Mobile yard ramps provide solutions for recycling
January 1st 2008 With a rise in the amount of domestic and commercial waste being sent for
recycling, Thorworld Industries reports a big increase in demand for its mobile
yard ramps from recycling companies
As well as supplying major recyclers
such as Biffa Waste Services, SCA
Recycling and Smurfit Recycling,
the ramps have been bought by many
smaller recycling businesses throughout
the UK.
One of these customers is the familyrun,
independent waste paper recycler,
Pearce Recycling Group, which has
bought 15 tonne Thorworld Deluxe yard
ramps for its depots in Milton Keynes and
St. Albans.
Forklift trucks drive up the ramps to load
twin bales of paper weighing up to 2.5
tonnes into container trucks, which then
deliver them to UK ports for shipping
overseas.
With an overall length of 12.2m and a
useable width of 2.25m, the ramps are
solidly built using the latest solid beam
technique, with a robust steel
superstructure.
Their heights range from 890 to
1,680mm and they have a serrated open
grid deck for positive
traction in all weather
conditions. A handoperated
hydraulic
pump quickly raises
them to the required
height.
For added versatility
they have a built-in
tow bar, allowing them
to be easily and
speedily moved
around by fork truck.
This makes them the
ideal ramps for use at
sites where there are
no loading bays or
raised docks.
They are designed and tested to meet
the latest European quality & safety
standards & directives and bear the CE
mark.
To keep the ramps in top condition, and
to comply with appropriate legislation,
Thorworld provides a periodic inspection
service, together with a comprehensive
maintenance back-up facility.
Thorworld Deluxe ramps are available in
10,000, 12,000 and 15,000kg capacities
and can be purchased outright, or rented
through the company's specialist
RentARamp operation with a sale or return
option. 7,000kg and 10,000kg Economy
and bespoke models can also be
supplied.
Said Thorworld managing director, John
Meale: "There has been a continuing
increase in demand for our mobile yard
ramps from recyclers who deal with all
kinds of waste. That's because our ramps
are extremely solidly built to withstand the
rigours of a tough outdoor working
environment and they offer faster, easier
loading, with increased productivity."
Thorworld provides a one-stop, single
source for a wide range of loading &
unloading equipment and loading bay
accessories & safety aids, such as: dock
shelters & seals, dock levellers, dock
plates & boards, dock & vehicle bumpers,
wheel chocks and modular loading docks,
together with the provision of mobile yard
ramps, for purchase or rental on a sale or
return basis through its specialist
RentARamp operation, as well as the
Truckloada mobile yardlift, the Dockloada
scissor lift platform, and a low cost
Economy ramp.
"With state-of-the-art design/production
resources and an on-going product
development programme, supported by
continual employee training, we are
recognised as both a leader and an
innovator in our field", said John Meale.
"Our objective is to provide a totally
comprehensive range of quality
engineered loading bay and materials
handling equipment, all of which is
designed to help ensure safe, costeffective
and profitable working, as well as
the protection of vehicles, plant and
personnel - setting the standards across
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