Asphalt trailer gets good marks from contractors
A new asphalt trailer with a unique unloading system went to work for John Pursely, the owner of the small southern Ontario company Pursely Paving (est. 1947), last fall. Pursely, one of the first paving contractors to test the V-Floor trailer introduced recently by Titan Trailers Inc. of Delhi, Ontario, is expecting the unit to provide opportunities for bigger contracts in the coming year.
The 48-foot, five-axle trailer pays off for pavers by providing greater load control and safety, bigger payloads and faster duty cycles than traditional dump trailers. “On larger projects, you’ll see trucks dumping into a buggy to remix the asphalt before it feeds into the paver,” Pursely says. “With the V-Floor unloader, you don’t get segregation in the material. The asphalt walks off evenly. It drops maybe a foot of the load at a time, and you get a complete cross-section of the material. The hot mat basically remixes as it falls into the paver’s hopper.” Pursely also appreciates the flow control and safety the trailer provides by unloading without having to elevate the body. “The V-Floor lets you control the flow rate completely. It comes with a remote control, too, so you could even run the unloader from the paver You could unload 40 tonne in 10 minutes if you wanted to so it will keep up with any paver..” The extruded aluminum sidewalls and coupler plate of Titan’s Thinwall body allow larger payloads than steel dumps, while the V-Floor design eliminates the weight of the dump’s subframe. Titan also equips its asphalt trailer with a new V-Plow clean system that follows the load off and automatically cleans up behind it.
The 48-foot, five-axle trailer pays off for pavers by providing greater load control and safety, bigger payloads and faster duty cycles than traditional dump trailers. “On larger projects, you’ll see trucks dumping into a buggy to remix the asphalt before it feeds into the paver,” Pursely says. “With the V-Floor unloader, you don’t get segregation in the material. The asphalt walks off evenly. It drops maybe a foot of the load at a time, and you get a complete cross-section of the material. The hot mat basically remixes as it falls into the paver’s hopper.” Pursely also appreciates the flow control and safety the trailer provides by unloading without having to elevate the body. “The V-Floor lets you control the flow rate completely. It comes with a remote control, too, so you could even run the unloader from the paver You could unload 40 tonne in 10 minutes if you wanted to so it will keep up with any paver..” The extruded aluminum sidewalls and coupler plate of Titan’s Thinwall body allow larger payloads than steel dumps, while the V-Floor design eliminates the weight of the dump’s subframe. Titan also equips its asphalt trailer with a new V-Plow clean system that follows the load off and automatically cleans up behind it.