AP60343 (17.05.01, Motorvej 501)DSC_5539_Balancer
Model: Volvo FM 340 Euro4 8X4
VIN: YV2JL80G97A634893
1. Registration: 2007-04-02
Company: Nordisk Træflyt & Træpleje, Farum (DK)
Fleet No.: -
Nickname: -
License plates: AP60343 (dec. 2014-?)
Previous reg.: import 2014
Later reg.: n/a
Retirement age: still active at time of upload (2017)
Photo location: Motorway 501 (Aarhus Syd Motorvejen), Viby J, Aarhus, DK
This very strange looking truck has a very special function: it's used for digging up and transporting live trees with a trunk diameter of up to 35 cm, using the hydraulic spades seen on the ring. Once free of the ground, the whole contraption is tilted, the truck goes to the new location and the tree is replanted.
This technique was developed in the US back in the 1960s, but has only recently started to gain momentum in Europe. In 1987 the Copenhagen-based company Nordisk Træflyt (literally meaning "Nordic Tree Removal and Tree Care") pioneered the method in Denmark and are now operating all over the country, as well as Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands (Holland), France and Spain. Typical uses can be a major roadwork that would normally necessitate cutting down existing trees, but using this method, trees can be temporarily removed and replanted once work has been completed. Another recent use was when the city of Aarhus planted trees on Bispetorvet in the city centre to create a temporary forest.
The truck was a used-import back in 2014, so probably not many of these weird contraptions around... yet.
Going down the steep hill leading northeast into Aarhus. The motorway ends by Åhavevej in Viby. From here, the trucks can continue straight on to Marselis Boulevard across Skanderborgvej before ending at the port of Aarhus, 6 km from here.
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Tip: to locate trucks of particular interest to you, check my collections page, "truck collection" - here you will find all trucks organized in albums, by haulier (with zip-codes), year, brand and country.
Retirement age for trucks: many used trucks are offered for sale on international markets. If sold to a foreign buyer, this will not be listed in the danish motor registry, so a "retired" truck may or may not have been exported. In other words, the "retirement age" only shows the age, at which the truck stopped running on danish license plates.
AP60343 (17.05.01, Motorvej 501)DSC_5539_Balancer
Model: Volvo FM 340 Euro4 8X4
VIN: YV2JL80G97A634893
1. Registration: 2007-04-02
Company: Nordisk Træflyt & Træpleje, Farum (DK)
Fleet No.: -
Nickname: -
License plates: AP60343 (dec. 2014-?)
Previous reg.: import 2014
Later reg.: n/a
Retirement age: still active at time of upload (2017)
Photo location: Motorway 501 (Aarhus Syd Motorvejen), Viby J, Aarhus, DK
This very strange looking truck has a very special function: it's used for digging up and transporting live trees with a trunk diameter of up to 35 cm, using the hydraulic spades seen on the ring. Once free of the ground, the whole contraption is tilted, the truck goes to the new location and the tree is replanted.
This technique was developed in the US back in the 1960s, but has only recently started to gain momentum in Europe. In 1987 the Copenhagen-based company Nordisk Træflyt (literally meaning "Nordic Tree Removal and Tree Care") pioneered the method in Denmark and are now operating all over the country, as well as Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands (Holland), France and Spain. Typical uses can be a major roadwork that would normally necessitate cutting down existing trees, but using this method, trees can be temporarily removed and replanted once work has been completed. Another recent use was when the city of Aarhus planted trees on Bispetorvet in the city centre to create a temporary forest.
The truck was a used-import back in 2014, so probably not many of these weird contraptions around... yet.
Going down the steep hill leading northeast into Aarhus. The motorway ends by Åhavevej in Viby. From here, the trucks can continue straight on to Marselis Boulevard across Skanderborgvej before ending at the port of Aarhus, 6 km from here.
.
Tip: to locate trucks of particular interest to you, check my collections page, "truck collection" - here you will find all trucks organized in albums, by haulier (with zip-codes), year, brand and country.
Retirement age for trucks: many used trucks are offered for sale on international markets. If sold to a foreign buyer, this will not be listed in the danish motor registry, so a "retired" truck may or may not have been exported. In other words, the "retirement age" only shows the age, at which the truck stopped running on danish license plates.