Transport company Qube Logistics purchased its first Vawdrey trailer in 2002. The latest order of almost 50 trailers marked yet another historical milestone – the production of Vawdrey's 30,000th trailer.
The celebrated milestone was part of an order placed by Qube after the company won a large-scale Australian Paper (APM) contract, producer of more than 500,000 tonnes of paper per year.
"Once we were awarded the contract, we looked at all the high-volume trailer builders in the market, but we kept coming back to Vawdrey," says John Allen, Qube Logistics' project and fleet manager.
The most recent order consists of a rollback B-double skel, seven curtain-sided B-doubles and three Super B-doubles, as well as a range of new generation, lightweight, high payload skeletal trailers.
In July, John and the team at Qube took delivery of all seven B-double drop deck 'Titeliner' combinations and three 40'/40' super B-double sets – all of which went straight into service.
The seven curtainsiders are now used specifically to pick up paper from Australia Paper's Maryvale Mill near Morwell and deliver it directly APM customers. The super B-double set is used to transport export loaded containers from the Australian Paper Melbourne Export warehouse at Victoria Dock to the wharf.
Each Titeliner combination can haul up to 46 tonnes and is fitted with flush coamings to make sure there is no damage to the paper reels during transit as well as loading and unloading. To ensure the security of the load, Vawdrey also fitted Attard's NTC-rated load restraint cable curtains, which contain solid cables fabricated into its material in order to eliminate the use of slide gates.
On the interior, Vawdrey fitted bungee straps that are fixed to the roof, eliminating the need to throw straps over the cargo or climb on top of the cargo to manually secure the load.
The 40'/40' Super B-doubles' main features include side under-run protection, rear steerable axles as well as a quad/quad suspension system. Vawdrey fitted each trailer with the latest ABS-EBS braking system.
