Large dimensions easily handled
August 1st 2008 The Defence Storage and
Distribution Agency (DSDA),
an MOD agency, has chosen
2 Combilift 4-way
sideloaders to work at its
vehicle and equipment
storage facility near
Tewkesbury. The site is the
central storage depot for
components for tank and
infantry bridging waiting for
repair and maintenance. The
large dimensions of these
bridge units had been
problematic to handle.
"The maths doesn't add up
when you try to get a 13.5m
bridge trackway through a
4m wide door by travelling
forwards with a
counterbalance truck. We
knew we had a problem, so
we contacted our handling
specialist Barloworld, who
recommended a demo of a
Combilift SL," explains
defence transport operator
Bob Sharples. The 2 diesel
powered C5000SL trucks
handle the bridge trackways,
8m long ramps, 8m and 4m
panels, and long packs of
pipes.
"The Combilifts are so
manoeuvrable, and the
carousel mode in particular
comes into its own when we
remove the panels from the
storage area to the cribs for
work to be carried out," says
Sgt. Kingsley Lampshire.
"Without this we would be
doing long, time consuming
runs up and down." More articles from Combilift Limited: | 
