REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT Australian designed and built chassis incorporates provision for Ringfeder coupling for road train applications.
A match made in heaven COMBINING A RUGGED AUSTRALIAN DESIGNED AND BUILT CHASSIS WITH THE RENOWNED THERMAL EFFICIENCY AND STRENGTH OF A EUROPEAN SOURCED BODY, SCHMITZ CARGOBULL AUSTRALIA HAS ALL BASES COVERED WITH ITS LATEST RANGE OF REFRIGERATED TRAILERS. With any type of semi-trailer, having a
builder, Bulk Transport Equipment (BTE).
“Particularly for the Queensland market
chassis specification that’s suited to local
According to Les Lange, National Sales
where they often use the big bonneted
conditions is paramount.
Manager at Schmitz Cargobull Australia,
Kenworths with bullbars, we needed to
Schmitz Cargobull has that box well and
one of the most important features of
introduce two new van sizes, a slightly
truly ticked now that the company has
Australian fridge vans is that they must be
shorter 22-pallet van and an optional
designed and developed its very own
the right length to enable a long bonneted
10-pallet lead trailer to ensure the
locally manufactured chassis in partnership
prime mover to be used legally as a paired combination.
B-double combination would fit within the
with prominent Melbourne-based trailer
26-metre overall length envelope in mixed fleet situations” Les explains. Possessing an extensive transport equipment sales background, Les started with Schmitz Cargobull Australia in October 2019 and says he was happy to hit the ground running to ensure the company’s new products would be fit for purpose in this market. “We needed to review the body kit specifications that had been brought in to ensure they met our requirements, and also focus on introducing our own locally built chassis,” Les says. “Schmitz Cargobull Australia needed to
The new Strenx® 700 steel chassis marries seamlessly with the body for a fully integrated appearance.
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be in control of its own destiny in terms of having the chassis built to our exacting
