Karlan’s expands with CombiMax

The new Faymonville CombiMax rail vehicle transporter for Karlan’s Båt & Specialtransport in Sweden. Photo: Faymonville

Swedish company Karlan’s Båt & Specialtransport AB expanded its fleet with a new CombiMax combination from manufacturer Faymonville to transport of railway vehicles.

Its new CombiMax is a 2-axle bogie with an 8-axle loading platform designed for the demanding application. The front bogie has two pendular PA-X axles giving a minimum loading height of 790 mm. Suspension stroke is 600 mm and there is a 60 degree maximum steering angle for manoeuvrability.

Starting out at 14.6 metres long, the 8 axle platform can be extended by adding 6 metre long beam sections. These can be added and taken out without needing cranes or fork trucks. Cranked axles allow the loading height to be reduced to 740 mm. These features make the combination suitable for transporting long trams, rail wagons and urban rail cars.

Special applications

The hydraulic counter-steering system allows synchronisation between the pendular and the cranked axles, including when the platform has been extended.

Rails can be bolted to the deck at the required gauge to accommodate different vehicles. There is also a Faymonville-designed rail ramp with a very low gradient of 2 degrees. This ramp can also act as a 20 tonne capacity loading platform.

Karlan’s Båt & Specialtransport was started in 1970 by Karl Arne Jakobsson and is now managed by his son Karl Magnus Espenkrona. There are fifteen employees and the equipment fleet includes MAN, Volvo and Scania trucks. There are low bed, extendable and adjustable width beam trailers built for boats, silos, machinery and similarly bulky loads. It operates across Europe, specializing in transporting boats and rail vehicles, also into parts of Asia and north Africa.