Choosing the correct trailer to carry Refuse Derived Fuels RDF at 44 tonnes on UK roads is becoming relatively simple. RDF is a non-recycable waste that has undergone a form of treatment or a process of sorting and is ultimately going to be burnt in the presence of oxygen to form energy and bottom ash waste. The energy produced can be used for electricity generation
Newton Trailers current first choice trailer for the transport of RDF is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer Knapen 130 cuyd Recycling Walking Floor Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailer Knapen 140 cuyd Recycling Walking Floor Trailer
Recommended Sales Options: Automatic Sheet System; Automatic Door; VWS Weigher and TASCC logger
Recommended Parts
Seasonal Hire: No
Tascc Product: No
Product Density: 600 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 70 cuyd
Region: East Anglia and East Midlands
8 millon tonnes of RDF Transported; 4 production centers
200,000 tonnes of Top Soil
500,000 tonnes of Beet Pulp to Animal Feed
Waste derived fuel (WDF) is a generic term used to describe waste from municipal solid waste (MSW) or commercial sources that is residual (i.e. non-recyclable mixed waste) and has undergone some processing that allows it to be burnt as a fuel to produce energy. WDF is commonly classified into two main categories: Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF); and Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF); both of which undergo a treatment process to meet specific requirements for their end uses. This processing can range from minimal sorting to more complex mechanical and/or biological treatment.
A trend apparent in beet transport in Europe is that growing numbers of transport companies are switching from tippers to moving floor trailers. The Netherlands is at the forefront of this trend. High numbers of Knapen moving floor trailers take part in the beet campaign thanks to the benefits they offer in terms of maximum load factor and safety for drivers and their surroundings. These features are persuading growing numbers of beet carriers in other European countries such as Germany, Belgium and France to switch to moving floor trailers. Knapen has been supplying trailers for RDF transport since 1984. These trailers are trialled and improved year on year. The result: a moving floor trailer with no technical risks!
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Beet tips and beet pulp as return loads: The UK makes about 500,000 tonnes of RDF pulp each year that is then used to make animal feed. Because you can unload the trailer horizontally, beet tips and beet pulp can be easily carried as a return load. The stickiness of beet pulp often causes problems when tipping. In the old days when using a tipping trailer to move beet pulp my father would have carried a couple of bales of straw on the back of the truck. He would then have sprinkled it liberally on the floor of the trailer and loaded the pulp on top. Then the load would have moved freely out of the trailer as he tipped. Nowadays health and safety makes these types of 'old school' methods more difficult to do. Very sticky pulp can even lead to a tipping trailer falling over in use. The ability to carry return loads sharply reduces the number of empty kilometres and significantly increases the efficiency of each trip.
RDF Industry Group: Click Here https://www.rdfindustrygroup.org.uk/about-rdf/.
RDF Song: insert MP3 here.
RDF Trailer Option: RDF as a large root vegetable moves relatively easily out of a trailer. In colder countries RDF with a lot of soil or moisture on them can freeze in the back of a tipping trailer. Therefore in these countries companies like STAS can warm the side wall of the trailer using the exhaust gases from the truck and venting them through the trailer box using a simple Venturi effect cone at the rear of the trailer and providing a conduit route through the panels. I have no data on the effectiveness of this but plenty get sold and farmers aren't known for spending with no effect.
RDF Trailer Option: a Quicksilver liner can reduce the friction on the floor and side wall of the tipping trailer making it more easy to tip. These add 350 kgs weight to the trailer but massively improve the abilty to tip sticky RDF pulp. There are some questions about liners and TASCC in that material can get trapped and rot between the liner and the original floor of the trailer.
RDF Trailer Option: Automatic Roll Over Sheet System. OK so these are the norm these days. British Sugar are requesting that all loads are covered. So this makes it easier. Downside is cost and weight - upside is speed and safety. The load is covered and beet do not fall to the ground around Bury. Push button and you are covered. No having to climb the catwalk in all weathers.
RDF Trailer Option: Automatic locking rear door. British Sugar are requesting that the doors of the trailer can be automatically released on site to reduce banksman injuries (and deaths).
RDF Trailer Option: Internal body camera and delete the catwalk. Falls from catwalks do occur. Automatic sheet systems and cameras can reduce the need for catwalk. Many factories including British Sugar do not want to see any operations off a catwalk - so supervising loading etc can be done with a body camera.
RDF Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Weighers are normal. GPS Tracking weighers are not. You can load your product onto the app and stay within the TASCC logging and auditing requirement - automatically.
RDF Tipping Trailer Option: In Europe it is common to change the rear door of the trailer for the RDF season to something more exotic. I do not know why but here it is:
Newton Trailers supply 44 tonne UK road going trailers. However if you are moving beet off the field these are they type of trailer that are used. We recommend as a RDF trailer Richard Western's 'Beet Wellington'. It is able to pile beet high into a heap. It will not really be used to run from Farm to Processing Plant as the payload on the public highway over distance has legal complications: CLICK HERE TO GO TO RICHARD WESTERN TRAILERS
If you really are weird and bored you could try listening to our RDF trailer song:
If you really enjoy your work and love our trailers then you could indulge yourself or perhaps that special person in your life with a RDF T shirt. Follow the link: CLICK HERE
RDF as you have probably guessed has a high quantity of sugar in it and fibre too. Good for those bowels and gut biome. So to sweeten your day you might like to try this recipe curtesy of Moldovian Lena for Moldovan RDF and Walnut Pie: CLICK HERE
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor Keith Cleensweep Moving Tarp System |
127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26900kg |
| Used | 2013 Legras Biomass Moving Floor Trailer | 120 CuYds (91.7m3) | 28000kg | |
| Also See | 2018 Titan Heavy Duty Waste & Landfill Walking Floor® Trailer | 130 CuYds (99.4m3) | 27000kg | |
| Also See | 2016 Titan Heavy Duty Waste & Landfill Walking Floor®Trailer Hydraulic Door | 130 CuYds (99.4m3) | 27000kg | |
| Also See | 2024 STAS Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | 140 CuYds (107.0m3) | 26900kg | |
| Also See | New Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor Keith Cleensweep Moving Tarp System |
127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26900kg |
| Also See | New Knapen Heavy Duty Waste & Landfill Walking Floor®Trailer Hydraulic Door | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor Keith Cleensweep Moving Tarp System |
127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26900kg |
| Also See | New Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | Change to 15 Plank 10/22mm XHDI Floor from 21 Plank 10mm Smooth Floor Keith Cleensweep Moving Tarp System |
127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26850kg |
