Goldhofer are a specialist manufacturer of trailers based in Germany. The company with origins bck to 1705 in a village forge in Amendinghem in southern Germany. The modern company was founded as Allguer Fahrzeugwerke(South Germany vehicle works) by Alois Goldhofer in the post war boom. In 1952 he designed a low bed trailer with rear loading for machinery transport. Alois Goldofher passed away on 16 January 1981 and the company is run by his daughter.
The company has built trailers from 6 ton to 10,000 ton capacity over the past 50 + years, with over 25000 built and solt to over 70 countries.[1]
Company history[]
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Product range[]
- Type TU - 1952 - Rear load low loader
- Type TL - 1956 - Low bed with removable axel
- Type TA - 1959 - Heavy Duty low loaders up to 120 gross
- Type TPA - 1963 - Heavy duty trailer ith mechanical steering and suspension of all axles (Birth of the modular trailer
design)
- Modular trailer systems
- Aircraft recovery systems and tractors
See also[]
- Specialist trailer builders
- Special Purpose Machines
- Heavy Haulage Contractors
- List of Tractor Manufacturers
References / sources[]
- ↑ Heavy Haulage Vehicles built by Goldhofer, by Lothar Husemann/Michael Bammel, published 2006 ISBN 3-613-02681-3
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