Through-loading body and tail lifts
Rolf Gerber is Head of Service Centre at Schöni, he says: "The special thing is that all trailers have a through-loading body. The tail lifts on trailers and motorised vehicles make us very flexible, even if the customer doesn't have a ramp available." Specifically: The ZPS 180 Maxi twin-axle centre pivot trailers offer a through-loading body with double-leaf front portal doors; the new I-Lock door lock makes opening and closing easier. With a load capacity of 2500 kilograms, the aluminium drive-over flap can also be driven over with heavy pallets without any problems. At the rear, a Zepro tail lift ensures easy loading and unloading.
Loading and unloading. The body is Code XL and certified for beverage transport. Tensioning straps can be easily attached to the slightly sloping Load-Lock profile outer frame; in addition, 20 lashing eyes, each with a tensile force of 5 tonnes, are embedded in the outer frame. The length of the drawbar can be infinitely adjusted mechanically by 600 millimetres, from 1400 to 2000 millimetres overall length.
In Switzerland, the LSVA (performance-related heavy vehicle charge) is calculated according to the total weight of the train, among other things - the lighter the vehicle, the cheaper. The polished aluminium rims from Alcoa also contribute to the low unladen weight of around 4,950 kilograms. "That's a tradition for us. Firstly because of the weight, and secondly because they look good," says Rolf Gerber happily. Thanks to axle load detection via the EBS Canbus signal, the payload of around 13,050 kilograms is not exceeded.
Schöni relies entirely on LEDs for the lighting; the amber LED lighting on the side is also coupled with the indicators. The reversing camera and the three additional work lights, two at the rear outside and one inside on the corner stanchion, ensure good visibility and greater safety when manoeuvring. At the customer's request, all connecting cables are designed as spiral flex cables; when not in use, the plugs are stored in special parking sockets.
"The trailers have two lives with us. Once we replace the motorised vehicles, the trailers remain in the fleet," reports Gerber. For a particularly long service life, the Swiss company therefore relies on hot-dip galvanised and passivated frames - Fliegl offers a 15-year warranty against rusting through.
Two-axle semi-trailer with low unladen weight and high payload
Also new to the Schoeni fleet are three SZS 320 RoadRunner "Twin 200" Ultra Light twin-axle curtainsider semi-trailers. The name says it all: with an unladen weight of around 5,800 kilograms, the trailer is one of the lightweights. In order to still offer the high technical payload of 26,200 kilograms with two axles, the axle spacing of the BPW disc brake axles is slightly offset. As with the ZPS 180, Fliegl also mounts lightweight aluminium rims here. A Wabco EBS ensures safety, the trailer can be raised and lowered via the ECAS SmartBoard, and the AAC system (Automatic Axleload Control) with dynamic wheelbase control and curve detection records the axle loads.
To maintain the full loading height when loading from the side, Fliegl uses its special non-elastic roof beam made of high-strength aluminium. This does not bend at full width even when the stanchions are open - this makes loading and unloading with a forklift truck much easier. The sliding tarpaulin is particularly robust thanks to the welded-in horizontal and vertical straps, and the stainless steel tension locks are extremely durable. If loading from above by crane, the Fliegl Blitz canopy can be pushed forwards in just a few seconds. Fliegl also installs the I-Lock fastener on the trailer for easy opening and closing of the double-leaf rear portal doors.
