tons. Photo courtesy of Siegmund Excavation.
Siegmund Excavation & Construction, a construction and excavation company serving the Northwest, and its partner company, Allied Rock, are modernizing the way they’re hauling loads to improve efficiency and increase payload.
Siegmund purchased two new custom-built, ultra-lightweight Kenworth trucks with aluminum truck/trailer equipment, expressly assembled to Siegmund’s specifications. Each pup and truck combo’s net payload is 36.5 tons. Previously, the company hauled 31.5-ton payloads on the road.
Specifically, Siegmund purchased two new, custom-built Kenworth trucks assembled to its specifications.
“Trucks have load weight limits,” says Andrew Siegmund, owner of Siegmund Excavation and Allied Rock. “These trucks are made ultra-light so they can carry more material safely while operating within legal weight limits. We invested in these custom-built machines in order to decrease unit haul cost and increase truck payload.”
“Basically, we can now haul more aggregate per trip,” he adds.
Allied Rock, a regional supplier of aggregate, crushes rock at the X-Rock Quarry in Stayton, Oregon. It also crushes on location with its portable processing equipment.
“To my knowledge, no other company in the state of Oregon has dump trucks that carry this much payload,” says Gibson Kuenzi, project manager at Siegmund. “These trucks use the latest technology, along with high-strength aluminum components to achieve maximum payload.”