Felling Trailers Expands Its Product Line with FT-24 I
(SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, August 29, 2011) –Felling Trailers has enhanced its product line with the FT-24 I. The FT-24 I utilizes new technology from Dexter Axle. This 12,000 lb #14 Torflex axle has an independent suspension with a rubber ride so there is no steel-on-steel contact. There are no hangers, springs or shackle bolts to wear out, and the #14 Torflex axle tube can be used as a supporting cross member. The FT-24 I provides the highest capacity and lowest deck height combination drop deck trailer in the market (24,000#/24.5”). This trailer is perfect for low clearance machines like Directional Drills.
Standard Equipment:
- Load Capacity: 24,000 lbs.
- (2) 12,000 lb. axles (Dexter Oil Bath)
- Brakes: Electric Dexter Nev-R-Adjust
- (4) 235/75R17.5 H radial tires
- (4) 8 bolt Plate wheels
- Suspension – Rubber Torsion, Dexter TorFlex
- Adjustable Lunette eye
- 12,000 lb. Drop Leg jack
- Deck width – 102” OD, 81” ID
- Deck height: 24.5” loaded, 26.5” unloaded (Torsion)
- White oak 2” nominal deck
- 10 19 lb. I-Beam main frame
- 3” I-Beam crossmembers
- (8) D-Rings
- D.O.T. approved LED lighting with Sealed Wiring Harness
- HD Industrial urethane paint and primer with 3-year Paint Warranty
- 5-year Limited Structural Warranty (Lifetime)
- Torflex Axle 5-year Limited Warranty
Optional Equipment:
Drill Package
- Tank and Pump Mount Hardware, Rod Storage Door & Track Stops, extra D-Rings (3)
For more information, please contact 1.800.245.2809, [email protected] or visit them on the web at www.felling.com. You can also follow them on Twitter (@FellingTrailers) and Facebook (Felling Trailers, Inc.).
Felling Trailers is a Full Line Trailer Manufacturer located in Central Minnesota that was started in 1974 by Mr. Merle J. Felling. Felling Trailers, Inc. has grown from a small shop to a factory and office complex that today covers over 132,000 square feet. Felling Trailers currently manufactures 3,000 plus trailers a year ranging from a 3,000 lb utility trailer to a 120,000 lb hydraulic gooseneck trailer, and its standard trailer line includes over 220 models. Felling’s pride and differentiation is its customized trailer division. Their engineers utilize the latest industry leading design techniques along with their experienced metal craftsmen and cutting edge technology to turn its customers’ conceptual trailer needs into a tangible product. Felling continually researches and implements new technologies to reduce lead-time and increase production in the manufacturing plant. Felling Trailers provides a high quality product that is distributed across North America and internationally.
Dexter Axle was founded in 1960 when Leonard Dexter began producing axles from a single plant in Elkhart, Indiana and six years later was purchased by Philips Industries. In 1990, after years of continual growth, Dexter became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tomkins Industries, an industrial conglomerate based in London, England. Dexter’s manufacturing facilities employ state-of-the-art robotics, precision welding equipment, and automated machining processes. Their comprehensive in-house laboratory performs rigorous stress, fatigue, and metallurgical testing while computer equipped test vehicles analyze actual product performance.
Dexter Axle is committed to producing the highest quality products available in the marketplace. A strict quality system drives production with statistical monitoring and control, standard practice instructions for every function in each plant, supplier rating systems and audits, and certification training of all production employees.
Today, Dexter Axle is the industry leader. With nationwide availability and an international distribution network, Dexter is the premier supplier of running gear and components to the trailer industry. Since 1960, the same principles still drive Dexter Axle: superior quality, continuous improvement, and unparalleled customer service.
