Military self-loading container-handler
30 t, 6X4 - 8X4 | Truckmount Steelbro

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STEELBRO manufacture a range of Sidelifters (also known as sideloaders) that will meet the logistics requirements of any modern military organisation. STEELBRO Sidelifter technology provides a dynamic and flexible delivery solution for military planners and operational commanders, and can operate in the most extreme situations and environments.

The ability to uplift and transport a container, and then deposit it wherever needed have enabled military planners to capitalise on the advantages of containerisation and containers have been converted to an ever-expanding range of uses. These include portable buildings such as command centres, medical wards, contamination-decom wards, cookhouses, cool-tainers (refrigerated), barracks, offices and supply stores.

The sidelifter offers the ability to move equipment, munitions, supplies, command centres and other container-based requirements to forward areas where the sidelifter can operate in a wide variety of guises.

A sidelifter can load or unload containers direct from rail wagons, transfer truck to rail and vice versa, and as well as hauling its own container, the sidelifter can load and unload whole convoys of containers without the need to relocate independent heavy lifting equipment such as reachstackers or forklifts. The STEELBRO sidelifter also has overwhelming benefits over the hook type lift unit as outlined below.