The roots of the Faymonville Group are in the small town of Rocherath, in the German speaking part of Belgium. These days, the trailer manufacturer has production facilities in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Poland. And as we speak, the company is building another plant in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The goosenck of this Faymonville VarioMAX low loader is coupled to a detachable 1+2 dolly. Then comes the extendable bed and all the way on the left we can see the rear five axle unit. Luckily it was a clear September day. The rig’s payload capacity is 89 tonnes (196,200 lbs).
The bed can also be coupled directly to the gooseneck, so sans dolly.
The dolly itself is also dividable, visualized in this factory image.
Evidently, the Faymonville low loader is designated ‘VarioMAX’ for a reason. All measurements stated in the drawing are in millimeters. I’d say the maximum length of the bed, when fully extended, is exactly 11.00 meters (36’1”).
Standing all the way at the back, here’s where the arm of a full-size excavator in transit usually rests…
…as shown in this picture (photo courtesy of the Faymonville Group).
After a short walk, we arrive at the front end. A 2022 Scania 770S V8 6×4 tractor is in charge of the whole operation.
With its 770 DIN-hp turbodiesel and planetary drive axles, this is a beast of a machine for sure. The Scania, with air suspension on all axles, is rated at a gross combination weight of 150 tonnes (330,700 lbs). Well, that will do the trick.
The crew gladly demonstrated how things work. No, not really. I just got the picture from the Versteijnen Trucks’ sales ad.
For the trivia buffs, Faymonville is also a small town in the predominantly French speaking region of Belgium. Those who are interested in Faymonville’s Little Rock plant can find more information on their website.
Very interesting version of what we call in the U.S., a Low-Boy.
That trailer is so long and the Benelux so tightly packed you could probably be in three countries at once.. I wasn’t aware Belgium had a German speaking region I thought it was all either Flemish or French speaking.
German speaking part(s) of Belgium in dark green, around 78,000 inhabitants:
I appreciate your posts, Johannes in large part because they’re frequently about European trucks and tractors which always get my interest.
I have a question; America’s COE tractors have been gone for a number of years. Kenworth’s last was 2020, but COEs haven’t been commonly used for over the road use in decades. Why does Europe seem to use them almost exclusively?
Overall length regulations, so the truck’s or tractor’s cab included. No ‘nose’ simply means less overall length. Though that bit of extra length clearly doesn’t matter much in heavy and special haulage…
From circa 1960 onwards, especially in international transport, it was basically over and out for conventionals in Europe. Since quite some time now, factory conventionals are not offered in Europe any longer.
Euro cabovers are much nicer to drive than US efforts, Im currently pedaling a Volvo 6 wheel tractor unit towing V bins, Thats a pretty impressive trombone trailer.
Very impressive…