Byrne Trailers has incorporated state-of-the-art technology into its designs for more than 30 years and continues to move with the times.
Byrne Trailers is credited with designing and commercialising several revolutionary trailer designs.
Its two-deck cattle trailer with air-bag suspensions was an industry first and has since been adopted as standard. It’s little wonder then, that when the company turned a hand to the waste industry, it raised the bar.
In 2000, Byrne successfully designed leak-proof waste transfer trailers in B-double configurations, minimising leachate from municipal waste contaminating roadways and waterways during transit.
Sam Gwynne, Sales Representative, says Byrne Trailers is now the leading supplier of leak-proof waste transfer trailers across Australia.
He says it’s strength and durability that make the trailers stand out.
“In the waste industry you want something that’s going to last,” Sam says. “I just inspected a trailer that was 20 years old. It hadn’t had any work done to it and was still going strong. It all depends on the type of product the trailer takes, but 20 years is a good run.”
From small beginnings in Peak Hill, New South Wales, Byrne Trailers has built a reputation for specialised bulk cargo transport equipment across Australia.
It’s now recognised nationally with manufacturing facilities in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and Toowoomba in Queensland.
Sam says the Byrne Walking Floor Trailers are celebrated across many industries because of their ability to enhance trailer payload and allow more efficient maintenance of the cargo space. Clients range from those carting green waste and household rubbish to construction and agricultural waste.
“They are safer to use than tippers,” Sam says. “The mechanism of the walking floor trailer means operators can move material safely and efficiently, loading from the back or the top.
“They also have more capacity than a standard tipper trailer.”
The walking floor trailer has a hydraulically powered floor composed of moving slats. As the slats move, they push the product out of the trailer.
Byrne Trailers 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.
All trailers combine robust and quality construction with state-of-the-art walking floor technology, ensuring continued performance and productivity – even in the most demanding conditions.
Originally constructed from a combination of steel and aluminium, the trailers underwent a redesign in 2018 and are now an all-aluminium construction, making them lighter and stronger.
Sam says the redesign was a result of customer demand and “moving with the times”.
“There’s no point giving customers something that doesn’t do the job,” he says. “It’s important we cater to industry needs.”
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.
While other versions of moving floor technology existed, Keith Manufacturing set out to create a 100 per cent hydraulic drive unit powerful enough to unload a semi-trailer. The goal was to design the lightest, simplest, most trouble-free self-loading system available.
“We believe they’re the superior brand for walking floors,” Sam says. “The horizontal unloading action of a Keith Walking Floor system subverts the challenges associated with load shift or tipping a trailer in inclement weather.”
Construction of a trailer starts with the appropriate walking floor, from there, the team at Byrne Trailers designs the trailer around specific client requirements considering the product to be carted, the size of the bin required and whether they need lids or tarping solutions.
One recent addition often requested is for remotes to control the walking floor from inside the driver’s cab.
“Requests for remote controls have grown over the past 10 years as safety has become more important,” Sam says.
“With a remote, operators no longer must stand at the back of a trailer as it unloads, which reduces the risk of them being struck by objects flying off the back of a trailer.
“It also makes it easier for them to work on sites that have restrictions about where vehicles and people are allowed.”
Byrne Trailers has serviced, repaired and refurbished trailers for more than 35 years, taking pride in quality and detail.
Sam draws on his background as a welder to ensure work is of a high standard. The team uses this experience not only for new builds, but to service and restore trailers at both its Wagga Wagga and Toowoomba sites.
While a new trailer build can take up to six months, Byrne Trailers has some new trailers in stock.
For more information, visit: www.byrnetrailers.com.au
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