Stowe Woodward (one of the World's leading suppliers of elastomeric roller coverings) in Glenrothes, Fife have recently taken delivery of a Nu-Star Super Pusher for pushing & pulling their roll handling bogies on site.

As part of a recent UK restructuring programme, paper and industrial rolls from around the UK are sent to Stowe Woodward in Glenrothes for reconditioning/modifying and as part of this process need to be manouevred into and out of a shot-blasting chamber, vulcanizing ovens and extrusion processes.

"The Super Pusher enables one operator to easily move the bogies between work stations and is much safer than trying to do this by hand or trying to use a forktruck as a towing vehicle."

The Super Pusher is currently the biggest load mover in the Nu-Star range of pedestrian operated electric tug units which can move wheeled loads ranging from 500Kg to over 100,000Kgs.

All the movers in the range are self contained with maintenance-free gel batteries, on-board waterproof battery chargers, puncture-proof tyres and programmable control units.

There are no complicated licensing requirements (other than a minimum age of 18 and relevant training) and minimal maintenance requirements. Nu-Star manufacture the tug units both in the UK & USA and they are all available by Purchase or Contract Hire.