Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH

500 ton record weight on the English roads

SCHEUERLE InterCombi bogie units used in special configuration

The largest and heaviest one-piece cast component, with a mass of 315 tons, was recently transported on the roads in England. The heavyweight construction was moved by the English special transport and road haulage company, Collett Heavy Transport Ltd, from the production plant of the Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd. to the port of shipment, Goole, which is located on the River Ouse and around 75 km from the coast. From there, the load was taken to Antwerp on a sea-going freighter. Heavy load combination bogie units of the Pfedelbach-based special vehicle manufacturer, SCHEUERLE, were used by the haulage operators.



The 48-metre long and 6-metre wide heavy load convoy weighed a total of 500 tons. In order to ensure that the weight could be evenly distributed, Collett used heavy load bogie units from the InterCombi series manufactured by Scheuerle. The special feature of the vehicle combination was the configuration consisting of three-metre wide pendulum axle bogies which were laterally extended through the use of so-called split units. Here, "half” combination units were coupled with a third row of pendulum axles, thus allowing the width of vehicle to be increased to 5 metres. For this particular transportation assignment, 18 axle lines – each with 3 pendulum axles - were used. The heavy load combination bogie units rolled on a total of 216 wheels, which were pulled and pushed by heavy load tractors. Collett Heavy Transport Ltd. is currently the only heavy load transportation company in Western Europe that has the required special equipment to carry out the so-called 3-file operations from SCHEUERLE.



This transport was the largest total weight which the English heavy load hauliers, Collett, had ever moved on English roads. A number of detours had to be made as the load for some bridge constructions on the direct route to the port was too high.



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The 500-ton total weight was the heaviest transportation assignment ever undertaken by the English heavy load specialists, Collett, on English roads. A cast part – manufactured in one piece – had to be moved from Sheffield via the port of Goole to Antwerp. Heavy load combination bogie units from the InterCombi series from SCHEUERLE were used.



More information:

SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH

Öhringer Str. 16

74629 Pfedelbach

Germany

Tel. +49 (0) 7941/ 691-0

Mobil +49 (0) 171 / 873 0916

info@scheuerle.com

www.scheuerle.com



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Yource GmbH - Lothar Riesenegger

Magirusstraße 33

89079 Ulm

Germany

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Mobil +49 (0) 171 / 873 0916

lothar.riesenegger@yource.de

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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.