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# A safe balancing act

Swiss family business Wipfli is one of the most acknowledged experts in the transport of heavy steel cable reels.

With their extensive **CombiMAX modular system**, these specialists have the necessary transport flexibility.

This time, the route leads the heavy-duty experts to Fatzer. Five cable reels are ready and waiting here. The company manufactures cables from high-strength precision steel wire in diameters of up to 135 millimetres. This time Wipfli is responsible for the transport of 5 bobbins, each weighing in at 105 tons. Each item is 3.90 metres in diameter and 3.20 metres wide.

### **Destination Chechnya**

“Our job includes transport from Romanshorn to Basel into the Auhafen. From there, the **reels** will be shipped on the Rhine to Rotterdam,” Peter Wipfli Jun. explains the project specifications. For this purpose, his team is assembling a Faymonville CombiMAX as a 4+7 combination, with an excavator deck integrated between them.

The combination moved through Switzerland, with the 10x4 tractor unit at the front and a supporting 6x4 pushing vehicle at the rear. The **total pull weight was 186 tons** distributed over a total length of 42 metres. Peter Wipfli Jr. describes the final destination for the cargo: “The reels carrying **steel cables**, which to be installed for a new cable railway at the Veduchi ski resort in Chechnya.”

### Lightweight and modular

The next mission won’t be long in coming for the Swiss. For works manager Peter Wipfli Jun., the Faymonville solution is exactly the right choice for a successful company future. Also and especially for the fact that Wipfli has a clear structure. “As a smaller company, we always have to be able to adapt perfectly to the load. For us, this is only possible with a modular vehicle like the CombiMAX. The CombiMAX impresses with its **high-quality workmanship**, **simple operation** and **light weight**.”

Publication date: 03/2022

		        
                    
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