MARKET REPORT COMPACT PLANT continued
Some trailer manufacturers whose ranges include models for compact plant noticed a drop in demand when it became necessary to take an additional test. Instead of re-training drivers, some hirers preferred to buy special vehicles with low-level loading characteristics, which are designed to do away with the need for trailers and can be driven on a standard licence.
While designed principally for the safe loading and unloading of equipment such as mixers, generators and ladders, the specially adapted Transit Dropside vehicle developed by Gordons Ford and PPE Commercials to incorporate a tail lift, can also be used as a towing vehicle. “Hirers like it because, as well as addressing Health & Safety issues, it can be put to work as soon as it is delivered as a complete transport solution, with no further adaptations necessary,” said Gordons Ford Business Centre Manager, Paul Turner.
However, Indespension’s Neil Singleton points out that “a hirer can buy a lot of plant trailers for the cost of a typical vehicle, which can still only be used to transport one item of compact plant in most situations.” He also reports an increased demand for spare parts in
Gordons Ford says its Transit Dropside acts as an all-round transport vehicle.
recent years, as owners aim to maximise the life of their equipment. Nevertheless, there obviously comes a time when it makes more economic sense to buy new, rather than to keep repairing items, particularly when business begins to pick up and machinery needs to be transported to and from site more frequently. Indeed, hirers need to ensure that the equipment they currently use for delivering plant to site is fit for purpose for both current and future requirements, and this is an area of operations that warrants careful attention.
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