Self-loading semi
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• A new semi-trailer built by the Finnish Transtech division of Rautaruuki allows standard ISO containers to be picked up or set down without having to use cranes or gantries.
To load up the Bigloader is reversed up to a container. Its rear support frame is lowered and the slide-mounted bogie moved forward.
A hydraulically-powered chain-driven subframe connects to the corner castings of the box which is then drawn forward onto the trailer.
The rear support is then extended and the running gear moved back into its travelling position. Once the container is secured, the rear legs are again retracted.
Rautaruuki has also devised a novel 12.5m Multibox curtained swop body system for carrying newspaper rolls and which can be double stacked on sea journeys.