Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:24 pm
Hi Richard
They have a dealer in Sussex but they are really only an Astec dealer and the roadtec part is comes by default.As far as I know the Roadtec range is not sold in the UK as the pavers are too wide and most of their screeds tend to be strike off with no tampers.The market for planers in the uk is too small I would think to be of interest considering the amount of back up a dealer would require to compete with Wirtgen and also transport widths and weights for the larger planers.One thing that Roadtec have continued with is the three track design like the early Wirtgen planers on tracks.
They have a dealer in Sussex but they are really only an Astec dealer and the roadtec part is comes by default.As far as I know the Roadtec range is not sold in the UK as the pavers are too wide and most of their screeds tend to be strike off with no tampers.The market for planers in the uk is too small I would think to be of interest considering the amount of back up a dealer would require to compete with Wirtgen and also transport widths and weights for the larger planers.One thing that Roadtec have continued with is the three track design like the early Wirtgen planers on tracks.