Supertrucks Glaze-Away - Doubling Glazing Van Productivity

Supertrucks Ltd, the UK's largest designer and manufacturer of vehicles for the glazing industry is continually looking for new ways to increase the efficiency of its products. The latest productivity-boosting product launched by the St Helens based company is the Glaze-Away trailer which delivers significant efficiency and cost saving benefits.

The new Supertrucks Glaze-Away trailer can fill a dual role, in that it can be used to increase the capacity of a glazing van to carry extra material and tools for a large job. Or, it can be used to double productivity. In this role it allows two glazing teams to work using just one van.

Peter Wright, Supertrucks' chairman, explains, ‘We have built many trailers for use with glazing vans for our German customers. Now we have refined the concept, hence the new Glaze-Away trailer, which we believe will bring major operational and financial benefits to glazing companies both in the UK and throughout mainland Europe.’

The first Glaze-Away trailer to be supplied to a UK customer has been ordered by Treecraft Woodwork Ltd in Dornoch. It is built upon a Böckmann, low loading, twin axle trailer with 650mm deep alloy dropsides and a removable tilt frame and cover to protect the load from the elements. The Böckmann trailer is particularly suited to the Glaze-Away application as it has a sophisticated shock absorber arrangement and rubber suspension, which provides a good ride.

Supertrucks converts the trailer with the addition of 4.0m long, 2.4m high, light alloy patented racks which can be specified for carrying either sheet glass or, as in this application, patio doors and window frames. The racks are set at a 5 degree angle and have detachable rubber base blocks.
These blocks are multi-positional and can be placed to provide optimum support for each individual load carried and they also allow the load to be loaded/unloaded by fork lift.

For carrying patio doors and window frames Treecraft Woodwork's Glaze-Away is supplied with three multi-straps to retain the patio doors or window units. Glaze-Away trailers specified for carrying glass are equipped with Supertrucks' System 1 or System 3 type load securing poles.

In addition to the Glaze-Away's ability to carry sheet glass or window frames, this new trailer can also be optionally equipped with secure storage to carry the tools and consumable items needed by a window fitting team.
As such, with the Glaze-Away trailer, two glazing teams can use one van. In this type of operation, the Glaze-Away trailer, complete with the materials for the job and the fitting crew's tools can be left at one site while the second crew and the van goes to work at another site.

Or, the Glaze-Away trailer can be used to virtually double the load capacity of the 3.5 tonne gvw van towing it and sent with one glazing team to carry out major jobs, without the need to shuttle backwards and forwards to pick up the extra materials as would occur if just a solo van were used.

Supertrucks intends to offer a range of Glaze-Away trailers, once glazing companies become familiar with the concept. Initially, the first Glaze-Away trailers are able to take sheet glass or frames up to 4.0m long and approaching 2.5m high. The initial Glaze-Away trailer model has a payload capacity of 1,040kg when used with a typical 3.5 tonne gvw van which has a 2,000kg braked trailer train weight capacity.

The new Supertrucks Glaze-Away trailer is an inexpensive means of boosting glazing vehicle and glazing crew(s) productivity. Supertrucks is able to produce Glaze-Away trailers individually specified and equipped for a wide range of applications.

Tel: 01744 25348

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