Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH

210 tonnes of luxury on heavy-load vehicles from SCHEUERLE

Catwalk, one of the largest yachts ever presented in a hall at a trade fair, was recently transported on vehicles produced by the Pfedelbach-based special vehicle manufacturer, SCHEUERLE – a short but extremely demanding journey. This magnificent example of marine engineering was one of the star exhibits at boot Düsseldorf 2006, the showcase event for the international boat and water sports industry, and attracted tremendous interest from the large number of visitors.



At a location where luxury yachts of this category are a rather rare occurrence, the 210 tonne, 41 metre long and 8 metre wide yacht, Catwalk, could recently be found on view at unusual mooring facilities: on the Rhine, near the halls of the Düsseldorf fairground. However, in reaching the final destination, the ship did not actually travel on the water itself. At the original production site, a shipyard in the town of Saale on the River Danube, the yacht had already been loaded on to a specially designed pontoon. A transportation cradle, which was used at the same time as a mounting construction for the subsequent road transport phase, ensured that the yacht was firmly secured to the pontoon. The journey on the Danube, Main and Rhine to Düsseldorf, took around three weeks.



With a SCHEUERLE heavy load combination, using modular platform trailers taken from the Inter Combi series, a team of experts from the international haulage company, Schenker, then assumed responsibility for the valuable freight. The heavy duty transporter was driven under the transportation cradle which was then raised and moved to the final driving position by means of the on-board hydraulic equipment. The destination of the transport was Hall 6 at the Düsseldorf exhibition centre, a distance of around one kilometre. On 144 wheels, the heavy load combination had to overcome at the end an upward gradient of 10.4 %. The yacht, with its relatively high load centre, was safely moved to the designated place of destination. Once there, the ship was gently lowered on to its mounting construction. Complete with additional superstructure elements, such as hardtop and radar mast, the ship has an impressive overall height of almost 17 metres.



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Photo 1:

The luxury yacht Catwalk” on its way from the Rhine to the exhibition hall on a SCHEUERLE heavy duty combination.



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Catwalk was presented at boot Düsseldorf 2006 and is one of the largest yachts ever to be exhibited in a hall. Transportation took place on a SCHEUERLE heavy load transporter.



SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH:

Transporters from SCHEUERLE are recognised across the world for their advanced technology and special product quality. Reliability in daily use, high load capacity and a long working life make the vehicles a very important component of modern logistical operations. The history of vehicle technology for heavy transport vehicles is closely connected with the name of SCHEUERLE and the company has a well-earned reputation of linking tradition and innovation. Together with KAMAG Transporttechnik in Ulm and NICOLAS Industries in Champs-sur-Yonne, France, SCHEUERLE belongs to the group of companies owned by the Heilbronn industrialist, Otto Rettenmaier. Within the group, the TII – Transporter Industry International heavy-load division is global market leader.