InfraStructures - February 2018 - Digging & Rigging Moves Heaviest Loads on Faymonville Trailers

Digging & Rigging Moves Heaviest Loads on Faymonville Trailers

Established in 1981, the family-owned company Digging & Rigging Inc. is ranked today among the most reliable and professional crane and rigging companies in North America. To hold up this reputation, the Mount Airy, Maryland, firm relies on robust material that allows maximum versatility and highest performance.

To stay in line with these principles, Digging & Rigging recently took delivery of 13 new axle lines of G-SL ModulMAX and PowerMAX from Faymonville and they have managed their first moves on those trailer with flying colors.

“The addition of the ModulMAX to our fleet is going to give us a huge edge in the oversize load market,” confirms Jim Gregory, president of Digging & Rigging, Inc.

For one of the first jobs, the staff used a 9-axle combination with an extra low flatbed to transport a power generator. The huge piece had a weight of 95,254 kg and dimensions of 7.34 m length, 3.73 m width and 4.77 m height. Firstly, the transformer was shipped from Wisconsin to Virginia by rail car.

Digging & Rigging then had to load the transformer from the rail car to the ModulMAX with its Liebherr LTM 1250-6.1 crane and move it 1.9 km to the substation followed by the off-load. To pull the 9-axle ModulMAX trailer, they used their 4 axle Kenworth tractor. In total, the combination had a gross weight of 163 t and an overall length of 35 m.

“The ModulMAX made easy work of some tight turns at the load site and at the substation. The low deck height made it easy to clear several utility lines and stop lights along the route,” explains Mr. Gregory and thereby highlights some of the advantages of their new Faymonville trailer.

To move a 15.2 m-long dryer on the Eastern shore of Maryland with a weight of 79,378 kg and a diameter of 3.66 m, Digging & Rigging used 10 G-SL ModulMAX axle lines including a PowerMAX APMC to run the combination as a self-propelled unit.

“The trailer made easy work negotiating the dryer through the tight plant and into position for our Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 crane to offload and set in place,” says Jim Gregory.

Besides the heavy-duty modular platforms, Digging & Rigging, Inc. also trusts its MegaMAX double drop trailers from Faymonville and their unique king-pin steering. With an unmatched maneuverability and a maximum steering angle of 42°, the MegaMAX allows access into tighter and smaller locations than ever before.
With a drive height of only 35 cm, the MegaMAX’s perimeter-style deck is also the lowest stretch in the market and offers the possibility to move highest goods underneath the lowest bridges and obstacles. The 3-axle trailers on air suspension are rated for 45,359 kg technical capacity.

Faymonville is the only European manufacturer in the North American market that uses electric and pneumatic components that are completely DOT approved. The complete Faymonville product range for the U.S. can be viewed and tested at Hale Heavy Haul, in Voorhees, New Jersey. The company is one of the largest independent full service trailer dealerships with 12 branches all along the East Coast, from Maine to Florida.

Source: Faymonville Group

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