Advantages of pendle axles
The SUPER WING CARRIER is equipped with pendle axles providing a steering angle of 60 degrees. The pendle axles also ensure the vehicle remains extremely stable especially at maximum steering angles. This is due to the fact that the suspension track width of the pendle axles never changes, in contrast with the turntable steering of conventional extendible semi-trailers.
Furthermore, with the generous 60cm suspension travel extra ground clearance can be created to negotiate obstacles. In most European countries 12t per axle line is permitted because of the pendle axles.
Special gooseneck
The SUPER WING CARRIER is equipped with a special, hydraulic gooseneck, adjustable in height with 82cm stroke to create extra ground clearance at the front of the vehicle. With this clever design it is possible to adjust the height of the gooseneck during transport even though it is fully supporting the load. The fifth wheel will automatically stay in horizontal position, so that it is possible to drive normally with the gooseneck positioned at any chosen height.
The load floor can be coupled to the gooseneck at two different heights. The higher position is used if the rotor blade is loaded on the gooseneck and provides the greatest ground clearance. The lower position is used if the rotor blade is supported behind the gooseneck and this provides the lowest transport height.
Long and short
The load floor of the SUPER WING CARRIER is quadruple extendible, from around 18m up to around 64m, which makes it possible to transport rotor blades measuring up to approx. 70m. The short, retracted length offers important advantages regarding exemption in a number of European countries.
On top of the load floor of the SUPER WING CARRIER an extra moveable support beam can be mounted. This makes it possible to retract the vehicle during transport by approx.12m without moving the load. By temporarily creating a shorter wheel base even the tightest bends can be negotiated. Together with the adjustable gooseneck, the suspension stroke and steering angle of the pendle axles this makes the SUPER WING CARRIER more manoeuvrable than ever, which is necessary for these lengths.
Most important characteristics of the SUPER WING CARRIER:
- Hydraulic height-adjustable gooseneck with 82cm vertical travel
- Axle assembly with 3 hydraulically steered pendle axle lines with 60cm stroke and a maximum steering angle of 60 degrees
- Load floor quadruple extendible from 18.65m up to 64.30m
- Load floor can be coupled to the gooseneck at two different heights
- Load floor height behind the gooseneck in lower position 76cm (+/+ 82cm)
- Ground clearance behind the gooseneck in highest position 135cm (-/- 82cm)
- Load floor height at the rear 95cm (+/+ 60cm)
- Loaded vehicle temporarily retractable during transport.
The Nooteboom SUPER WING CARRIER is specially designed to transport extremely long windmill rotor blades by road in a handy and efficient way. In order to generate more power the windmills are getting bigger and bigger. And the rotor blades are getting bigger and longer too, measuring up to 70m in length. Conventional extendible semi-trailers are no longer a practical option. The SUPER WING CARRIER is internationally extremely popular for the transport of rotor blades that are 50m long or longer.