5/28/2021
The fact that trucks can also reach their destination by rail is no longer unknown. Especially for environmental reasons, combined freight transport offers interesting logistical alternatives. Two variants can be distinguished. On the one hand, there are the "unaccompanied transports", in which only...; >> Read more
5/7/2021
There is money back. And for some logistics companies, this could even mean a considerable sum. The issue is the toll on German roads and the way it is calculated. In its ruling of October 28, 2020 in Case C321/19, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made important statements on the interpretation o...; >> Read more
4/28/2021
Load securing is one of the most important topics in logistics. And it involves more than just lashing goods to the truck. Section 22 of the German Road Traffic Act (StVO) requires that cargo must be stowed and secured in such a way that it cannot slip, fall over, roll, drop or generate avoidable no...; >> Read more
4/7/2021
Every fleet manager knows what it's like: one small mistake in the process and things get hectic. Especially when loading or unloading is delayed, deadlines have to be met or even a vehicle breaks down completely and tours have to be planned differently. Many reasons can be the culprit here. These i...; >> Read more
3/25/2021
Anyone traveling in Europe by truck or car often hardly notices when they cross a national border. However, they should know that not everything that happens on Europe's roads is regulated in the same way everywhere. European traffic law is a jumble of regulations that are handled differently in eac...; >> Read more
3/15/2021
Change in the agricultural industry has not just been an issue since yesterday. The problems that need to be overcome are not easy to solve. Groundwater protection, fertilizer regulations, insect protection programs, and animal welfare are just a few of the keywords that farmers will have to deal wi...; >> Read more
2/16/2021
The Federal Ministry of Transport has launched a new subsidy program. Under certain conditions, a grant of up to €15,000 is available for replacing an old truck with a new one, which does not have to be repaid. In addition, there is a further subsidy of up to 5,000 euros for the use of so-called int...; >> Read more
2/5/2021
For the "short haul driver" who is actually home with the family even in the evenings, fancy slippers in the cab of the truck may be a bit over the top. For the truck driver just starting his well-deserved break, on the other hand, the slippers are a sign of feeling good. And a look inside the neat ...; >> Read more
2/1/2021
They really do exist: relaxed truck drivers who have a lively chat over a beer (provided the truck stops) or a non-alcoholic drink, then follow a short lecture in a concentrated manner and finally discuss the worries and hardships of today's professional drivers.; >> Read more
1/18/2021
The German legislature can truly not be said to lack meaningful names for adopted regulations and laws. The latest example is the "Professional Driver Qualification Act", which came into force on December 2, 2020. The "Professional Driver Qualification Ordinance" followed on December 17, 2020. The l...; >> Read more
12/21/2020
The year 2020 was a year of special challenges. And it was worldwide. The corona pandemic overshadowed everything. Entire industries were affected, such as particularly tough hotels, pubs, restaurants and event organizers. But even in industry or other sectors there was a standstill or short-time wo...; >> Read more
12/15/2020
Soft top systems from EdschaTS belong on trucks, tippers, and railroad freight cars. Although the latter is not quite as well-known, it is nevertheless an important product area for the market leader in sliding roofs. Technologically, at any rate, the convertible top systems for the railroad are sim...; >> Read more
12/8/2020
Corona is a treacherous virus, which is usually - like flu - transmitted by "droplet infection". Washing hands and a mouth-and-nose protector as well as keeping a minimum distance are among the protective measures - not only recommended but also clearly prescribed in certain areas. The increasing nu...; >> Read more
12/1/2020
Rain, ice and snow are the ingredients that make winter not too popular, especially for truck drivers. You have to drive even more carefully, act even more cautiously. In addition, the driver, as the person responsible for the vehicle, must check his truck for safety deficits. This also includes che...; >> Read more
11/10/2020
Probably every truck driver in Germany knows these two: tachograph and speedometer disc. The analog tachograph has long since become a so-called digital EC tachograph. But the sense and purpose of these devices have remained the same until today. Since 1953, trucks in Germany have been required to c...; >> Read more
10/16/2020
Where everything seems to be regulated, the danger of circumventing the existing rules or interpreting them differently is still relatively high. Some justify this with ignorance, others consider it a "small" violation of existing regulations. One topic in this context that is also increasingly occu...; >> Read more
10/2/2020
Parking with a truck is like a never ending story. There is enough space on the road for the big trucks, but off the road there is only limited space to take the prescribed breaks, sleep or simply park the truck. The crux between the legal regulations and the possibilities to carry them out accordin...; >> Read more
9/17/2020
Edscha TS, market leader and technology pioneer in the field of modern truck soft top systems, is showing the many advantages offered by the company's solutions at the first virtual trade fair "MFB". For the first time, the "MFB" (Virtual Trade Fair for Commercial and Special Vehicles) is coming dir...; >> Read more
9/7/2020
What will the truck look like in the future, what does it drive and what is the driver's role in it? These are questions that certainly cannot be answered quite so clearly at present. There are many studies, opinions and even practical applications that are suitable for road use. Especially the sear...; >> Read more
8/13/2020
The loading ramp is a key to success in the logistics chain. This is how it should be. In the harsh reality of drivers' everyday lives, things are mostly different. For various reasons, the loading ramp becomes a bottleneck that can only be overcome with difficulty and with little efficiency. This a...; >> Read more
7/29/2020
From a scientific point of view, around 2,500 learned words are sufficient to be able to communicate easily on any subject. 5,000 words comprise the actively used vocabulary of a native speaker with basic education. 10,000 words comprise the repertoire of a native speaker with higher education. Many...; >> Read more
7/15/2020
If the weather experts are to be believed, the summer of 2020 will be like the summers of 2018 and 2019, and many professional weathermen are expecting the third extreme summer in a row. However, there is still some disagreement about how the weather will actually turn out. In general, it is expecte...; >> Read more
6/29/2020
Edscha TS soft top solutions belong on the truck, the train or the tipper. That is what they were developed for in the first place. And that is exactly where they show what they can do. Thanks to their innovative technology and high quality, Edscha TS soft tops are at the forefront in the vehicle se...; >> Read more
6/10/2020
<div>Have you ever thought about which objective criteria you used to buy your last truck or tipper? Was it perhaps the vehicle technology or the colour of the car that appealed to you? Was it perhaps only the price? Did the seller give you a good discount or was there an interesting gadget on top? ...; >> Read more
5/25/2020
It's cold, it's raining and it's dark. Despite a cleaning system, the headlights give only little light and it is difficult to get ahead. The question at this point is therefore: How much light disappears during a journey of only a quarter of an hour due to salt and dirt under corresponding road con...; >> Read more
5/6/2020
Klaus Wilbers drives with his dump truck construction materials to the customers of his logistics company. Sand, gravel, stones. He has been doing this for 6 years now. Five, six days a week depending on the order volume. According to an elaborate schedule. And always completely relaxed when he is o...; >> Read more
4/22/2020
And in the evening, when it gets dark, I turn on all my lights on my truck. All? Careful, not every light that looks good on a truck is allowed in Germany. And a comparison with the trucks of colleagues from our neighbouring countries, which also roll on our roads, is misleading. Because although we...; >> Read more
4/8/2020
"I must be satisfied. And my drivers too, of course." Hans-Dieter Genzke points to a tipper that is currently driving onto the company premises. "25 of these tippers belong to ourselves here, we have borrowed others from the second location. They are all up to date. Nothing like when we starte...; >> Read more
3/24/2020
It is invisible, you can't smell it, you can't taste it, and it is incredibly fast in terms of its proliferation: the novel corona virus, or better Covid-19, beats all records that we would all have gladly done without. Last but not least, many truck drivers would also have gladly done without it, s...; >> Read more
3/11/2020
"Truck drivers don't stop things so easily. No matter what happens, we just have to get through it!" is often enough the exact statement of many drivers when it comes to the question of their health. And of course, every professional driver should not only sit behind the wheel healthy and without pr...; >> Read more
3/2/2020
Do you still remember the book (and later film of the same name) "Salt on our Skin" by the French writer Benoite Groult? Because of its very revealing portrayal of a passionate love between a Parisian intellectual and a simple Breton fisherman, the book soon became the focus of heated debate. Allege...; >> Read more
2/10/2020
Have you ever noticed that people freeze differently? While one driver is walking around in the middle of the "coldest winter" with a sleeveless undershirt, his colleague is wearing a thick woollen sweater. And both feel comfortable in this situation. But what is the reason for this? Why is one pers...; >> Read more
1/24/2020
“Departure control” (pre-trip inspection) is still one of the most important topics in the truck driving licence test in Germany. However, in the hectic pace of everyday logistics work, those checks sometimes gets a bit lost. Often enough, drivers and other colleagues are under enormous pressure to ...; >> Read more
12/19/2019
The year 2019 ended with trends and developments that will continue to play a major role next year. What is certain for our industry in 2020 is change. Change that we will continue to use together with our customers and partners for new, innovative solutions. That's why we say thank you to 2019 for ...; >> Read more
12/9/2019
Christmas is just around the corner, the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ. What few know is that the actual feast day is the 25.12. (1st Christmas Day), followed by the 26.12. (2nd Christmas Day, also called Stephan's Day). Christmas Eve, on the other hand, was in earlier times always the day of f...; >> Read more
11/27/2019
Nowhere else in the world are CO2 emissions targets as stringent as in the EU. In 2015, the average standard emissions of all new passenger car registrations were not allowed to exceed 130 grams of CO2 per kilometre. This corresponds to a consumption of 4.9 litres of diesel or 5.6 litres of petrol p...; >> Read more
11/8/2019
Without a tipper driver, there will be little progress on a construction site. Tipper drivers are among those drivers who have to get their goods to their destination on time and bear a great deal of responsibility. After all, the safety of the driver, the vehicle and everyone else involved takes pr...; >> Read more
10/17/2019
Edscha TS roof systems are robust. Drivers who use Edscha TS products know that the roof systems rarely have problems, apart from a few small issues here and there. Of course, minor things can happen in the course of daily work – like tears in the tarpaulin, for example. Although the tarpaulins do n...; >> Read more
9/6/2019
Truckers are individualists. This can often already be seen in the decoration of the vehicle itself. During the day beautiful figures or cool slogans are plastered over radiators or the driver’s door. Humorous caps cover the driver’s hair and t-shirts shout out who’s the boss at the wheel. Add to th...; >> Read more
8/2/2019
Daily working life is like a good marriage sometimes. Everyone is nice for the most part, they are friendly to one another, help and accept one another, are just nice people. The small difference, however, is that we can’t choose the people we have to work with. That can make things easier but can a...; >> Read more
7/19/2019
Modern commercial vehicles offer their drivers plenty of comfort and convenience for safe driving. Thus the working space of a truck driver is equipped with many intelligent ‘computer aids’, for example, informing the driver about fuel consumption or about even more efficient driving styles. Any dri...; >> Read more
7/4/2019
Any operator driving with a fully laden tipper truck without a roof is exposing themselves and the other road users to more than just substantial risk. Load loss or stone impact on following cars from lifted transported materials is not only hazardous but also irritating and expensive. Statistics sh...; >> Read more
6/19/2019
Have you heard about De-minimis? You should have - De-minimis is a special government incentive programme that provides you with financial subsidies if you undertake measures in the areas of safety and the environment. It’s true that the Latin term ‘De minimis’ means something like ‘lesser things’ o...; >> Read more
The European market leader for commercial vehicles and railway roof systems, Edscha Trailer Systems from Moers will present its OpenBox Railway Sliding Roof for the open-top, solid wall goods wagon type Eamnos BA 158 from June 4 until June 7, 2019 at transport logistic in Munich in the open area FGL 703/7. With 50 years of experience and excellent efficiency in the sector of roof systems, the global player Edscha TS offers the right solution for your transport and logistics problems in the sector of sliding roof systems.
6/3/2019
Edscha Trailer Systems is the inventor of the sliding roof for trucks and, thanks to constant optimisation of tried and tested roof systems and ongoing quality assurance, known worldwide as the epitome of technological leadership in the sector of sliding roofs. Thus, Edscha offers TS roof systems of...; >> Read more
5/24/2019
Without doubt you'll already have seen this on many goods transport vehicles but perhaps you have no idea what it means - the blue sign with the letters 'TIR' in white. This does not mean that the truck is from the capital of Albania or even the mythical Irish country of Tír na nÓg. 'TIR' are the in...; >> Read more
5/6/2019
Just get into the cab and hit the road - no problem, apart, that is, from the cost. But it's easy enough to reduce your expenses in connection with your tipper vehicle runs; there are simply a couple of things you need to think about. First of all, you need to make sure you have the correct tyres, d...; >> Read more
4/4/2019
Edscha TS has a very special birthday this year. Since 1969, the inventor of the sliding roof for trucks has been synonymous with quality and technology leadership. How does a company manage to stay at the cutting edge for 50 years and lead the way in the industry with its products? The answer is si...; >> Read more
4/1/2019
It’s true: finding good drivers is not easy these days. It takes time for qualified young people to develop the required skills and experience and, unlike in the past, you can’t simply make up for attrition with suitable lateral entry employees. Not to mention, the statutory requirements for truck d...; >> Read more
4/1/2019
There is a lot of talk about ‘autonomous driving’ for trucks, but in practice, the technology is far from being ready. While there is a lot of potential, sometimes people get the wrong idea. For example, ‘autonomous driving’ will not take place without a driver; the truck might drive itself, but the...; >> Read more
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding truck roofs, is equipping itself for Logistics 4.0 and driverless technology.
9/14/2018
In fully automated warehouses DTS (driverless transport systems) take over the loading and unloading of trucks. If the trucks are also driverless then the Edscha TS pull rod that every trucker is familiar with for pulling back the roof becomes useless. It will make way for the electric and fully aut...; >> Read more
9/14/2018
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding truck roofs, has revised its portfolio for its rail customers and is now presenting three new products. The latest Edscha TS roof for open freight cars of the standard design E is called RailWay OpenBox and increases the opera...; >> Read more
Edscha TS – Spare parts service
9/14/2018
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding truck roofs, also offers a full range for its rail customers. Freight cars are designed to be long-lasting. The useful life of most wagons is planned as at least 36 years. However, more than three decades of intensive use leav...; >> Read more
Edscha TS – Sealing systems for wagons
9/14/2018
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding truck roofs, has a new sealing system for hooded wagons (Shimmns) and flat wagons with tarpaulin covers (Rilns) for retrofitting and initial fitting. Travelling with unsealed roofs carries many risks that can cause unnecessary...; >> Read more
Edscha TS – Solutions for rail transportation
9/14/2018
The sliding bow system roofs for goods wagons by Edscha Trailer Systems are renowned around the world for optimum cover and efficiency with easy operation. This is not a coincidence, after all the developers of rail solutions profit from long-term experience in the manufacture of roof systems for co...; >> Read more
Edscha TS – Roofs for fixed wall structures
9/14/2018
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding truck roofs, is tireless in its creative drive. After adapting its own Edscha TS sliding roof concept TipperRoof for modern dumper vehicles all trailers with fixed wall structures can now be fitted with a sliding roof. For thi...; >> Read more
9/14/2018
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding truck roofs, is adding two innovations to its range of products and now presents OpenBox sliding roofs for sliding floor vehicles and trailers with fixed wall structures and E-Drive, the fully automatic system for the electric...; >> Read more
4/10/2016
At the previous IAA, Edscha Trailer Systems, the market and technology leader in sliding roofs for trucks, presented a prototype of its new sliding roof specially for dumper skips. The Edscha TS TipperRoof is a highly innovative, user-friendly and flexible sliding roof construction that has attracte...; >> Read more
12/7/2015
Presentations by Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Edscha TS and DHL highlight some of the less obvious ways of improving freight efficiency. Harsh braking, or ‘HB’, is worsened when coupled with trailer overloading, in itself a dangerous issue. One way of preventing overloading – which not only subjects the ...; >> Read more
9/23/2014
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding roofs for trucks, will be launching an innovation campaign in autumn 2014, boasting several remarkable products. Apart from the new TailWing tailgate generation, the premiere of the TipperRoof sliding roof for dumpers and the ...; >> Read more
9/23/2014
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding roofs for trucks, has deployed its know-how towards the development of a roof for dumpers. The result is the new Edscha TS TipperRoof, an innovative, robust and user-friendly sliding roof with all the advantages of the well-kn...; >> Read more
9/23/2014
With its new TailWing tailgate for trucks with sliding roofs and tail-lift, Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding roofs for trucks, proves that even the best can still outclass itself. When the company from Moers launched its first TailWing onto the market in 2012...; >> Read more
9/23/2014
Edscha Trailer Systems, Europe’s market and technology leader for sliding roofs for trucks, launches newly developed CS-Slimliner components onto the market under its second brand, SESAM, now also with TIR compliant roof tarpaulin fastening. The new product range offers a smart kit system with cover...; >> Read more
10/15/2013
Special Promotion Winter 2013/2014 DrySystem including roof tarpaulin. Edscha TS is ensuring improved safety on the roads with this unequalled promotion in time for the upcoming onset of winter. Water that shoots onto the road from truck roofs – up to 1000 litres can collect on a tarpaulin roof – ha...; >> Read more
9/17/2013
Robust Hybrid Technology. The sliding roof specialist Edscha TS, which recently moved its headquarters to Moers, is putting new products on the market despite a difficult economic environment. Edscha TS is a brand name like Tempo. Tempo was the first branded tissue in Germany and it has long si...; >> Read more
9/15/2013
EDSCHA-Trailer Systems – the name for sliding roofs. EDSCHA TS – Europe’s market leader in the sector of sliding roofs – has once again been able to expand its market presence with excellent products. DrySystem, TailWing and CurtainSider-UL/HD have been placed successfully in the commercial vehicle ...; >> Read more
9/21/2012
Ice-free through the winter. The Edscha TS engineers have developed a system that gets water off tarpaulin roofs quickly, safely, and efficiently. The pneumatic drainage system for roof tarpaulins is now ready for serial production and will be presented on the IAA 2012. According to §23 of the Germa...; >> Read more
9/18/2012
Semiautomatically swinging TailWing tail-end hatch. The TailWing tail hatch by Edscha TS is nominated for the Trailer Innovation Prize 2013 for its excellent characteristics and easy handling. Station wagon and SUV drivers have loved it forever: the advantages of a low trunk sill and a hatchback tha...; >> Read more
9/15/2012
HeavyDuty CurtainSider - UL/HD sliding roof. Sliding roof for high demands. The new Curtain Sider UL/HD tops have been especially developed for high demands. The “HD” means “Heavy Duty”, and not for nothing! The hybrid construction reinforced with steel significantly widens the field of application ...; >> Read more
2/12/2012
Edscha Trailer Systems warns of copies. The business of cheap copies is thriving. This unauthorised reproduction not only affects textiles and jewellery however – everything that is good and expensive is by now being counterfeited. Even well-known manufacturers like Edscha Trailer Systems are not sp...; >> Read more
10/18/2010
Edscha Trailer System - DrySystem – Clear the water from tarpaulin roofs, rapidly and safely Drivers know the problem and fear it: it is winter and the truck in front is losing chunks of ice which have formed on the tarpaulin roof of its trailer overnight, and are now breaking free and flying off on...; >> Read more
10/16/2010
VP UltraLine from Edscha Trailer Systems – the perfect solution. The VP Ultraline full tarpaulin roof from Edscha Trailer Systems can be put to use flexibly and is thus open – in the truest sense of the word – for all loading and transportation options. The UltraLine kinematics guarantee a particula...; >> Read more
10/14/2010
Service in compact form Edscha Trailer Systems is a global brand. With new ideas and products relating to the roofs of trucks and trailers, the brand is attracting increasing levels of interest, drawing in more customers and prospective customers in the process. Its community of users is growing con...; >> Read more
