November December 2018 Marina World

COMPOSITE DECKING & BUMPERS
PRODUCTS, SERVICES & PEOPLE
First Roodberg trailer is
still hard at work
When Jisk Knijpstra opened a car scrap yard over 70 years ago in Haskerdijken, Friesland, it was to lead to great things.
The yard grew to become a specialist supplier of goods to local industry and when Jisk’s son Hette and his wife Froukje
took over the company in 1974, they created a top quality machine factory.
New ideas, knowledge, craftsmanship
and a passion for quality led the team
to develop a variety of innovative
equipment for the watersports sector
and, in the process, lay the paving
stones for the Roodberg brand.
The Knijpstra team’s first hydraulic
boat trailer was built as long ago
as 1978. It was developed with
customer input to offer a new, fast and
economical solution for moving boats
around a yard. As well as offering
low cost operation, it was designed
to offer remarkably long service life;
over double the normal 15 to 20 year
lifespan of an average trailer.
Ongoing operations have proved this
to be no idle ambition. Peter de Jong in
Uitwellingerga still uses this very
first trailer – 40 years down the
line. “You can park so well with it!”
he says enthusiastically. “It easily
saves 20 to 30cm of space per
vessel, which means you can grab
an extra meter of rental space.” The
trailer is primarily used to move
boats in and out of winter storage.
Since de Jong made his
exceptionally cost-effective
purchase, Roodberg has
continued to hone and perfect its
product line, always with a view to
helping customers make best use
of yard space and thus maximise
income.
E: info@roodberg.nl
Meet us on stand
05.206
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