The Tower
An enclosed building that gives access to every vehicle at any time. Because vehicle handling is automatic, additional services can be built straight in.
- Home
- Trucks & trailers
Your vehicles
FOR TRUCKS AND TRAILERS
Semi-trailer trucks, drawbar combinations, rigid trucks, trailers, swap bodies, roll-off containers and vans stand on top of each other instead of side by side. On the ground you already have.
- ×4
- parking spaces on the same area
- 15 min
- less shunting
- 0 m²
- newly sealed ground
Your benefits
This is what changes in your yard
These six points apply to both designs. Which of them matters to you usually becomes clear in the first conversation.
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More spaces, same area
Four levels instead of one. Your yard holds a multiple without a single square metre being added.
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Operations stay where they are
No extra land to buy, no move to the outskirts, no longer runs.
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The load is secure
Access-controlled and enclosed instead of on the hard shoulder or an open lay-by.
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Shunting disappears
Straight in, step out, done. Around 15 minutes per vehicle, every day, on every run.
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Charging at the space
A charging point at every space, and load management spreads the power across the night.
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Fully integrated into your operations
The facility fits into the processes you already run. It is built on ground that has long been paved.
How it works
Three steps, one vehicle
For the driver it is three steps, whichever design stands in your yard.
Arrive
The driver goes straight into the handover station. No reversing, no hunting for a free space.
Hand over
The driver steps out and is done. The system takes the vehicle and moves it to its level.
Depart
Scheduled or on demand, the vehicle is waiting at the bottom again, charged, washed and checked if you want it.
Your two options
Tower or Stack
Both deliver the benefits above. Which design suits you depends on the site, the budget and how it fits into your operations. The comparison helps you choose.
View
The Stack
The open structure. For yards that already exist and stay in operation. It fits into the routine you already have.
What the design is built for
The site
Tower
For sites that need a lot of capacity for the long run.
Stack
For tight yards. A few metres next to the loading dock are enough.
The existing yard
Tower
The full solution: a new building with all services under one roof.
Stack
Built along the edge of the working yard, operations carry on.
The approval
Tower
Planned as a full building, built to last for decades.
Stack
No enclosed volume, so the procedure stays lean and is often the fastest route.
The budget
Tower
One project, full capacity from day one.
Stack
Starts at twelve spaces and grows column by column.
The services
Tower
Workshop, wash bay, weighbridge and rail loading move in with it.
Stack
Focused on the essentials: parking and charging.
What it gives you
Capacity
Tower
No fixed upper limit. Levels, height and footprint are planned freely.
Stack
12 to more than 60 spaces, 19 m standard height with four levels.
The layout
Tower
A building of its own with its own access, the new centre of the site.
Stack
One vehicle length deep: fits in front of loading doors, against the hall wall, along the boundary.
Protection
Tower
A closed facade. The vehicles stand locked away and dry.
Stack
Access-controlled, every vehicle secured on its pallet.
Fire protection
Tower
Incident bay: a vehicle that raises an alarm is taken out of the fleet within minutes.
Stack
Temperature sensors at every space give early warning.
The investment
Tower
Capacity, services and protection in one place, the full build-out of the site.
Stack
The affordable entry: without a crane and a facade the investment stays lean.
The build time
Tower
A fully planned construction project with a fixed completion date.
Stack
Built along the edge, extended column by column. First spaces after a short build.
Technical drawings
How the structure is put together
Below you can see the Tower and the Stack in section.
Images
This is what it looks like
Click an image to view it large. All motifs are available for download under Images & videos.
What customers ask
Three concerns we hear again and again
What comes up first in initial talks, and how we answer it.
That is too expensive for us
The comparison is usually made against the bare price per square metre of open land.
Our answer The calculation runs against the real alternative: buying land, building again and running transfer trips between two yards for good. Compared with a new depot the saving is around 50 %.
How quickly do we get the vehicles out again?
A parking space is worth nothing if the vehicle is not ready in time in the morning.
Our answer On a schedule it is waiting at the agreed time. On demand, retrieval takes up to 1.5 minutes per vehicle.
Where can we see this?
Nobody orders a structure of this size off the back of a presentation.
Our answer We come from vehicle handling and from high-bay warehouses for steel plants and precast concrete works. We are happy to show you our production.
Other vehicles
We stack buses too
The same technology, different space dimensions. Both worlds can be combined within one facility.
Next step
How many parking spaces are hidden in your yard?
Send us a site plan and your fleet. You will get a first assessment, with no commitment to either design.
Phone +49 7251 9760 620
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