Successful barge offload and heavy haul delivery of JIER mechanical presses to DANA Corporation
January 5th, 2006Successful barge offload and heavy haul delivery of JIER mechanical presses to DANA Corporation by Burkhalter Rigging adds significant economic potential to the Eddyville River and Industrial Port Authority.
Burkhalter Rigging, Inc. (http://www.burkhalter.net), the award-winning specialized lift, rigging, and transport professionals who engineer solutions with a major emphasis on safety for heavy industry announce the successful barge offload and heavy haul delivery of JIER mechanical presses to the Hopkinsville auto parts plant of DANA Corporation. An impressive heavy haul, lift, and transport achievement that adds significant economic potential to Eddyville River and Industrial Port Authority.
“This is first time that anything of this magnitude (heavy and large) has come through here,” says Jay Hunt, operations manager for the Eddyville River and Industrial Port Authority. “By being new to us, we really didn’t know what to expect. We were somewhat concerned about how something so big would be brought off the water onto the bank. I was pleasantly surprised by how efficient and smooth Burkhalter made the transfer. We now have high expectations for more heavy-equipment to be offloaded at the Eddyville port.”
Burkhalter Rigging will deliver four presses in all — two that weigh 2,500 tons each, and two that weigh 1,000 tons each. Burkhalter Rigging was chosen by Toledo Press Company to transport and millwright the four metal-stamping presses manufactured by the JIER Mechanical Press Company. The stamping-press components were offloaded from a barge by a self-propelled Goldhofer trailer. Transportation overland was by a Goldhofer, 16-line, 1 1/2 wide, multi-axle hydraulic platform/trailer.
“Our specialized heavy lift, rigging, and haul services often create business and economic advantages that are long-lasting and considerable,” says Delynn Burkhalter, CEO and president of Burkhalter Rigging, Inc. “I am confident that bringing such a heavy cargo through the Eddyville port facility was once thought impossible. Fortunately, we knew that our specialized equipment and engineering would make the port a strategic alternative to a lengthy and expensive overland route. Plain and simple, Burkhalter Rigging lowers costs and speeds deliveries by doing the seemingly impossible—safely.”
According to Barry West, DANA Corporation’s project manager, the presses will stamp frame components for the new model year of Toyota Sequoia, a sport utility vehicle, and Toyota Tundra trucks.