Muldoon brings lightweight trailer to the UK market
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By Kevin Swallow DUNGANNON-BASED body and trailer manufacturer Muldoon launched a lightweight bulk trailer with a new combination tail door in the UK market.
The 6.2-tonne unladen tipping trailer has a Domex steel chassis and aluminium body, and is tapered three inches on both sides.
It is 500kg lighter than its predecessor, says company director Justin Muldoon, and the tapered design helps discharge contents more easily.
The rear door can be hinged from the top or open like a barn door, allowing the driver to deliver dificult loads more easily and offers improved safety.
Muldoon is also keen to exploit the mooted longer trailer market with its tried and tested Sidewinder Positive Rear Steer system.
Consultation by the government over 15.65m articulated trailers, 2.05m longer than existing ones, is continuing. Muldoon has been at the heart of the process for more than two years.
“We are ready to sell the Sidewinder rear-steer trailer; the kits are ready to go. The steering mechanism is proven technology over the past 15 years. We have completed our testing,” he says.
Muldoon’s 15.65m trailer puts the irst two axles together, mounted forward of the rear of the trailer, with the third axle, the Sidewinder at the rear allowing the trailer to remain within the same turning circle radius as a standard 13.6m trailer, he adds.