Press release
Kögel Cargo TIR: the trans-national specialist
Burtenbach, 10th September 2014
- Perfect combination: robustness, flexibility and ideal for customs-bonded purposes
At IAA Commercial Vehicles 2014, Kögel will be presenting the Kögel Cargo platform semi-trailer with sliding tarpaulin and drop side. This combination is particularly popular in Eastern Europe and is ideal for use in cross-border freight transport. In addition, the Cargo TIR scores with its robustness, extensive set of standard equipment and diverse customised equipment. In addition to its high-quality workmanship, the Kögel Cargo TIR is also distinguished by its low maintenance costs and enormously flexibility in use.
The highly stable frame has a sophisticated cross beam arrangement for the transport of heavy loads and use in a very wide variety of road conditions, daily harsh loading operations, and extreme conditions. The floor load-bearing capacity can bear high fork-lift axle loads of up to 7.2 tons. The Kögel Cargo TIR also has a low tare weight and a really robust body. Thanks to two continuous, 220-millimetre-thick roof frame profiles, no rung supports are required when the side tarpaulin is open. The trailer with standard equipment has a tare weight of around 6,000 kilograms. This makes it ideally suited for heavy-duty transport. Naturally, the Cargo TIR has the DIN EN 12642 Code XL load-securing certificate. The Cargo TIR on exhibit is fitted with the new standard Kögel aluminium rear wall door. This comes not only with a self-cleaning trilobular shaft guide but also with inexpensive and easily replaceable single articulated hinges for great ease of repair.
Security and customs seal
Because of the Kögel integral roof tarpaulin, there are no belts hanging into the loading area of the Kögel Cargo when the roof is open; they are integrated into the roof tarpaulin. This entirely eliminates straps snagging on the load. The exhibition vehicle can also be optionally equipped with four pairs of hinged, 600-millimetre-high side walls made from hollow aluminium profiles with tie-rods and tarpaulin anchors for the customs seal. For top cargo security and fast clearance in customs duty traffic, the TIR sliding tarpaulin has tarpaulin eyelets to close the tarpaulin against the drop side with a continuous customs-approved cable.
Cathodic dip-paint coating: lasting protection against corrosion
As in all Kögel freight vehicles, the entire vehicle frame of the Kögel Cargo TIR is given long-lasting protection against corrosion by nano ceramic technology and cathodic dip-paint coating, supplemented with UV lacquering.
Photo: Kögel Cargo TIR
Your contact person for further questions about this press release:
Volker Seitz
Director Communication/Marketing and Business Development
Tel. + 49 82 85 88 – 12 3 06
Fax + 49 82 85 88 – 12 4 24
Patrick Wanner
PR-Manager
Tel + 49 82 85 88 – 12 3 01
Fax + 49 82 85 88 – 12 2 84
Kögel is one of the three leading trailer manufacturers in Europe. Since its establishment in 1934, it has produced more than 500,000 trailers. With its commercial vehicles and solutions for the forwarding and construction industries, the company can offer all the benefits of 80 years of engineering quality "made in Germany". Since that time, it has maintained its passion for transport and innovation, enabling it to offer proven, long-lasting added value for freight forwarders. The company headquarters and main production facility of Kögel Trailer GmbH & Co. KG are in the Bavarian town of Burtenbach. In addition, Kögel also has plants and premises in Neu-Ulm (Germany), Duingen (Germany), Chocen (Czech Republic), Moscow (Russia), and St. Petersburg (Russia). With approximately 1,000 employees, it achieved sales figures of approximately € 275 million in 2013.
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