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John Pursely, owner of Pursley Paving, a small sourthern Ontario company established in 1947, believes he has found a new competitive edge to help him win bids on larger contracts in the region.

Pursely was among the first paving contractors to test out the new V-Floor asphalt trailer introduced recently by Titan Trailers Inc., of Delhi, Ontario. He put it to work this past fall and now looks forward to saving costs with the unique unloader system in the coming year.

According to Pursely, the new 48-foot 5-axle trailer pays off for pavers by providing excellent load control, improved safety, bigger payloads and faster duty cycles than traditional dump trailers.

Titan introduced the world's first V-Floor trailer in 2003, adapting the steel-slatted live floor system from Keith Walking Floor to Titan's aluminum body Thinwall trailers for extreme-duty applications.

Combining durability, high bulk capacity and a level loading floor, the Titan V-Floor trailers have received an enthusiastic welcome from scrap metal haulers and in mining and forestry applications. The newest version of the V-Floor trailer has been modified to handle the high heat of hot mix and to simplify clean-out. The height of the trailer was also shortened to reduce its weight and to help it retain heat in the asphalt.