The Swedish Skogströms Åkeri uses VAK’s special trailers to deliver foodstuff all over Sweden because these extra long trailers save time, effort, and money. For the Swedish market VAK manufactures 19,6 metres long trailers – the whole vehicle being 23 metres in total. This super long trailer has two sets of steering axels which makes it easier to guide it through the crossroads and roundabouts.
“Our drivers have been really satisfied with the long trailers. They carry as much cargo as a conventional vehicle combination but loading and unloading is much faster as you don’t have to release the trailer during the process. As a transport company we also save money by purchasing only one refrigeration unit instead of two”, says Steen Skogström, the entrepreneur.
18.8.2020
LTP Group’s managing director, Matti Tuominen, ordered a 16.5-metre-long HCT trailer and FRC cargo spaces from VAK for a total of fifteen trucks. The large series included several different variations. The thing these cargo spaces have in common is that they can be separated into different temperature-controlled departments with the help of movable partition walls.
18.8.2020
Kilon Osuus-Auto’s managing director Ari Savisalo ordered transport bodies from VAK’s new range for two of the company’s trucks. The new vehicles were ready for the road in June 2019. How did you end up ordering new cargo spaces specifically from VAK? – There is currently a lot of competition between transport body manufacturers. This
28.5.2018
The V-Slider, which operates hydraulically and couples to semi-trailers, is developing in to an even more diverse tool. At the beginning of this year, the first V-Sliders first equipped with tailgate lifts and Vähälä Oy’s stilted cargo compartment sliders were produced at VAK.
