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THE FIREFIGHTING FOAM TRAILER:
KNOWSLEY SK

Knowsley SK Firefighting Foam Trailer

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The Knowsley Engineering company was founded in 1896, and with over 120 year’s experience, Knowsley SK is renowned for the design, manufacture and delivery of innovative firefighting systems and products, ensuring the protection of high-value assets.

They supply and design fire protection systems to the high-risk oil, gas and petrochemical industries worldwide with a well-known range of specialist water and foam-based products.

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CLIENT PROBLEM

When Knowsley SK had produced their mobile firefighting foam pump trailers in the past, they had to have the trailer chassis purpose-built, and despite similarities between models, they had to start from scratch every time. Because of this, each trailer produced had to be IVA tested, the process of which incurs high costs both in time and money.

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THE DISCOVERY

Knowsley SK contacted the team at Towmate Trailers to collaborate in developing a solution that would enable them to have a standardised trailer that could be easily adapted to suit specific applications. In addition, the development would help Knowsley to avoid the costs and time delays caused by having to get the trailers IVA tested individually.

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THE SOLUTION

Towmate Trailers engineers were drafted in, and using the models provided by Knowsley SK for the pumping equipment, we used our standard Osprey Rolling Chassis trailer as the base to create a solution for Knowsley’s requirement.

Our modular chassis design enables bespoke trailers to be created, utilising existing components, and some additional bracketry to create this unique trailer for a specific application.

In addition, because our Osprey Rolling Chassis trailers are already fully type-approved, Knowsley SK didn’t have to get involved in any approval work before supplying their trailer.

Towmate Trailers also supplied the bespoke cover for the chemical IBC tank mounted on the top of the trailer.

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“Towmate Trailers were excellent in working with us to provide a solution for our client, ensuring that all the requirements were incorporated into the final trailer design.”

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“I personally like the modular concept of the trailer and am excited about what this could develop into in the future.”

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“The heavy-duty design and the durability of the trailer made it very suited to the type of product that we wanted to produce.”

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