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22nd April 2015 A Falkirk-based plant hire specialist has seen its fuel costs significantly reduce after specifying a new tri-axle step frame from Andover Trailers, fitted with the company’s innovative fold forward ramps – proven to improve fuel efficiency by approximately 1mpg. The order marks the first Andover-built trailer to enter the fleet, with the Lomond Plant Group… Read More

30th March 2015 Allelys Heavy Haulage put a pair of bespoke-built Andover Trailers five-axle power-steered low loaders into operation, delivering the first of a new generation of high-tech passenger trains to arrive in the country. The two low loaders were joined by a third Goldhofer trailer to collect the Hitachi Class 800 train as it was unloaded from… Read More

24th March 2015 Chartered Mechanical Engineer Bob Gowans has joined Andover Trailers to take on a new role as Commercial Manager, bringing with him over a decade of experience within the heavy truck sector. Bob, 33, joins the Hampshire-based plant body and heavy haulage trailer manufacturer after four years at Mercedes-Benz, where he held the role of Heavy… Read More

20th March 2015 A timber harvesting company has replaced an eight-year-old Andover Trailers step frame with a new bespoke-built trailer from the company, after being impressed with Andover’s attention to detail and the proven build quality of its trailers. David Wilmer, Director of Ayrshire-based Jim Wilmer & Sons Timber Harvesting Ltd, specified the new four axle step frame… Read More

5th March 2015 Redruth-based Highway Plant Hire has purchased a new short-length plant body which has been designed and manufactured by Andover Trailers to help the business deliver plant to sites with restricted access across Cornwall. At just 6.15m long, the LPPB18 plant body is mounted to an 18 tonne MAN TGM 4x2 rigid and can carry loads… Read More

3rd February 2015 Specialist rail contractor Alan Blaylock Haulage Ltd. has purchased a bespoke tri-axle step-frame trailer from Andover Trailers, relying on the trailer’s durability to move road rail vehicles and other plant across the north of England seven days a week. The business, based in Carlisle, operates a single tractor unit and trailer, with the Andover step… Read More