Celebrating its upcoming 50th anniversary, Wagga Wagga-based Byrne Trailers is a company that specialises in manufacturing trailers that help keep industries on the move. One of its specialities are walking floor trailers, which are equipped to make the moving of recycled and waste products easy.
Sam Gwynne is the sales representative at Byrne Trailers and provides insight into what makes walking floor trailers so good.
One of the features of these trailers is that their bins are made from aluminium, which means they are sturdy, can handle big loads, and do not rust.
“They are a fully welded aluminium construction,” he said. “The only thing that’s steel is the chassis. The other thing about aluminium is that it offers strength and less tare weight.”
The company’s first build of its redesigned walking floor trailers was in 2018 and has been making inroads into the market ever since. Now it’s going for a big push to be one of the big players in the market. There are two main types of trailers it produces. The sheet and post trailer is for heavy materials, like C&D waste, and the Euro trailer for the lighter objects.
“Our Euro walking floor is designed for lighter products such as recycling, mulch, and other such products,” said Gwynne. “Our heavy-duty sheet and post trailer is designed for construction and demolition, compaction, and municipal waste. It can also be designed to be fully leak-proof or leak resistant.”
Both trailers can vary in size and capacity. They can range anywhere from 40-48ft with 4.3 or 4.6m in height. The company’s standard 45-foot trailer can take on 94 cubic metres, while the 48-foot trailer can take up to 104
cubic metres.
Byrne trailers can also offer custom PBS designs to suit all needs
Another key feature is that the trailers are built to last. Gwynne talks of some customers that have had trailers for more than two decades and haven’t had to have any structural repairs done on them.
“And with something like one of our V-floor products, you’d get longer than 20 years out of them,” said Gwynne.
Many of Byrne Trailer clients have a specific flooring in their trailer to suit their needs and products. The floors range from different thicknesses of aluminium to heavy-duty steel.
As for the flooring system in the trailer, Byrne Trailers partner with the Keith Walking Floor brand, which is manufactured in the USA.
“We believe Keith are the superior brand,” said Gwynne. “Keith has a representative based in Melbourne to help with any issues or questions that we come across.”
As for back-up service, Byrne Trailers has representation in Wagga Wagga, NSW and Toowoomba Queensland.