Byrne Trailers launches a new walking floor trailer designed for maximum performance, versatility, and diversity.
You can’t have all your eggs in one basket,” says Mick Bray, National Sales Manager for Byrne Trailers. “You have to diversify.”
It was for this reason the New South Wales-based trailer manufacturer turned its attention to the waste industry, introducing walking floor trailer technology – a hydraulically powered floor composed of moving slats.
It was a fortuitous move. Now, 20 years after the company’s first major waste project in Tasmania, Byrne Trailers is pushing to be one of the big players in the sector, launching a new trailer at this year’s Waste Expo Australia.
Mick says the drop deck trailer, with Keith J-MAX steel flooring, has been in development for about 12 months and will set Byrne Trailers apart.
“In today’s world, it’s all about compliance and better utilisation of equipment,” he says. “We’re building better units with bigger capacity that can carry more weight and give customers more profitability.
“In transport, that’s what it’s all about these days.”
From small beginnings in Peak Hill, New South Wales almost 50 years ago, Byrne Trailers has a national footprint with manufacturing facilities in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and Toowoomba in Queensland. It has a solid reputation for building revolutionary trailers for the agricultural industry and has made inroads into the waste sector as a leading supplier of leak-proof trailers that minimise leachate from municipal waste contaminating roads and waterways during transit.
The introduction of the walking floor brought increased safety and ease of waste disposal.
“Times were changing,” Mick says. “Councils were more focused on operator safety and liked that the trailers didn’t have to be tipped to move contents out.
“You just walk the waste out.”
Byrne Trailers are built around a walking floor and drive unit from Keith Manufacturing Co, an American company that introduced the first commercially viable moving floor unloading system under the Walking Floor brand name in 1973.
Byrne offers two walking floor variations, the heavy-duty sheet and post trailer – suitable for heavier products such as construction and demolition waste – and the Euro trailer, another Byrne innovation, for carting lighter products such as recycling and mulch.
Both trailers can vary in size and capacity, ranging from smallest length to longer Performance Based Standards (PBS) dimensions. The company’s standard 45-foot trailer can take on 94 cubic metres, while the 48-foot trailer can take up to 104 cubic metres and the new drop deck up to 134 cubic metres under PBS. Custom designs are also available.
The new drop deck trailer is a combination of the Euro trailer and a heavy-duty walking floor. A lower profile and suspension allow for maximum capacity inside the trailer, while the Keith J-Max steel flooring is designed for longer wear when unloading abrasive material.
Mick says the Keith system is one of the fastest and strongest for unloading. But you don’t just have to take his word for it. If you’re not able to take a J-Max for a test drive, promotional videos of the new walking floor in action are the next best thing.
The videos clearly show the walking floor in action, pushing out sand, gravel, wood waste, glass, construction debris and “sticky” material with ease. About 35 tonnes of municipal solid waste is cleaned out in under five minutes; 48 tonnes of bauxite, with four to six per cent moisture, is unloaded in little more than four minutes from a 38 cubic metre box; and 31 tonnes of fly ash unloaded in three minutes.
“We believe Keith are the superior brand for walking floors,” Mick says. “The new J-Max is built for performance, versatility, and diversity.
“We’ve already had strong interest from across Australia.”
The Byrne Trailers team has a wealth of experience in new builds, servicing and restoring trailers with representation in New South Wales and Queensland.
Keith also has a representative based in Melbourne to help with inquiries.
For more information, visit:
www.byrnetrailers.com.au
