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customer magazine 57 | 20 EN
TRACTUELL
POWER SUPPLY GOES
UNDERGROUND ON
THE ISLAND OF SYLT | 06
GRUNDOMAT INSTALLS
FIBRE OPTICS
IN THE USA | 20
PREMIERE FOR THE
NEW GRUNDOPIT PS40 | 25
trenchless technology - simple & easy
FOR YOU IN ACTION | 06 FOR YOU IN ACTION | 10 FOR YOU IN ACTION | 20
GROUND CABLING SEWER CONSTRUCTION FIBRE GLASS
Power supply goes underground on Pipe renewal ND 1,000 with TNT SERVICES completes FTTP
the island of Sylt GRUNDOBURST 1900G installation with GRUNDOMAT
04 | EDITORIAL
FOR YOU IN ACTION GOOD TO KNOW
06 | GROUND CABLING 16 | New water-house-connection 25 | NEW PRODUCT
HDD enables 7 km of overhead line with GRUNDOPIT in record time Premiere of the new GRUNDOPIT PS40
to be dismantled on the island of Sylt
19 | SHORT REPORT SERVICE
SEWER CONSTRUCTION GRUNDORAM works its magic for 26 | TRACTO-TECHNIK Finance GmbH
08 | Sewer renewal and upsizing AMS Trenchless
using pipe bursting to install PP-HM 29 | Planning bores with
pipes 20 | FIBRE OPTIC NETWORKS the new Quickplanner3D
TNT SERVICES completes FTTP
10 | Combined sewer renewal ND installation with GRUNDOMAT 30 | E-MOBILITY
1,000 with GRUNDOBURST 1900G Trenchless solutions for E-mobility
22 | SPECIAL APPLICATION
13 | GRUNDOPIT MS40 hard at work GRUNDOMAT moles the tool of 31 | TRADE FAIRS
installing gravity sewers choice for Glenthorne Information
WATER PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION 24 | NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION 32 | US-Premiere for the "king of rock"
14 | Pipe renewal with large NETWORKS at ICUEE 2019
expansion using static pipe bursting MGD uses GRUNDODRILL 18ACS
for HDD
02|03 TRACTUELL 57 EN | Contents
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57368 Lennestadt · Germany
Editorial team: Burkhard Rarbach, Thorsten Gödde, Anne Knour,
Manuel Pohl, Phillipp Schumacher, Thorsten Schulte
Layout: Alexa Wirth
Circulation: 4.500
Subject to change. No liability for misprints!
CONTENTS 57 EN | APRIL 2020
GOOD TO KNOW | 25 ABOUT US | 34
NEW PRODUCT MOLE - ANIMAL OF THE YEAR
Premiere of the new The mole is rightly protected as
GRUNDOPIT PS40 a useful animal
ABOUT US
33 | TRAININGS 39 | CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES
Hamburg water applies LHT tools Our customers are the best!
for works through the keyhole
INFORMATION
34 | MOLE - ANIMAL OF THE YEAR 42 | Kai Bernhardt is the new head of
Wildlife foundation seeks greater sales for 'D-A-CH'
acceptance for the useful animal
44 | News from our
36 | AWARD Customer Centres in Germany
TRACTO-TECHNIK Homepage wins
regional award 46 | New headquarters for
TRACTO-TECHNIK Australia
38 | GEOSERVICE
Dr. Hans-Joachim Bayer hands over
to his successor
04|05 TRACTUELL 57 | Editorial
NOW IS THE TIME
TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS !
DEAR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS OF TRACTO-TECHNIK,
ever since 1987 our magazine has been published twice a tivities do not collapse. In this respect, our customers are
year with a current circulation of 19,000 in German, 4,500 also responsible for ensuring that we come through this
in English and you have received it by post. The editorial crisis as unscathed as possible. On behalf of everyone at
team from marketing and product management is respon- TRACTO-TECHNIK, I would like to thank you sincerely for
sible for researching and preparing exciting topics about your loyalty.
our unique trenchless technology for you. The result of
this work goes into printing and shipping and lands on For me another aspect has currently arisen: This crisis af-
your desk. fects all areas of our lives and forces us to reconsider hab-
its we have grown fond of and tried and tested patterns of
But this time almost everything is different. Corona has action.
hit numerous companies worldwide with full impact
and many have been forced to react quickly and con- Many of our employees, likewise surely many of yours, are
sistently. For us at TRACTO-TECHNIK the health and working from home and we are also no longer meeting
protection of our employees was a main priority. At personally in large numbers on the company premises.
the same time, we have declared the ambitious tar- Suddenly this is possible!
get of keeping production capacities high in order
to serve our customers and partners during and With our IT we have brought forward the rollout of Mi-
after the crisis. crosoft teams and the necessary technical equipment by
many months. We now contact each other over various
To do so we have formed a Corona Task Force, distances, perfectly natural, as if this has always been
which is responsible for drawing up and implement- the case. We will continue to practice this after Corona,
ing comprehensive internal security measures, as because now it has been proven that it is more efficient
well as for maintaining our supply and delivery ca- and nobody is missing anything. Where we have struggled
pabilities. with changes in the past, new opportunities are suddenly
opening up.
Together with the works council, we decided on short-
time working as early as 23rd March. This is currently fo- If there is something we can take with us from these hard
cused on the administrative areas. Our employees have times, then in my view it is the realisation that, with a high
shown excellent solidarity and everyone is doing their bit, degree of willingness to change and with solidarity, we will
to ensure we get through this difficult period and that jobs soon regain our old strength together.
are maintained.
One thing we will not change, is staying in contact with
Our Supply Chain - which is certainly also important infor- you. We have therefore not suspended the current issue
mation for you - will remain unaffected by the short-time of TRACTUELL, but are moving you into a new dimension
work. We also took early action to ensure that our supply - TRACTUELL is going digital & online. This enables us to
chains are secure for the foreseeable future. reach you faster and more directly - especially in times of
crisis, when you may not receive business mail on a regular
Here the topic of partnership with customers & suppliers basis.
takes on a new meaning. We are doing our best to keep
production running and we are working with our custom- I would like to wish you and your families all the best and
ers sales-oriented, to ensure that new sales and service ac- most of all: Stay healthy!
Your
Tim Hofmeister
ISLAND
HYPED UP
POWER SUPPLY ON THE ISLAND OF SYLT COMPLETELY CONVERTED
TO UNDERGROUND CABLING
Thanks to trenchless technology, electrical power on the ular holiday destination. Close to 18,000 inhabitants share
North Sea island of Sylt will soon only flow underground. an area of 99 km2 with an average of three quarters of a
Schleswig-Holstein Networks AG (SH Netz) has invested an million holidaymakers per year. Half of this typical North
impressive € 16.5 million to optimise the power supply and Friesland nature reserve with miles of sandy beaches, high
to dismantle more than 7 km of 60,000 volt overhead lines. dunes and a species-rich flora and fauna is under strict
For the new underground supply, a 15 km long, 110,000 protection. Thus Paasch proposed to use the trenchless
V power line weighing around 800 t was installed through construction to install the empty pipes on the island, when
the bottom of the North Sea and continued from there via these tasks were advertised for tendering. The civil engi-
a new high-voltage land cable to the transformer station neering company from Northern Germany has often suc-
on the island in Keitum. The installation of the empty pipes cessfully applied the NODIG technology in coastal regions
for the connection of the sea cable in the mudflats and the and was able to convince the client of the economic and
power cables on the island was a case for the Nodig pro- ecological advantages here too.
fessionals from contractor Paasch, who mainly applied the
HDD method for this task. After all construction and nature conservation approvals
had been granted, the pipe installation was ready to be-
TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY PROTECTS gin in early summer 2019 in Keitum. To ensure that the
WORLD NATURAL HERITAGE World Heritage Site and breeding migratory birds are not
Sylt is Germany‘s fourth largest island, situated near the disturbed, all work was accompanied and monitored by a
coast of Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark and is a very pop- natural conservation society.
06|07 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Ground cabling
CHALLENGING ROUTES from the railway embankment to the coast in three sin-
The path through the sensitive eco-system for a total of gle bores. The flexible GRUNDODRILL 18N and the drilling
2,100 m power cable was divided into several sections and pros mastered these tasks throughout without any prob-
was a real challenge.übergabe On its way from the trans- lems. The difficult part was still to come. The eight-man
fer point of the undersea cable in the mudflats to the Kei- team took on the trickiest of the HDD bores in the first
tum transformer station, it crossed forests, wetlands, salt days of June: the installation of the 355 mm OD empty pipe
marshes and the Hindenburg Dam, which connects Sylt to accommodate the undersea cable in the mudflats up
with the mainland. With the exception of undercrossing to the transfer point. Special care was required here. The
the railway embankment, all bores were carried out with tides only allowed work at low tide and parts of the mud
the HDD method, using a GRUNDODRILL 18N. In order flats were not to be entered or loaded at all by vehicles.
to accommodate the sea cable, a 150 m long PE pipe OD The 150 m long pilot bore ran smoothly, but when pull-
355 mm had to be installed from the mudflats. Ashore the ing in the pipe the floating dredger which was supposed
power cable was divided into three onland lines, so that to hold the heavy PE pipe, sank into the soft ground and
three 160 mm OD pipes had to be drawn in from the trans- work had to be stopped for some time. A diving boat took
fer point. Three further empty pipes 50 mm OD for the fu- over the dredger’s job later and the 355 mm pipe could be
ture accommodation of fibre optic and telecommunication pulled in finally.
cables over 250 m length up to the railway embankment
were installed in the same bundle. Behind the railway When some time later the pipe bundle was pressed through
embankment, the bundle of 6 pipes had to be continued the railway embankment in only one night, the new empty
along to the transformer station. pipe network on the island was complete. Then, in October
the sea cable was installed from the mainland up to the is-
HDD-PROS MASTER ALL CHALLENGES land coast by a large cable plough. After the connection to
The bore crew worked their way forward from the trans- the land cable, the power supply on Sylt is secured for the
former station towards the mudflats. First of all, in May long term and the more than 60-year-old overhead lines
2019, the pipe bundle 3 x 160 OD + 3 x 50 OD was installed can be dismantled.
over a total distance of 975 m in eight sections from the
transformer station, parallel to the railway tracks towards Read the detailed jobsite report at
the railway embankment. Then followed the 450 m section www.TRACTO-TECHNIK.com 
NOT JUST RENOVATION,
UPSIZING TOO!
SEWER RENEWAL AND ENLARGEMENT USING THE PIPE BURSTING
METHOD TO INSTALL PP-HM SEWAGE PIPES
A 135 m length renewal path with cross-section enlargement from ND 400 to ND 500.
In Weißenfels a combined sewer was renewed on one of ue the plan to install single pipe sections and revert to the
the most important access roads in the town, while si- installation of a pre-welded pipe length.
multaneously upsizing the cross-section. In the Zeitzer
Street 195 m of a canal was upsized from ND 350 to EXECUTION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK
ND 400 and a 310 m canal section was upsized from When pipe bursting, the underground pipe to be replaced
ND 400 to ND 500. is burst apart with an advance running expander and the
pipe fragments are penetrated radially into the surround-
Not only was the approx. 500 m long sewer section in need ing soil. During the same working process a new pipe, ei-
of renovation, but the line also required an enlargement of ther with the same diameter or a larger diameter is pulled
the cross-section for hydraulic reasons. The bore path was into the hollow space being created. For tough old pipe ma-
mainly underneath footpaths on the fringe area of the road, terials, a cutting blade can be applied to cut open the old
however the path also housed numerous supply pipes and pipes. The force created when destroying the old pipe is ei-
cables. Applying the usual open trenching method on this ther transferred statically via a bursting rod/cable to the ex-
busy road would have proved extremely expensive caus- pander, or dynamically via a rammer or soil displacement
ing half-sided roadblocks to be used. The Sewage Division hammer, situated inside the expander. Therefore, either a
Weißenfels, acting as the Operator, together with the Plan- static or a dynamic pipe bursting method is applied. The
ning Office ECW Engineering Company from Weißenfels, de- new pipes to be installed are either pulled in as a prefabri-
cided to carry out the renewal with simultaneous cross-sec- cated pipe length, in one process, or as single pipe sections,
tion enlargement, by using the pipe bursting method. Due then pulled in and connected during the installation pro-
to the numerous external pipes and cables, it was difficult cess. Pipe bursting is applied for supply line installations
to find suitable positions for the starting and target pits, in and in the sewage field. For the trenchless canal sanitation
order to apply this method, therefore each single renewal with pipe bursting, two excavation pits are usually neces-
section had to be made as large as possible. Other prob- sary at both ends of the bore path to be renewed. Two pits
lems included the task of laying out the long, pre-welded are required for the Bursting process. The excavation pit
pipe sections, due to the numerous entrances, exits, road (target pit) accommodates part of the machine technology
junctions, and cross-sections. So it was decided to discontin- for entering the bursting force, as a pulling rig or diversion
08|09 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Sewer construction
device, and the second excavation pit (starting pit), is used ence with the production of special plastic pipes for trench-
to connect the pipes to be installed or install the prefabri- less installation methods, and have been manufacturing for
cated pipe length. In smaller canal dimensions and suitable over 30 years. The applied pipes are made of a special, high-
boundary conditions the same process can also be carried ly stiff polypropylene material (PP-HM). They contain special
out on one side or both sides, via the available sewage pipe connections, integrated inside the pipe wall, with large
manholes. spigot depths and two lip seals. This pipe allows very high
axial forces to be transferred and the connections remain
reliably watertight, even under most difficult installation
conditions. By applying the suitable machine technology,
both of the indicated large bore lengths are possible when
applying single pipes. When pulling in pre-welded pipe
lengths, significantly longer bore lengths can be achieved.
Starting pit with installation of the new pipes. The pipe being pulled in.
The company DIRINGER & SCHEIDEL CONTRACTING COM- During the actual bursting process, each respective instal-
PANY GmbH & Co. KG, Dessau Branch received the contract lation path had to be closed and the incurring sewage wa-
to carry out the work. In Weißenfels, the static pipe burst- ter diverted. For the re-connection of the provided connec-
ing process was applied, from excavation pit to excavation tion lines small manholes were produced, the connections
pit with single pipe lengths for all renewal sections. As de- closed off before the actual bursting process began, and
scribed previously, due to the tight working conditions and immediately afterwards, before the new installed pipe was
larger pipe diameters, which caused problems when pro- opened and weld-on sockets were mounted. The available
ducing the excavation pits and the lay out of the prefabri- connections were then connected to weld-on sockets. The
cated pipes, it was necessary for the renewal lengths to be manholes, which were accessed and driven through, were
as long as possible with single pipe lengths. For this reason restored after the installation of the new pipes with Predl
the work was carried out with a pipe bursting machine from Flexliner. During this process, new pre-fabricated gutters
TRACTO-TECHNIK, which works with a pulling force of up to and shaft pipes made of plastic (PP) are installed inside the
1,900 KN (ca. 190 t), to burst the stoneware and concrete existing shaft. Summary: The sewer section to be redevel-
pipes that need replacing, then install larger nominal width oped was renewed and enlarged by the use of pipe burst-
new PP pipes in cross-section. The single pipe modules are ing with comparatively little effort and high quality. The new
tensioned with a rod tension force of up to 400 kN during sewage pipes, which are located in the almost undisturbed
the pulling-in process. In doing so, both dimensions (New building area after the renewal process, are designed for the
pipe ND 400 and ND 500) achieved remarkable installation heavy strains during installation and therefore extremely
lengths of well over 100 m. robust and durable. Pipe bursting, as a trenchless renewal
method, is applicable for numerous damage symptoms and
In the bore path shown here an existing section of the offers the opportunity to renew sewage canals either with
stoneware canal was extended from ND 400 to ND 500 the same nominal size or by upsizing. When planning sanita-
by installing new Concept-HL-installation pipes made of tion measures, the pipe bursting application method should
PP-HM as single pipes with 1.5 m construction lengths. The be taken into consideration more frequently.
installation pipes applied were provided by Karl Schöngen KG
from Salzgitter. Karl Schöngen KG have a wealth of experi- Text & Photos © Nico Schlenther, Karl Schoengen KG, 2019
PREMIERE WITH
MAXIMUM STRAIN
PIPE RENEWAL ND 1,000 WITH GRUNDOBURST 1900G
To the south-west of the Lower Saxony capital Hannover, operation date back to the 19th century and their condition
at the centre of the city triangle Hannover – Hameln – requires constant monitoring and attention.
Hildesheim, you can find a town called Springe, with 30,000
inhabitants and 12 urban districts. A particular challenge in this respect was the sewage pipe
in the inner-city street Harmsmühlenstraße. In the section
THE RAVAGES OF TIME between Schulstraße and Schopenhauerstraße the condi-
Springe is a modern and lively little town with a well-devel- tion of the reinforced ND 1,000 concrete pipes in the apex
oped infrastructure, even underground. The town’s public area over a length of 160 m was so poor, that a renewal
sewer network currently has a total length of about 550 km, was urgently required. Tears and most of all, corrosion had
of which approximately 310 km are allotted to the main ca- caused leakages over several decades, which endangered
nals and approx. 240 km to house connection service lines. the ground water and the ground itself.
The SES (Urban drainage utilities Springe), is an economi-
cally and organisationally independent municipal company DECISIVE GENERAL CONDITIONS
that takes care of the operating, maintenance and servic- After public tendering, SES assigned Oppermann GmbH
ing of this sewer network. This also means that SES bears Consulting Engineers from Velmmar with the planning for
great responsibility, since the oldest drainage systems in the pipe renewal in the Harmsmühlenstraße. The com-10|11 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Sewer construction
GRUNDOBURST 1900G
The intermediate pit
pany really knows a thing or two about designing and plan- Traffic is hardly influenced and residents are not dis-
ning new pipe installations and pipe renewals and is very turbed
familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the var- Emissions and the consumption of natural capital are
ious methods. greatly reduced
Therefore, it was soon clear that, due to the local condi- High cost saving as opposed to the open-trench method
tions and the location at a depth of 2 m in sandy, gravel- The working phases are fast and performances high
ly and even clay soil underground, only the underground (Short construction times)
construction method could be considered for the renewal The already existing bore path is used to good effect
of the damaged ND 1,000 concrete pipeline. All general The result is equal to a complete new installation
conditions indicated that static burstlining with all its ad-
vantages would provide the best possible solution in every EXPERTISE OF THE PROFESSIONALS
respect – space saving, environmentally friendly, fast and Company Kögel Bau GmbH & Co. KG from nearby Bad
economical. Because: Oeynhausen was appointed by the Urban Drainage Coun-
cil Springe as general contractor for various pipeline con-
Roads, pavements and trees are protected, no need to dig structions (e. g. applying pipe pushing for the construc-
up any trenches tion of rainwater pipes). For the trenchless renewal of the160 m long section in the Harmsmühlenstraße, Kögel Bau the machine starting pit and then the GRUNDO-
assigned Rettberg GmbH & Co KG as a sub-contractor, who BURST 1900G was brought into position and ten-
have gained many years of experience with the pipe burst- sioned appropriately. The Quicklock bursting rods
ing method and have had especially great success working applied were quickly pushed into the old pipe-
with the relevant GRUNDOBURST machines from TRACTO- line, mainly thanks to their quick click-shut cou-
TECHNIK. plings. Inside the pipe installation pit the new pipe
PE 100 RC with an outer diameter of 990 mm and a
GRUNDOBURST rigs are perfectly suitable for pipe renew- wall thickness of 58.2 mm (Manufacturer: SIMONA AG,
als with the static pipe bursting method, where the old Kim) was connected with a PE-pulling head and an ex-
pipe is cracked and displaced into the surrounding soil. At pander with 1,060 mm outer diameter (with blade
the same time a new pipe with either the same, a smaller strips) and then connected to the QuickLock-bursting
or even larger diameter can be pulled in. With this sustain- rod. When pulling back, the old concrete pipes were
able method, damaged pipes up to ND 1,200 can be re- cracked open and displaced into the surrounding soil. In
placed trenchlessly with new pipes in the same bore path. the same working process, the bore hole was expanded
The well-coordinated and experienced “Rettberg Team” and the new pipe pulled inside it. Due to the relatively
has already mastered many a tricky task of this kind. Ex- low cover, only a small expanding dimension of 70 mm
actly what was needed in Springe. was chosen, in order not to damage or lift the surface.
SUITABILITY OF THE MACHINE The pulling-in process required a lot of experience and
For the bursting of the old reinforced concrete pipe know-how, as well as the right feeling for the situa-
ND 1000 with the corresponding general conditions, the tion. At the start of this process, the pulling force was
GRUNDOBURST 1900G fulfilled all requirements with all 910 kN and this climbed steadily during the whole pulling-
these performance capacities: in process. In the final section of the bore length, at
around 140 m, it reached an unbelievable 1,900 kN,
Max. thrust force: 716 kN which equals the maximal pulling force for the machine!
Max. pulling force: 1,900 kN The pulling speed reduced itself strongly, but was still
Starting pit size: 8 x 2 m sufficient to complete the pulling-in task over the total
Drive capacity: 55.1 kW at 2,300 rpm bore length of 160 m.
Bursting rod diameter: 120 mm
Bursting rod weight: 165 kg In the starting pit and the seven intermediate pits for
Bursting rod effective length: 2,250 mm the installation of the house connections, a Benton-
Bore rig dimensions: 2,850 x 1,150 x 1,000 mm ite-Water-Emulsion was applied to reduce the friction
between the old pipe and the new pipe.
in order to successfully complete the task. Quick thrust-
ing of the bursting rods into the old pipe and during the All the described working steps were completed in only
new installation, a solid and job-site suitable construc- one day. Due to the perfectly tuned equipment with ma-
tion for the highest strains, as well as a high working chine and accessories, as well as an experienced and per-
safety and reliability, are almost self-explanatory. fectly co-ordinated “Top-Team-Rettberg”, the GRUNDO-
BURST 1900G managed to burst an old sewer pipe ND
PERFECT INTERPLAY 1,000 for the very first time and install a new PE-pipe
A reinforced concrete abutment, together with tim- with outer diameter 990 mm over a bore length of
ber pilings (approx. 3 m deep), were installed inside 160 m. A premiere with quite a few extreme values. 12|13 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Sewer construction
SIMPLY UNDERGROUND
GRUNDOPIT MS40 HARD AT WORK INSTALLING
GRAVITY SEWERS
Barhale is one of the England's largest privately-owned pipes with drill lengths from 10 m up to 45 m, and depths
civil engineering and infrastructure specialists and has of 4 m to 1m deep. The beauty of using the GRUNDO-
35-years’ experience in the water, transport, built envi- PIT is its ability to operate out of a 1,200 mm manhole
ronment and energy sectors throughout the UK. ring. The contractor can therefore build planned man-
holes and double up by using them with a small hole
To complete some of its on-going projects, particularly cored for the rig to push through its drill head and pilot
in the water and energy sectors, the company has em- rods prior to back reaming and installing the pipe.
braced trenchless technology and uses a GRUNDOPIT
MS40 Mini HDD rig for the quick and economic installa- The use of rigs to install gravity sewers is not new, but the
tion of property service connections for gas, water, elec- ever-increasing accuracy of walk over tracking systems,
tric, FTTH and sewer pressure pipes. capable of reading to 0.1 % gradient, is helping contrac-
tors to complete installations in quicker time frames with
The compact machine is manufactured by TRACTO- less hassle for local residents.
TECHNIK and is a pit launched, horizontal directional
drill rig that is fluid-assisted for ease of operation. Its Dominic McDermott works for Barhale HQ in Walsall and
most recent outing was on a £ 3,7 million ‘First Time Sew- is a fan of the technology; “On this particular project, the
erage Scheme’ in Bythorn and Keyston near Kimbolton longest crossing undertaken using the manhole launched
which was undertaken by Barhale Construction as part rig was 45 m from a manhole 4 m deep. Not only did the
of Anglian Water’s AMP 6 programme. As framework drill path cross under the road, but also under the hedge,
contractor, Barhale was appointed to provide a new lawn and block paved driveway of a private property up
public sewerage system to reduce environmental issues to the garage to a depth of 1.2 m where the household
in the local area. sewer outlet was to be connected. An operation that took
only one day using trenchless technology would not only
To ensure minimal disruption whilst connecting house- have taken a couple of weeks using traditional open cut
holds to the new sewer network the pipework was laid methods, but would have required a full road closure,
under the local roads using the GRUNDOPIT. The rural removal of excavated material, importing of back fill ma-
nature of the villages and location of the manholes and terial, tarmac reinstatement, let alone the reinstatement
route down to the pumping station meant that some of of the private garden and driveway. The GRUNDOPIT is
the crossings were up to 4 m deep. Ten different loca- instrumental in these efficiencies. It’s a super piece of kit
tions were used to install 125 mm SDR 11 MDPE sewerage and one we could not be without.” READY IN NO TIME! PIPE RENEWAL WITH LARGE EXPANSION WITH PIPE BURSTING In the far east of Poland, in the Lublin province, you can length of 5,473 m must be repaired or renewed respec- find the city of Pulawy with around 48,000 inhabitants. In tively. September 2018, the town signed a contract with the com- pany Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Sp. z o.o. In Spring 2019 the renewal of a 520 m long section in Pu- from Bytom (PWiK Bytom) for the trenchless renewal of its lawy’s Ulica Górna was on the agenda. The old water sup- water supply network as part of of the large-scale project ply lines made from PVC and asbestos cement with an in- “Modernisation of the water supply network in Pulawy by ner diameter of 80 mm had to be urgently renewed and bursting – Stage II”. In total supply lines covering a total owing to the higher demand, the hydraulic capacity of the
14|15 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Water pipeline construction
piping system also had to be increased. The city of Pulawy existing old pipe is burst and radially displaced into the
chose PWik Bytom as the contracting party, due to their surrounding soil, while a new pipe (new pipeline) of the
experience over many years with trenchless sanitation/re- same or a larger diameter is simultaneously pulled in. The
newal projects. GRUNDOBURST 800G certainly fulfilled all requirements
and conditions here. The bursting rods were pushed
Static pipe bursting was the preferred method of PWik By- through the old pipe without any problems whatsoever
tom for the trenchless renewal of the old drinking water and during the withdrawal of the roller blade the PVC and
pipe with PE SLM® 3.0-Pipes ND 200 from Egeplast, be- asbestos pipes were easily broken and pushed aside into
cause the construction and set-up times are short, the re- the surrounding dry sandy soil. The relatively large expan-
newal takes place in the existing line, the method is appli- sion factor of 80 mm to 280 mm was carried out in one
cable for almost all types of damage and old pipe materials single expansion step, while simultaneously pulling in the
(in this case mainly asbestos cement!) and the environ- new PE SLM® 3.0-Pipe ND 200. The GRUNDOLOG measur-
ment and traffic are only subject to minimum disruptions. ing device was applied to measure and survey the permit-
Last but not least, PWiK Bytom were able to use their ted tensile strengths. In total, four bore lengths, each of
GRUNDOBURST 800G from TRACTO-TECHNIK, which has 130 m were renewed this way, whereby the pure bursting/
been working reliably for many years. pulling-in time was merely 5 hours, a super time.
GRUNDOBURST systems are perfectly suitable for pipe
renewals using the static burstlining method, where the More Information at www.TRACTO-TECHNIK.comSTEEP RISE FOR MINI HDD SYSTEM NEW WATER HOUSE CONNECTION WITH GRUNDOPIT IN RECORD TIME Using conventional methods it would be impossible to install steep slope, directly into the house of his customer in the spa a water pipe in an impassable terrain without causing any town of Cochem. damages – but not if the Mini HDD bore rig GRUNDOPIT PS60 is applied: within only 1,5 days contractor Pöllmann installed Oliver Pöllmann GmbH is a second-generation, family-run a new 45 m long water supply pipe from the road through a construction company, which has been involved in trenchless
16|17 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Water pipeline construction
Only a small construction pit was required for drilling with the GRUNDOPIT PS60 through the steep, built-up slope.
technologies since 2013. Managing Director Oliver Pöllmann house connection with a diameter of 88 mm ran under exist-
relies on the competence of TRACTO-TECHNIK and their sup- ing buildings up a steep slope - first under stairs, a hallway
port in technical matters, enabling the contractor, to contin- and a paved terrace, a garden bed, a meadow and various
uously advance. paths, before the drill head finally reached the target pit. The
bore ran in depths between 1,0 and 3,5 m at inclination an-
POWER PACK WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH gles of up to 46%. During the upsizing process, a mixing ratio
INHOMOGENEOUS SOIL for the drilling fluid of 15 kg to 1000 l water was applied, as
For the new water supply line, PE protection pipes ND 50 Oliver Pöllmann explained.
and ND 40 had to be installed. From a small pit in the road
46 m away, the GRUNDOPIT equipped with a "Hard Drill SURFACES REMAINED INTACT
Head" worked its way through the underground to the target The position of the bore head was monitored using a Digitrak
pit. The soil was rather inhomogeneous: rock, lava and clay Falcon F2 detection system. With the compact and powerful
layers often alternated often abruptly. The pilot hole for the GRUNDOPIT, the installation work was literally carried out inthe most minimally invasive way, which meant that the sur- fits into a very small starting pit, is easy to transport, or can face in the surrounding area was not affected at all – com- launched directly from a basement Yet it provides a large pletely different from what happens when conventional open stroke so that drill rods with an effective length of 75 cm can trench contruction methods are applied. For this reason, the be applied. With its high torque of 1.500 Nm, a maximal rota- trenchless method was the only possible way to install a new tional speed of 150 rpm as well as 60.000 N thrust and pulling supply line here at all. This way, all preparatory works and the force, the compact mini rig works very successfully, even in pilot bore were already completed by the end of the first day. difficult underground conditions. On the morning of the second day in Cochem the bore head All these features make the use of this mini HDD rig is an was exchanged against a backreamer Ø 105 mm and con- economical alternative to conventional pipe installation nected to the protection pipe, so upsizing and pipe instal- methods, especially for the installation of all types of house lation could be carried out simultaneously. After the back- connections, but also for crossings beneath roads, rivers and reamer, together with the protection pipe arrived back in streams up to 100 m length. With its clearly arranged control the starting pit, the ND 40 water pipe was pushed into the panel, the fully automatic bore mode and the drill rod han- protection pipe from the top . The whole task was completed dling system, it makes work easier for the user and guaran- within only 1,5 days. tees on-target bores. GRUNDOPIT PERFECTLY SUITABLE Among the advantages of the GRUNDOPIT PS60 are its com- A detailed report and a jobiste video are avalable at pact dimensions combined with a powerful performance: it www.TRACTO-TECHNIK.com
18|19 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Water pipeline construction • Short report
STRIKINGLY VERSATILE
GRUNDORAM WORKS ITS MAGIC FOR AMS TRENCHLESS
AMS Trenchless is the UK’s largest privately owned Hori- a headwall location on the banks of the River Calder. With
zontal Directional Drilling and Guided Auger Boring con- the high risk of drilling fluid entering the river the option of
tractor in the UK. Based in Scunthorpe and with twenty five HDD was discounted and the team instead opted for a pipe
years of experience within the industry, AMS Trenchless ram solution once again using the GRUNDORAM Gigant.
has a policy of investing in the latest trenchless technolo- Pipe ramming has the advantage of being a ’dry’ method
gy to ensure it remains at the forefront of a dynamic and guaranteeing zero pollution. An additional advantage of
evolving industry. ramming on this job was the eventual location of the steel
pipe to a dead end – without the need for a reception pit.
The company has long recognised the benefits of the
GRUNDORAM horizontal rammer range from and over the Further projects have subsequently been completed using
last year has hired a number of different models to com- GRUNDORAM Koloss, Goliath and Taurus pipe rammers.
plete trenchless installation projects throughout the UK. These included a casing pipe ram at Elvanfoot in Scotland
One contract completed by the AMS team involved a trench- to support unstable ground at the launch area of an HDD
less crossing beneath an existing road for the installation bore (a classical HDD-Assist technique, so called Conduc-
of steel gas main in Costessey, Norfolk. Pipe ramming us- tor Barrel), the installation of a steel sleeve for electric ca-
ing the GRUMDORAM Gigant was chosen as the preferred bles under the East coast mainline at Stevenage station
method following a site review that indicated challenging and landfall cable ducts for a windfarm in the North Sea.
geology, shallow cover depth and limited space. To install
the steel tube the Gigant rammer had to impart percussive Peter Guilliatt is the Operations Director at AMS Trenchless
force of 2,860 Nm/joule to drive the open ended steel tube and is delighted at the success of the projects using the
through the ground. Additional lengths of steel tube were rammers from TRACTO-TECHNIK UK: “The GRUNDORAMs
then welded to the previous length to complete the cross- are really superior pieces of kit. Without doubt they have
ing. Spoil left in the steel tube was removed by high pres- helped us to fulfil our contracts on time and within budget.
sure water jetting at the end of the job and remarkably the They are ideal for jobs where the ground conditions are
full installation was completed in just 5 shifts. unstable or geologically difficult and have enabled us to
offer viable solutions when we didn’t think our standard
Another customer in Brighouse contracted AMS Trenchless directional drilling or guided auger boring was the best
to install 24 m of outfall pipework from an existing site to solution.” FIBRE FINDING A HOME
IN THE HEARTLAND
TNT SERVICES COMPLETES FTTP INSTALLATION WITH GRUNDOMAT
The expansion of fibre-optic networks in rural areas nologies offers. We quickly agreed that an on-site demo
throughout the Midwest of the USA continues to gain mo- would be a great opportunity.” The demo consisted of two
mentum. As large communications companies and region- 8 m length bores in house driveways, each taking about 12
al providers start to settle in small towns, there is a great minutes. Impressed by the speed and accuracy of the bores,
need for utility contractors, who are able to complete FTTP as well as the low air consumption of the soil displacement
(Fibre-To-The-Premises) projects effectively and efficiently. hammer, Totmann wanted to use the hammer for his fibre
optic projects.
TNT Services from Pipestone recognized the need for high
quality fibre optic installations in rural southwest Minne- The GRUNDOMAT is versatile and can be applied for numer-
sota very early and has already gained 15 years of experi- ous trenchless applications. “Soil displacement hammers
ence in the underground pipe installation field. With further are used for water, gas, canal, electrical and FTTH applica-
fibre-optic installation projects on the horizon, Tim Tot- tions. Furthermore, they are very economical for the shorter
mann, the TNT Service Manager, was toying with the idea of bore projects, as was the case with TNT Services, compared
extending his fleet with a further bore rig and decided to get to the steerable bore systems,” according to Dorn.
in touch with Mark Dorn at TT Technologies. Dorn said: “Tim
asked me about GRUNDOMAT soil displacement hammers, FIBRE-TO-THE-HOME / FIBRE OPTICS INTO THE HOUSE
because he was looking for a replacement or extension for TNT Services, currently a sub-contractor for a regional tel-
his existing machines. I informed him about the advantages ecommunications company, is participating in a FTTH-pro-
of the reciprocating stepped head and the support TT Tech- ject, comprising numerous construction measures with up-20|21 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Fibre optic networks
graded fibre-optic systems for households in smaller towns protection pipes with smaller diameters and then push the
in the southwest of Minnesota. fibreglass cable in afterwards, but sometimes the cables are
already embedded. As soon as the fibreglass is in place, the
“We bore from the starting pit right up to the houses, the utility company can establish the connections. Totmann ex-
bore lengths have average lengths between 6 and 12 m. plained: “We don’t carry out the connection work ourselves,
Sometimes we bore underneath driveways, paved alleys up but we make sure that the pipe gets from A to B. Normally
to all types of landscaping near houses. Our starting and this would mean from the starting pit right up to the house.
target pits usually have dimensions of 1,0 m x 15 m. We We carry out the bore and then pull the protection pipe in
even have a small trencher to prepare these starting pits. with the compressed air hose in reverse mode. We often
We lay the excavated soil on a plastic cover, so that it can have short bore paths and small diameters. In this case we
be quickly and easily filled back in again,” according to Tot- have protection pipes with Ø 2 cm and a bore diameter of
mann. 4,5 cm. In other cases we pull the soil displacement ham-
mer out of the bore hole in reverse mode, then push insu-
The soil conditions in this area were a big challenge, as hard lation tape through and use that to pull the fibreglass or
loamy soils are difficult to master in dry and wet conditions. protection pipe back.”
However, for the soil displacement hammer, these soil con-
ditions are no problem at all. The multi-cutter cone of the POSITIVE PUBLICITY WORK
GRUNDOMAT is equipped with a pressure spring and push- “Bores in neighbourhoods can cause disturbances. Once
es itself forward together with the machine casing. In doing residents see us with a shovel in our hands, they can easily
so, it creates a pilot bore, which supports the target preci- get worried, but we take the time to show them that we are
sion of the soil displacement hammer. The stepped head not going to destroy their gardens or the pavement. Most
enables the GRUNDOMAT to drive through difficult ground residents find it hard to believe that we can manage all this
conditions, without deviating from its course. The two-man with an air compressor and a small tool. Then out comes
teams from TNT Services therefore manage four to six fi- the plate of cookies, when work is done and we are cleaning
bre-optic installations per day. Most of the time they install up,” Totmann is happy to add. 22|23 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Special application
VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL?
WHY NOT BOTH
GRUNDOMAT MOLES THE TOOL OF CHOICE FOR GLENTHORNE
Chesterfield-based Glenthorne Property Services Ltd pro- take the weight of the new structure and space is almost
vides innovative piled foundation solutions for domestic always at a premium. In these circumstances the team
and commercial building projects. Tailored to each client’s from Glenthorne completes the foundation with a steel re-
specific needs the company works with clients throughout inforced concrete ground beam which not only uses less
the UK to provide augured piles, top and bottom driven concrete but minimises earth removal off-site.
piles, reinforced ground beams and heave protection sys-
tems. Over the last 25 years a variety of projects have been The family run firm was started by Nigel Middleman in
completed, from industrial buildings, household-name 1988 and today his two sons, Adam and Joshua have key
fast food outlets and coffee shops – to foundations for roles in the business, along with the wider family. A long
home extensions and conservatories, many of which are term customer of TRACTO-TECHNIK UK, manufacturer of
carried out on behalf of well-known companies including the original GRUNDOMAT mole, the company is a huge ad-
Anglian Home Improvements Ltd. vocate of trenchless technology.
Restricted access piling “We have been using moles for approaching 20 years; they
is a particular speciali- are fantastic pieces of kit and have helped to cement our
ty and for this purpose reputation for providing stabilisation solutions in poor
Glenthorne Property Ser- ground conditions. Our system of piling with the moles is
vices uses two GRUNDO- the most efficient in restricted spaces and we can ensure
MAT moles of 95 mm absolute accuracy and on-the-job customisation.
and 130 mm in diameter
for projects in tight and We have a structural engineer who provides calculations
awkward spaces. The and drawings to meet all building regulations prior to us
moles are used vertically, arriving on site and we pride ourselves on our innovative
rather than horizontally, approach to each and every job we undertake. In our ex-
to pile down to depths of perience local building control inspectors are highly ap-
between 2 m and 15 m preciative of the system and recognise the benefits of the
depending on the loads loads being transferred deep underground away from any
to be imposed. Domes- potential issues such as dry summers. The GRUNODMAT
tic projects are regularly Mole system never ceases to amaze us; from its tremen-
undertaken in house- dous penetrating power to the reliability of driving it deep
hold gardens where underground for it to return safely and efficiently when we
foundations for new put it into reverse. It is an outstanding bit of equipment.”
conservatories or home
extensions are required. GRUNDOMAT moles have a multitude of other uses includ-
It is common to find ing property service connections, under crossings, pipe
ground conditions are ramming (from type 130 on), dynamic pipe renewal (from
not sufficiently stable to type 95 on) and the extraction of steel pipes. LET´S STEP ON GAS!
MGD USES GRUNDODRILL 18ACS FOR HDD
MGD Civil Engineering is a leading contractor in the water working on behalf of SGN. This crossing was one of the
and gas sector in Ireland. Located in Mullingar the compa- final elements of the newly laid gas distribution network
ny operates in both Ireland & the UK providing a range of in Omagh and was key to ensure that the Omagh Hos-
specialist services varying from Gas Feeder Main Pipelines, pital was connected to a Natural Gas supply. The 18ACS
Water Rehabilitation projects and Horizontal Directional was specifically chosen to complete this crossing after a
Drilling. site inspection identified the presence of a trong reddish
brown sandstone. The overall crossing from mobilisation
Thanks to its innovative approach, the company has part- to completion was carried out over the period of one week
nered with several organisations to deliver services for without any complications.
companies such as Gas Networks Ireland, Phoenix Natural
Gas & SGN. One project undertaken on behalf of McNich- Matt Corrigan. Site Agent for MGD Civil Engineering,
olas was only achieved with the help of a GRUNDODRILL worked with the TRACTO-TECHNIK UK team to specify the
18ACS from TRACTO-TECHNIK UK. MGD stepped in at the GRUNDODRILL 18ACS. He is hugely impressed by the ma-
request of McNicholas after the project – the installation of chine’s capabilities as are the customers who benefit from
a PE gas main underneath a river crossing in Crossgar, NI its productivity and efficiency:
- proved to be difficult for conventional directional drilling
techniques using jetting due to the changing ground con- “The GRUNDODRILL 18ACS has enabled MGD to undertake
ditions. In consultation with the team at TRACTO-TECHNIK some of the more complex rock HDD’s and has greatly de-
UK, a site survey was undertaken to establish the ground creased the completion time. This in turn has reduced the
conditions and a demonstration machine (18ACS) was impact on the communities where we undertake our work
hired, complete with rods and drill heads, which efficiently and enables us to offer greater value to customers. It’s a
drilled through the hard rock present. The gas pipe was fantastic piece of equipment.”
successfully installed in just two days.
Impressed with the capabilities of the GRUNDODRILL
18ACS, MGD purchased the unit to prepare for upcoming
contracts and it has since been successfully deployed on a
project to bring natural gas to the brand new Center Parcs
development in Longford Forest. Working for GMC Utilities
Group on behalf of GNI, MGD successfully undertook a
HDD River Crossing of 400mm PE Gas Pipe through chal-
lenging hard limestone in Tang, Co.Westmeath.
Another challenging river crossing was completed in the
summer of 2019 in Omagh Co. Tyrone for Kier Group24|25 FOR YOU IN ACTION | Natural Gas Distribution Networks • GOOD TO KNOW | New GRUNDOPIT PS40
SPEEDY HIGH-FLYER
THE NEW GRUNDOPIT PS40 Available
tely
immedia
1m
1.25 m
HOUSE CONNECTIONS IN NO TIME
The extremely compact GRUNDOPIT PS40 is suitable for a
particularly small pit, which fits into the pavement with its
width of only 1 metre. That’s why the Mini HDD rig is ideal
for the production of FTTH connections directly from the
footpath, under which the public fibre-glass infrastructure
normally runs. Due to the low distance between the bore
axis and the bottom of the starting pit, the bores can be
started directly above the existing cable network from a
fairly flat starting pit.
Also house connections for water and electricity
can be installed with the GRUNDOPIT PS40 un-
complicated, within the available infrastructure,
up to the core bore hole inside the build-
ing. Thrust and pulling
forces up to 40 kN enable
service line installations,
even in challenging soils.
ADDITION TO THE GRUNDOPIT SERIES THE GRUNDOPIT PS40 AT A GLANCE
GRUNDOPIT Mini fluid-assisted HDD rigs are applied when Designed for the quick production of house connections,
pipe installations up to 100 m length require the steerab- especially fibre-glass (FTTH)
lity of the bore head, due to the required bore path. House Start from a small pit with only 100 x 125 cm, which fits
connection service lines can also be installed by steering exactly into the pavement
with the GRUNDOPIT bore rig to a small pit in front of the Low distance between bore axis and bottom of pit
building, directly into the building or the cellar. This way allows bores above existing infrastructures
you can close the gap between non-steerable soil displace- Extremely compact dimensions of only 950 x 1,180 x
ment hammers and steerable HDD bore rigs. The produc- 1,500 mm (LxWxH) in working positon
tion series has now been extended to include a further Pulling and thrust forces of up to 40 kN at a maximum
bore rig, specially developed for a quicker, near-surface torque of 1,050 Nm
production of house connections from the pavement – the Various hydraulic power units and mud systems availa-
GRUNDOPIT PS40. ble for performance adaption LET'S TALK ABOUT FINANCE
TRACTO-TECHNIK FINANCE GMBH
Since the foundation of TT's own financing company last does your knowledge of the commercial vehicle industry
year, we have also stood by our customers and sales benefit your work at TRACTO-TECHNIK, or, to put it anoth-
partners as a competent and reliable financial services er way, where are the similarities and differences of the
provider. We spoke to Thorsten Wedi, Head of Financial two industries?
Services, about financial risks in civil engineering, optimal THORSTEN WEDI: Both industries are very capital-inten-
financing solutions and the range of services of TRAC- sive because commercial vehicles and construction ma-
TO-TECHNIK Finance GmbH. chines are capital goods, which raise similar financing is-
sues. Companies in the construction industry are rather
TRACTUELL: Mr. Wedi, money is a matter of trust. That's conservative in these areas, ownership still plays an im-
why our readers are naturally interested in finding out who portant role. Then there are cyclical differences because in
you are. Please introduce yourself and briefly describe civil engineering there are seasonal fluctuations, especially
your background to date. in winter. The construction industry also has a greater fi-
THORSTEN WEDI: My career is quite normal. After the 'Abi- nancial standing on average. Notwithstanding the above,
tur' (school-leaving qualification) I completed a banking ap- both industries face the same big challenges with regard
prenticeship and then studied business management, ma- to the lack of qualified staff, be it truck drivers or machine
joring in finance. As part of my thesis I had my first contact operators.
with a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer. I worked
there for 15 years in various roles in sales financing, some TRACTUELL: How do our customers and partners benefit
in direct sales, others in sales support and most recently as from TT's own financing company in view of these risks
head of department for the area Group Vendor Financing. and challenges? What benefits does the financing com-
I am married and a father of two children aged 7 and 12. pany offer compared to banks or other financial services
providers?
TRACTUELL: So you learned the financing business from THORSTEN WEDI: Money cannot replace staff, but it can
scratch and have plenty of experience. To what extent help to defuse the staff situation. For example, with financ-26|27 GOOD TO KNOW | Service
YOUR CONTACT:
Thorsten Wedi
Manager Financial Services
Tel.: 02723 / 808-205
E-Mail: thorsten.wedi@TRACTO-TECHNIK.de
ing it is possible to exchange older, labour-intensive ma- TRACTUELL: Who can make use of these financing solu-
chines for more efficient, new equipment quicker. With the tions and what is financed?
new machine the customer can carry out more tasks with THORSTEN WEDI: We basically serve all end custom-
the same staffing level. ers and partners. We are steadily expanding our activity
In addition, with our tailormade financing solutions, the radius. We started with sales financing on the domestic
building contractor can concentrate on their core busi- market and are currently advancing the expansion to the
ness. Because we can give a positive answer within a short countries of our sister companies, i.e. end customers in
period of time and generally do not request any other col- Germany, Great Britain and France can now avail them-
lateral, which is a big advantage over principal banks. The selves of financing solutions. The USA and Australia are
line of credit there can be used for other investments, for currently in preparation. At the request of sales partners,
which dealer financing is not available, such as for the con- we will also be able to finance their end customers at a
struction of administration or industrial buildings. later stage.
We also offer excellent interest terms and seasonal instal-
ments, e.g. a winter payment holiday of 3 - 4 months is We generally finance new and used machines from our
possible. Also no principal bank or other financial services production, trade products such as cable winches, which
provider offers modern types of machine use, the so-called have their own serial number and also pipe bending ma-
Operate Leasing. With Operate Leasing the customer uses chines from PBS. It is also possible to integrate supple-
the bore rig for the agreed operating life and simply re- mentary products, e.g. trucks or trailers, in the financing
turns it to TRACTO-TECHNIK at the end. They do not have of a drill rig for the completion of the drilling train.
to worry about the disposal of the machine, we look after
this through our used machine service and our global sales TRACTUELL: With "financing" most people think of the clas-
network. sic instalment credit or vehicle leasing. What financing
In addition, we also offer insurance. The customers get models does TRACTO-TECHNIK Finance GmbH offer ex-
everything from a single source. actly and what is each model recommended for?THORSTEN WEDI: We can discuss all individual require- nancing also helps me with my job-order costing because
ments and offer classic credit as well as many different uncertain assumptions about realisation proceeds of used
forms of leasing and hire purchase. machines disappear. In perspective, with this financing
model we also want to offer a fixed monthly instalment
Hire purchase is a super financing instrument if the cus- for the maintenance and also later for the machine wear.
tomer wants to be the beneficial owner of the bore rig and
make use of the write-downs. With the agreement of a bal- We give extensive advice on the various financing models in
loon (final) payment at the end of the financing very low order to find the best solution for the customer's interests.
monthly instalments are possible, with which I can main-
tain my liquidity over the long term. If I continue to use TRACTUELL: Irrespective of the type and volume, every fi-
the machine after the final payment, then this has positive nancing wants to be well secured, but you can never rule
effects on my profit situation because there are no more out certain risks, e.g., that a bore rig suffers irreparable
instalments to be paid from the revenue generated. damage or is stolen.
Credit financing is similar in many ways to hire purchase THORSTEN WEDI: Absolutely! We provide smart and at-
with the difference that the customer is already the owner of tractive insurance solutions precisely for these purposes,
the machine at the outset of the financing, however, the ma- e. g. the all risks cover. With this policy every conceivable,
chine is assigned to the lender by way of collateral. In prac- unforeseeable damage is covered - apart from damage
tice the differences between credit and hire purchase are resulting from war or warlike events, nuclear energy, in-
marginal for the tent or operation-
customer, we are al wear, and even
providing more from operating
and more hire pur- errors. And this is
chase solutions. at fixed monthly
instalments, even
The importance after a claim. The
of classic finance so-called GAP in-
leasing has de- surance, which
creased rapidly. covers the differ-
Because every ence between the
finance company redemption value
is obligated to sell and replacement
the property at value of a machine,
the market value for example, if it
on expiry of the was stolen, is also
financing, many Thorsten Wedi in conversation with Anne Knour (Tractuell). included.
customers get an
unpleasant surprise. Apart from the calculated monthly TRACTUELL: What does a customer or partner have to do if
instalments, they also have to pay the difference between they want to take out finance with Finance GmbH and what
contractual salvage value and market value, sometimes is the process?
the full amount. A supposed deal or special offer with ex- THORSTEN WEDI: I am happy to provide advice on financ-
cellent interest rates quickly turns into a cost trap, especial- ing matters at any time. Interested customers or partners
ly as for some time now the handling of salvage values is can reach me by telephone or e-mail. You can also men-
increasingly monitored by the tax authorities. In any case, tion your request to our sales staff. Generally our custom-
upon express request we also provide this classic leasing. ers have the desired financing offers on the table within a
few hours. Often with a positive answer, i. e. the customer
Operate Leasing is very interesting for certain constella- does not have to submit any further documents.
tions. As I mentioned earlier, the customer uses the ma-
chine for an agreed fixed period and returns it to us on ex- Absolute discretion is assured. All financing applications
piry. This type of financing is useful, e. g., for dealing with and the documents submitted are treated in the strictest
additional orders. I have often had to provide a service confidence. We guarantee you this as a reliable financial
over a certain period of time, generally several years. New services provider.
machines are generally required. If I am not quite sure
whether I can also utilise the machines after the order, TRACTUELL: Mr. Wedi, thank you very much for this en-
then Operate Leasing is the right choice. This type of fi- lightening conversation! You can also read
