Elddis rolls out UK’s biggest curtainsider
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ELDDIS TRANSPORT is showcasing “the biggest curtainsider trailer in the UK” at this week’s Multimodal show, ahead of its operational debut later this month.
The Lawrence David engineered high-cube trailer, which is based on an SDC chassis, is part of the Department for Transport’s longer semi-trailer trial. The 15.65m-long, single-deck trailer was collected from Lawrence David’s Peterborough facility last week by Eld dis MD Nigel Cook, who tells CM he is surprised at how easy the self-steer trailer is to drive compared with a standard trailer unit.
The trailer can stack 90 pallets (1.2m each), is 4.9m high and has a loading aperture of 3.67m on a straight frame. Coupled to a 1844 Mercedes-Benz Actros Low Liner with 940mm fifth wheel height, it will operate 24/7, running from Lancashire to a site in the North East on the firm’s SCA Hygiene Velvet toilet roll contract.
Cook estimates the trailer will cover 350,000km to 400,000km a year and, compared with a 13.6m highcube trailer carrying 52 pallets on a load, it will save about 250,000kg of CO2 emissions a year.
The tractor unit also features an aerodynamic roof spoiler commissioned by Elddis to reduce drag.
Elddis has another 15.65m trailer and eight of the 14.6m units on order from Lawrence David. It hopes to trial them from June.