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trailer world Issue One 2014

Safe off-road, fast on-road

    Ausgabe Eins 2014  25 Agricultural Safe off-road, fast on-road In front, a towing vehicle with up to 540 HP output, followed by a trailer with a tipper body or tank for working in the field: the AgroTruck from Stapel meets all the needs of modern agriculture. Taller,widerandfaster.TheAgroTruckistheperfectresponseto a trend which has been characteristic of agriculture for many years now: the tracks are becoming wider, and the requirements are becoming ever more demanding. This is being prompted by construction and commissioning of biogas plants. “The times are over when farmers simply sprayed their manure onto the near- by field,” says Bernd Stapel, CEO of the company that bears his name. Nowadays, manure and maize are initially transported for several kilometres to the biogas plants, and the substrate is then brought back as a follow-on product for spreading on the fields. This is usually done with different kinds of vehicle – with truck semitrailers for long distances, and trailers with tanks in ag- Photo:SörenMünzer

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