Atego as a basis: removing oil spills for Joost
Economics & Logistics
Making sure roads don't turn into slides: H.D. Joost towing company uses an Atego 1321 with a special body to remove oil spills. And for other things too, Managing Director Timo Joost relies on Mercedes-Benz Trucks.
“My father set up the company in 1972. I've been the managing director since 2004. We have forty employees at four locations, and about sixty vehicles. We've been using almost only Mercedes-Benz trucks right from the start. Besides towing and rescue transport, we also clean up oil spills. If there's been an accident or a breakdown, we're there, and also if hydraulic oil is spilt from agricultural machinery. We're on call night and day so we can react quickly if we're needed. Because oil spills are not only a safety hazard, they also hold up the traffic and thus have an effect on the economy – for example on the A 7 motorway right near here, which is the most important connection to Scandinavia. So if we have to clean up oil spills we need reliable, high-performance technology. For a year now we've been using oil-cleaning machinery based on the Atego 1321. While it's cleaning up the oil, the engine provides the so-called hydrostatic drive with the power it needs. The water is mixed with detergent and heated. Then it's sprayed onto the road surface at 200 bar pressure and sucked up again at the same time. With the Atego as a basis we can transport 4000 litres of water and therefore work for a considerably longer time without having to empty the tank; that saves valuable time.”
Timo Joost, Managing Director of H.D. Joost, a towing and rescue service company in Owschlag
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Cooler Job nicht langweilig und Abwechslungsreich....
Gruss Andreas
Cooler Job nicht langweilig und Abwechslungsreich....
Gruss Andreas