Features of maintenance of semi-trailers after the winter period of operation

Features of maintenance of semi-trailers after the winter period of operation

At the end of the period of intensive operation of the semitrailer, of any category, in the winter period, it needs a complete diagnosis, including checking the functionality of hydraulics, pneumatics and electrical equipment. At the same time, maintenance of high- and low-loader platforms of the Trans-Auto-D production company requires the involvement of auto mechanics of a sufficiently high qualification.

Trawl after winter: what seasonal maintenance work includes

Seasonal maintenance of semitrailers, in addition to the works regulated by TO-1 and TO-2, involves:

  • full inspection for defects. If areas damaged by corrosion are detected, they are cleaned, primed and painted;
  • checking pivots, floors and rotary devices;
  • diagnostics and minor repairs of ramps, sliding mechanisms and retractable expanders;
  • cleaning pipelines by flushing and blowing brake hoses;
  • brake cylinder cleaning;
  • fluid replacement in hydraulics;
  • checking the tightening level of the wheel nuts with a torque wrench, which allows you to control the compliance of the tightening torque with the recommendations of the manufacturer of the equipment;
  • lubrication of axial bearings and hinges on folding ramps, as well as using oil cards, hydraulic lifts and locking mechanisms.

When performing work, it is worth considering the presence of a considerable number of imported components on the trawl, the incorrect prevention of which can lead to the premature failure of expensive units.

Always efficient maintenance and repair

Far from always available equipment and qualifications of specialists of the enterprise operating the semitrailers can ensure their effective maintenance. In this case, you can always use the services provided in Ukraine by the manufacturing company TAD, whose specialists are well acquainted with the designs of low- and high-loader trawls of their own production, and also have constant access to the necessary spare parts. In addition, the company’s service engineers undergo regular training at enterprises that produce imported components and carry out all work on their technological cards, which always provides a high result for servicing equipment.

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The quality of the paintwork of TAD vehicles goes to a new level

Trans-Avto-D Company launched the operation of a new spray booth.

The installation of modern equipment makes it possible to ensure constant air exchange in the chamber, the necessary speed and stability of the air flow, the required temperature level, eliminate “dead zones” and perform active drying. In addition, the powerful lighting of the camera prevents the appearance of dark areas and glare, which also contributes to accuracy and high quality painting.
The new complex is located in the immediate vicinity of the chamber, in which shot blasting of the structure and preliminary preparation of its surface for painting are performed. This provides a quick and most efficient performance of paint work.
Качество лакокрасочного покрытия транспортных средств компании ТАД выходит на новый уровень
The equipment used, as well as the surface preparation and painting technology used by TAD, fully complies with the requirements of the leading manufacturers of paints and varnishes used in transport engineering, which many of them have already been able to evaluate. However, more important is the fact that the painting quality of trailers and semi-trailers TAD will meet the high expectations of numerous customers of the company in Ukraine, which it can satisfy.

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Oversized and heavy cargo trawls

Oversized and heavy cargo trawls

Ukrainian production and transport company Trans-Auto-D is a manufacturer of special trawls for transportation of oversized cargo. The model range of semi-trailers manufactured under the TAD brand allows you to satisfy any needs of a particular car company engaged in the transportation of specific goods, agricultural machinery, and industry. But, first of all, it is worth getting acquainted with the main types of trawls for transporting oversized goods.

Presentation of the company Trans-Auto-D

General classification of trawls

By design, all trawls for oversized transportation are divided into low loaders and high frame models. Most of the designed and manufactured semi-trailers are represented by low loader models. The very low location of the loading platform allows you to reduce the center of gravity of the transported large-sized industrial equipment, construction or road vehicles. It can be turbines, transformers, excavators, graders, rollers and so on.
However, the small clearance does not allow the use of low loader trailers on rough terrain, country and dirt roads. In this case, a high-frame construction with increased ground clearance is used, which can have a reinforced suspension, all-terrain high-profile rubber and a brake system in a frost-resistant design.
All low- and high-loam structures can be produced:

  • in a traditional version, involving a rear entry;
  • with front race, for transportation of hard-to-manage and especially heavy equipment;
  • with extendable platform.

In addition, each type of this special equipment is distinguished by some design features that simplify the transportation of oversized items.

Rear-mounted semi-trailer

In the initial version, traditional trailers for oversized goods were created for loading bulk industrial equipment using cranes. But, with an increase in capacity and, accordingly, the mass of agricultural and construction equipment, the need arose for its transportation over considerable distances. The independent movement of wheeled tractors or combines, given the misuse of the suspension and engine, it was difficult to call an economically viable event. Therefore, they began to equip the semi-trailers with folding ladders having a hydraulic or mechanical drive, which greatly simplified the loading of self-propelled vehicles.
The real revolution in the evolutionary development of low-frame platforms was the appearance in 1953 of rotatable (steered) axles for oversized semi-trailers created by Nooteboom from the Netherlands.
It was the classic rear-entry scheme that was used in the Trailer models, endowed with a low frame, Jumbo low loader trailers and Mega high loader semi-trailers, manufactured under the TAD brand.

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Ukrainian special equipment of this type stands out:

  • frames made of special structural steel;
  • stainless steel knots;
  • components of imported production, including electronic filling, axles and braking system;
  • corrugation of the surface of the loading platform, as well as special recesses under the wheels of the transported vehicles, ensuring their stability;
  • corrugated ramps for easy entry;
  • axle and suspension variability, the possibility of the presence of rotary axles.

In the process of production of semi-trailers, constant quality control is carried out, including complete flaw detection of critical components.

Front Run Trawl

If the ramp of the traditional trawl can become an insurmountable obstacle for many types of vehicles, the semitrailer with a quickly detachable tractor, a cut-off gander and a system for lowering the level of the front of the platform allows you to load heavy and bulky equipment in a limited space of construction sites without problems. It is low-loader trailers with a race in front that can be successfully used to transport most types of construction tracked and heavy wheeled vehicles.
In the catalog of the Trans-Auto-D production and transportation company, such semi-trailers are presented by Classic and TUR models capable of transporting goods weighing from 20 to 70 tons.

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Sliding semitrailers

It should be noted that with the unchanged length of the cargo platform of the traditional trawl, its capabilities when transporting oversized cargoes can be significantly limited. Therefore, if a trucking company serves several construction and manufacturing companies, it is forced to maintain several low loader semi-trailers of different lengths. The solution can be the acquisition of a trawl with a sliding platform, capable of replacing several different-sized models.
The telescopic platform can be extended, with a fixed pitch, to a very considerable length. Fixing the section in the extended state is provided by reliable pneumatic locks. The length of the platform can be changed to the size of indivisible goods, thus preventing their axial displacements during transportation. In addition to long structures, on a fully extended platform, you can transport several units of equipment at once, or, for example, a couple of modular cabins.
The company Trans-Auto-D produces high-profile telescopic trailers, Telescop models, which can be extended from 20 to 56 meters, carrying, at the same time, cargo weighing up to 60 tons.

Loading equipment on a trawl

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