Specialist equipment

Wincanton offers an extensive range of specialist equipment. Here is just a sample of what we can provide:-

Side loaders

• Lifts containers independently without the need of a crane or forklift
• Lifts loaded containers up to 35 tonnes and 45ft long
• Stacks loaded containers two-high
• Lifts two 20ft containers simultaneously
• Loads containers onto railway wagons, even extremely low-built ones
• Allows storage outside the port, reducing storage charges

Sliding skeletal tipper trailers

• Tips container at an angle to release free-flowing materials such as flour and foodstuffs, animal feeds, scrap and plastic granules
• Accommodates 20ft and 40ft containers
• Provides operational flexibility and manoeuvrability on site, including where access and space is limited

Semi-low loader trailers

• Transports abnormal sized loads
• Low slung floor with ramps, extendable to 4m wide by 30m long
• Accommodates 20ft, 40ft and 45ft containers or flat racks
• Suitable for agricultural and construction plant, steel fabrications, military vehicles, aircraft engines and ships' generators
• 44 tonne maximum load capacity

Section 5 and hazardous transport

• Home Office approved and licensed under Section 5 Firearms Act 1968 to carry arms and ammunition
• Fully equipped vehicles for Section 5 work
• ADR-trained drivers qualified in many classes of hazardous work, including fireworks
• Comprehensive range of licences for the disposal of waste products

To find out more about our specialist equipment services, please contact:-

Paul Bere
Business Development
Wincanton
Walton Avenue
Felixstowe
Suffolk IP11 3AG
Tel: 01394 612610
Mobile: 07921 053318
Email: paul.bere@wincanton.co.uk