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Timpte Split-Deck Equipment Trailer

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Very Cool New equipment Trailers #4

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This segment highlights the Timpte split-deck equipment trailer. A representative explains that this is a new product line for Timpte, a company historically known for semi-trailers. The unique feature of these trailers is their all-aluminum construction and the use of 'Magnalock Huck' fasteners instead of traditional welding for structural integrity. The representative states that welding aluminum can weaken it over time, leading to stress fractures, whereas their fastening method provides a longer-lasting solution, leveraging technology proven in heavy-duty semi-trailer manufacturing.

Goal: Understand the design and construction benefits of Timpte's all-aluminum split-deck trailer.

Tools and materials

  • Magnalock Huck Fasteners Magnalock Huck — Structural fastening method for the aluminum trailer, replacing traditional welds

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it's about midway to the bed [Music] is this new uh yeah this should be a brand new product for us and this is my temptee so then once you get it up mark you gotta lock it yep there's uh four lashes on you what happens if you forget to do that um do you jeopardize losing your load you possibly could but oh you could seriously yeah and no okay not a game changer if you don't if you forget to lock them and who are you with i'm staying genetically nice to meet you yeah nice to meet you yeah by the way is there anything else new by kimchi yeah so we have a 14 uh split deck okay why is that new i've seen a lot of split decks before um jeffy is actually known for our semi trailers yup and uh we decided to enter the equipment trailer is this the first year this would be our first year making equipment trailers we have been in business since 1884. oh yes i think every semi-trailer going down the road it says tinty on it somewhere on it i mean that's not new so we're the uh longest-running trailer manufacturer in north america okay and uh just looking to diversify our portfolio and that's why we we're starting to come out with larger and larger models all are you all aluminum we are everything there's going to be some componentry that's going to have steel for like steel bracketry right right but as for our design we utilize the same manufacturing techniques on the semi-side and applied them to these trailers so you're going to see no aluminum like structural welds you're going to see everything you know magna lock hooked everything's going to be fastened together why not aluminum welds is that weaker when you do aluminum welds it actually weakens uh so you can start to over time get stress fractures in those welds so this will actually provide a a longer lasting it's a proven technology that we use on the that's so nice because those semis are you know carrying 26 tons of product day in and day out this is the exact same stuff that we use hey very blunt question are you stealing technology from air tow trailers by having that thing go down why did you say that i'm guessing you weren't going to say yeah we're technically stealing but we don't want that they have a different uh style set up um i haven't honestly looked at their setup i'm just wondering what what the difference was i mean it's just so similar and you don't see this set up very often right i mean our biggest difference is they're steel we're aluminum okay yep good question all right mark hey i…

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