Electric Automaker Charges Ahead with Hamilton

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The electric car market is surging. For the past three years, sales have doubled annually, and analysts predict more than 1 million plug-in cars on the road by 2016.

We’re amped up to be part of the growth. The world’s top electric automaker uses Hamilton’s four-wheel, reversible steer trailer to haul molds in and out of its plant.

We sold the cart to Engineered Lifting Systems, after the manufacturer requested a towable cart that could be steered from both ends, and handle up to 75,000-pound loads around the clock.

As for what happened to the auto giant’s original carts? Let’s just say they fizzled out under heavy use, and relocated to the junkyard.

Here are the tech specs of Hamilton’s custom trailer:

  • Four-wheel reversible steer trailer
  • 108” wide by 156” long
  • Capacity: 75,000 pounds
  • Smooth steel deck with four tie downs, two on each side
  • Fifth-wheel assemblies and tongues with towing eyes on both eyes
  • 12 press-on polyurethane wheels (six front, six rear)
  • Paint: primer coat pantone gray, finished with one coat pantone 186 red to match the company’s bold attitude