Hamelex White makes light work of scrap

A Sydney scrap-metal merchant is reaping the benefits of its latest specialised Hamelex White hooklift J-bin trailer

Sydney-based metal recycling specialist Sell & Parker says the latest addition to its fleet, a Hamelex White dual-axle ‘J-bin’ trailer with specialised hooklift, is maximising its productivity and circumventing common and potentially costly issues often encountered in its market niche.

Sell & Parker, which collects, shreds and redistributes scrap metal from a variety of sources, took delivery of the trailer last year. It’s the latest in a long line of trailers built by Hamelex White for the scrap merchant, the first of which was delivered in 1998.

The latest J-bin trailer has a custom hooklift designed to accommodate the variety of heavy-duty steel waste bins used by Sell & Parker. The company’s Transport Manager, Phil Baxter, says the trailer’s light weight gives it a major edge.

“Weight is a huge part of our business and all of our vehicles are equipped with weighbridge indicators that can be viewed from the vehicle’s cab to ensure the accurate amount is kept,” he says.

A major weight reduction stems from the trailer being permanently fixed to the prime mover’s ball-race turntable, negating the need for landing legs. Hamelex White shipped the prime mover to its Melbourne factory to have it fitted with the trailer.

“Regardless of the bin size, the payload in our older models was 18 tonnes,” he says.

“However, with this new model we can achieve up to 20 tonnes, which makes a massive difference over the course of a day.”

Hamelex White also moved the brake boosters underneath the chassis to protect them from falling debris – an issue which in the past has seen them damaged when tipping the bin.

The mudflaps also retract when the bin is tipped, so a driver can’t inadvertently reverse straight over them.

The trailer is the fourth J-bin to be purchased from Hamelex White and Baxter says they’re continually evolving.

“Bruce Hayward, one of our senior drivers who has been with the company for 26 years, has been the one who has picked up all the J-bin trailers over the years and he has seen great improvements with them over time.”

Baxter says Sell & Parker is about to ramp up its operations and he knows where the company will turn when more trailers are required.

“We have gone out of the state on the odd occasion but we have recently just purchased a couple of sites in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, which we intend to have up and running towards the end of this year,” he says.

“No doubt we will again add assets to our fleet to meet the demands of those areas, which means we’ll need to give Hamelex White a call once more.”

Hamelex White makes light work of scrap

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