Weightlifter busy since new owner

It has been four years since Nigel Butler acquired Weightlifter Bodies and PPG Fabrications.

Speaking at RTX 2023, he said a lot of what the business does is aluminium. “We work on maximising an operator’s productivity with good payload and durable products.

“PPG Fabrications is recognised for its alloy rigid tipping bodies, like this one on the Elliotts (Cheltenham) DAF LF 18-tonner [right]. It has an aluminium body with Edbro ram and flip sheet, and with a top hinge rear door, on a 3.75m wheelbase,” he said.

The 40cu yard straightframe triaxle half-barrel aluminium tipping trailer hits the scales at 6,200kg, he said.

“That is the lightest we can do. The body sits on a 1.3m-wide frame and it has a 9.4m-long high tensile steel chassis, with Jost landing legs, Knorr-Bremse EBS and Alcoa Dura-Bright alloy wheels, and an Edbro CS1700 ram.”

Since taking over, the firm has launched a moving-floor trailer for the aggregates and asphalt sector and completely