Dennison unveils state-of-the-art parts website

Leading trailer maker Dennison has launched a parts ordering website which it believes marks a first for the trailer industry. 
This unique site, www.trailerfastparts.com, allows operators to access a huge range of components and equipment for Dennison trailers as well as for other makes of trailer.
Using a minimum of clicks and by means of accurate descriptions, images and exploded diagrams, visitors to the site can quickly identify the parts they need and reserve them online.
The site has been specially constructed to make it extremely user friendly and it contains every part Dennison holds in stock or is able to supply.
Navigation is simplicity itself and a search box allows visitors to check for availability even if they don’t know the correct name or the precise part required.
For example, typing in ‘axles’ brings up a list of all the axle suppliers used by Dennison and the user can then identify the specific axle in question.   Illustrations and exploded diagrams then allow the exact part to be selected.
“We are very conscious that our customers have been experiencing some of the toughest trading conditions in living memory”, said Dennison’s managing director, James Dennison.
 “Trailerfastparts.com has been designed to give operators quick and easy access to parts and equipment to keep their trailers where they should be – on the road, earning revenue.”
“We are determined to help these  hard pressed operators get through these uncertain times by continuing to offer the very best quality products at the keenest prices, all backed by a level of service which is second to none.
For 45 years Dennison has been manufacturing high quality trailers designed to meet and even exceed the needs of the most demanding operators.
Today, Dennison Trailers is acknowledged as being one of the major players in commercial trailer manufacture, offering a wide range of market leading, innovative and superbly engineered products.
And trailerfastparts.com further reinforces Dennison’s commitment to providing operators with the best possible back-up service.

Dennison launches new double decker

Dennison Trailers has introduced a brand new double deck curtainsider trailer complete with a fuel-efficient sloping roof. The newcomer has an overall height of 4.820mm and the top deck has 1435mm access through the side while the lower deck has 2140mm.

Incorporating a secondary deck allows an extra 18 pallets to be loaded. The lower fixed deck is solid while the upper deck comes with a galvanised mesh floor to aid visibility from the ground.
To the rear barn doors are fitted with double locking gear.
The trailer features ROR axles and suspension fitted with Goodyear 245/70 x 19.5 tyres, Haldex EBS and a Colas raise and lower valve The trailer tips the scales at a very competitive 9180 kgs unladen.



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Ten new Dennison trailers for Toner

Rathcoole, Co Dublin-based Toner Transport and Logistics has taken delivery of 10 new Dennison pillarless curtainsider trailers to service its Smurfit Kappa contract.

The new trailers are being used to deliver packaging material throughout the 32 counties of Ireland from Cork and Dublin and each is expected to clock up well over 100,000km a year.

Toner is no stranger to Dennison; over the last 10 years the company has bought over 100 Dennison trailers and has been very satisfied with their performance.

“We have built up an excellent working relationship with Dennison over the years,” says Managing Director Jim Toner. “They understand our needs and couldn’t be more helpful, whether we are buying new trailers or just need parts.

“The new trailers are all pillarless curtainsiders.  We opted for this design primarily for safety and operational reasons. The lack of spring-loaded pillars makes loading and unloading simpler and less hazardous and also speeds up turnaround times. And equally importantly, our customers like them too,” says Jim.

Among other things, the new 4.4m high trailers feature BPW big drum brakes, Rubbolite lights and Dunlop Tyres.

Third generation Toner Transport and Logistics, which will celebrate its 75th anniversary next year, employs 60 staff and operates 50 mainly Volvo and Scania trucks as well as 120 trailers.  And although, like every other haulier, business has been tough for Toner as a result of the worldwide recession, Jim Toner is up-beat about the future.

“We’ve been around a long time now and our customers have come to appreciate the quality of service we offer.  Our company fleet is equipped throughout with satellite tracking and mobile phones, allowing continuous updates on driver progress and precise delivery times. We also provide our customers with proof of delivery by e-mail using the El Trax scanning system. 

“These innovations, along with our Dennison trailers, help us to consistently deliver the highest possible level of service which our customers rightly expect.” 
 

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Master quilt and pillow maker Fogarty has taken delivery of three Dennison curtainsider trailers

Each covering around 100,000 km year, the trailers work delivering into Fogarty customers’ DCs in the Midlands and Scotland and back loading raw materials to its site in Boston. Fogarty also operates a twice weekly service into Northern Ireland then reloading in Southern Ireland with polyester fibre used to make its duvets.

“We started using Dennison from other haulier’s recommendations and then found the staff very helpful to deal with; nothing has been too much trouble.” says Fogarty’s Paul Painton.

“We also bought a sliding skeletal trailer recently and have another one on order.

“The curtainside trailers are standard and we specified the height of 4.5m to give us an internal loading height of 3m. We have operated higher trailers before but found the extra height internally not usable and the running height proved difficult on the road, especially in Ireland.

“Overall the trailers are well built and really good quality and the curtains, which were designed with our product range printed on, came out really well. “The trailers are performing well, they were put straight to work and we have had absolutely no problems to date.” 

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Deben Transport orders 100 new trailers

Felixstowe & Southampton based Deben Transport has placed an order with Dennison Trailers for 100 new trailers.  The mix of trailers is comprised of 80 Sliding Bogie Skeletals & 20 Gooseneck 40’ Fixed Skeletal.

The trailers have been specified with ROR Running Gear, Jost Landing
Legs, Haldex Generation 2 EBS, Aspcok Lighting & Bridgestone Tryes.

Having dealt with Deben Transport for 15 years Dennison Trailers was delighted  to win the order which underscores Dennison’s dominant strength within the container Transport sector.

Delivery of the new trailers will commence in February through to end of March 2009.

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Dennison Trailers Certified ISO 9001

Dennison Trailers gained ISO 9001:2000 accreditation in July 2008 in design, manufacturing, sales and distribution of heavy commercial trailers.

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Seeing the wood and the trees

On the demanding forest tracks of southern Scotland and northern England, Dumfries timber haulier John Miller Transport relies on Dennison skeletal semi-trailers to deliver the goods.
Its 55 strong complement of tractor units pulls a fleet of around 70 trailers and in a normal day’s work around 20 own account operators are usually called upon to help with work volumes.
John Miller has no complaints at all about its decision to purchase Dennison trailers and feedback suggests they’re performing very well indeed, coping the rigours of this tough and demanding industry sector which operates in all weathers.
“Dennison trailer chassis are well known for their strength and durability and they have certainly proved themselves on our kind or work. We use them in some of the harshest conditions around – muddy, rutted, unmade tracks and some of the worst weather in the UK,” said John Miller Transport Director John Hunter.
“We get first rate service from the Dennison timber skellies and their light weight means they have an excellent payload capacity.”
The rear sliding bolster helps keep the on-board Loglift crane working well within its safe limits, when loading or unloading and this moving unit also assists when full of logs, by closing the gaps between the ‘bunks’ (round timber bunches) before they are secured by retaining straps.
John Miller specifies BPW axles with drum brakes for their robust, top quality Dennison chassis, which are additionally fitted with Exte bolsters and Loadmaster on-board weighers.
Dennison Trailers is the UK’s leading skeletal trailer maker by far, with a range of models available to suit every application, each one designed to meet the exacting demands of operators.
And Dennison’s FastParts spares operation helps reduce downtime thus keeping all Dennison trailers on the road, where they belong

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Staff News

Congratulations to Aiden Kinsella in being appointed Chief executive for the group from the 1st week in January, taking over from Shay O'Connor who has retired at the end off 2009 after 10 loyal years with the company, and who has given the company great service in his time at Dennison's as Chief Executive. We would like to thank Shay for all his efforts over the last
ten years and wish him and his family all the best for the future.