.
About Titan Trailers
Titan Trailers is a world-class innovation leader in the hauling industry long recognized for job-specific functionality and attention to manufacturing detail. Titan Trailers offer business-minded haulers a complete line of trailers utilizing advanced design and manufacturing technologies based on the patented THINWALL extruded aluminum panel. Titan focuses its extensive R&D activities on making its trailers the best business choice for operators in the custom trailer market.
For more information about Titan Trailers, visit the Titan website at www.titantrailers.com or contact:
Sandy Kloepfer
Tel: 519-688-4826
Fax: 519-688-6453
E-mail: info@titantrailers.com |
