trailer world Issue One 2013

Issue One 2013 33 Portrait go on his first delivery with his father, at the age of about six or seven. “At that time, we frequently collected drinks from Berlin, so those were exciting expeditions for me as a kid,” says Björn Schade. He has always been fascinated by trucks, engines and move- ment. Following reunification, the Schade haulage company took a major step for- ward: New production facilities were be- ing built around Jessen, many new clients were added, and Schade became the reg- ular haulier for many customers. The in- itial jumping-off point was the major or- der from a glass company located in the vicinity, which Schade landed in 1991 to transport large panes of glass. The com- pany bought its first inloaders for trans- porting the fragile articles: Initially ten units, with one added every year, until the fleet comprised about 40 of them. Meet- ing customers’ special requirements was the catalyst for the haulage company to expand. For printing companies, for ex- ample, which regularly require large rolls of paper to be transported, Schade bought curtainsider vehicles operating with the Joloda system: steel rails are let into the floor and locking wedges can be inserted in them in order to secure the horizontal paper rolls when loaded. Even the sliding floor vehicles are also equipped with this. The pallet rollers can easily be moved, load- ed and unloaded there using a system of rails in the loadbed. A sawmill wanted tim- ber to be transported: Vehicles with trans- portable forklifts can achieve this thanks to four-way technology. “The vehicle can turn its wheels so that you can transport the planks of wood sideways, in order to pass through narrow gates, for example,” says Björn Schade. It is also possible to use them for other goods, such as long steel girders. Other vehicles in the Schade fleet are open wagons with a permanent certification for three-metre loading width, drop-centre ve- hicles, concrete inloaders with independent suspension that can hold extremely long loads up to 3.60 metres in length, swap body vehicles that can also be used on building sites, as well as tractor units with trailers for very narrow building sites. “We are not your run of the mill haulage company,” says young entrepreneur Björn Schade, sum- ming everything up. “We are specialised from A to Z.” Consistent quality For him, good feed- back from customers is always the great- est motivation. “Always whenever you have completed a job successfully and the client is satisfied, it gives you a boost for the next steps,” says Björn Schade. Ever since he was a child, he wanted to join the family Björn Schade (on left) at one of his regular customers, a manufacturer of readymade manholes. The fleet of the Schade haulage company includes vehicles such as this inloader (right). Photos:AndreasStedtler

trailer world Issue One 2013

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