ZARGES de-icing platform.

In winter, ice slabs often form on the tarpaulin cover and body of trucks that have been parked outdoors. Such ice slabs may slide off a truck and fall onto the road in the first few kilometres next time the truck sets off. This can spell danger for the traffic behind the truck. These ice slabs can weigh up to a few hundred kilograms each; every winter, there are accidents involving ice slabs – sometimes even with deadly consequences.

Therefore, legislators have made it the responsibility of truck drivers to remove ice slabs from their vehicles. A fine of 25 euros is imposed for an ice slab falling off a truck, even if it does not affect the traffic behind. The penalties become even stiffer when the ice slab endangers the traffic behind or, worse still, causes an accident. In cases where ice slabs falling off a truck result in a fatal accident, the truck driver in question may even face imprisonment. However, it is not always easy for drivers to free the tarpaulin cover of their vehicle from ice slabs before setting off. These slabs are usually located on the truck body – about four metres above the ground – and are therefore hard to reach without performing some sort of dangerous, acrobatic moves on the vehicle.

ZARGES has developed the de-icing platform as an easy and efficient solution to this.

ZARGES de-icing platform allows drivers to remove snow, ice, water and dirt from their trucks and buses quickly and safely.

Your benefits at a glance:

• Steel open-grid surface as the default option for high anti-slip performance (R12) and liquid drainage.
• All-round railings for maximum safety while working at heights.
• Easy to assemble thanks to a high degree of pre-assembly.
• Ergonomic working thanks to an innovative ice scraper.

The ZARGES scraper makes removing ice, snow, water and dirt a piece of cake. With a handle length of around 2.90 metres, the scraper lets you easily clean the entire width of the vehicle. The patented PVC scraper is able to optimally adapt to the vehicle's surface contour to give you the perfect cleaning results.

This means the vehicle can be ready for the road again in no time.