Giannopolous Transport deploys new KEITH Walking Floor trailer

Giannopolous Transport has been servicing South Australia for over 50 years now.

Specialising in the transport of scrap metal, waste, crushed pallets and recycled plastic bales since 1974, the family-owned business has grown as both a reputable and preferred transporter in the Adelaide and Wingfield regions of Australia specifically.

With second-generation Director, Con Giannopolous, at the helm, the company now operates a fleet of 45 trailers and close to 30 prime movers. And, always being on the lookout for new contracts while continuing to best-service the market, it’s constantly eyeing down new opportunities.

This foresight and proactive behaviour is what got Giannopolous Transport onto the renowned KEITH Walking Floor system which, in turn, has rewarded the business significantly. Con has been utilising the system for nine years now, and after winning a contract with Integrated Waste Services (IWS) in Wingfield four years ago, its presence within his fleet of trailers has enlarged even further.

One of Giannopolous Transport’s most recent applications of the KEITH Walking Floor system was on an aluminium chassis trailer from Titan Trailers which has since been deployed to transport five loads of waste, crushed pallets or recycled plastic bales a day. For Con, the KEITH Walking Floor system is the only way.

“The KEITH Walking Floor is killer,” he says. “You can feel the trailer pumping everything out like it’s nothing. It’s just unbelievable – the floor unloads the whole trailer in less than seven minutes.”

The moving floor, more specifically the V9 variant, is one which Con says seems to be able to handle whatever is thrown at it.

“No matter what we put in the trailer, it’s very quick at unloading,” he says. “There have been no issues at all. It’s great.

“The boys have a competition on who can unload the fastest, and no one can compete with the KEITH Walking Floor.”

When comparing the Titan trailer’s operation to units in the fleet without the KEITH Walking Floor system fitted, Con says it’s seamless.

“We’ve got contracts of carting crushed pallets between different sites, and when we put them in our other units they just jam,” he says. “So, we have to be careful about how we put them in those ones.

“But with the KEITH Walking Floor trailer, we load it and load it and it pumps it out like nothing.”

Following the success of his previous applications, Con recently completely refurbished one of his second-hand trailers with a new body, components and another KEITH Walking Floor system. Increased productivity and efficiency via fast unloading and reduced downtime once again proved to be directly correlated.

Based on this, Con has decided on utilising the KEITH Walking Floor system for all future vehicles in his fleet.

“We haven’t had issues with the floors at all,” he says. “They’re perfect for our job.”