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One person moves almost anything on wheels, up to 4,000 kg.
Pushing a car or a loaded die trolley by hand takes three or four people, and nobody is really in charge of the stop. Fetching a forklift for a ten-metre move is slower and riskier still.
The TP250 replaces that with one battery-powered vehicle pusher. 2,500 N of drawbar pull and a 1,000 W motor move up to 4,000 kg on castors without lifting the load. A global car maker cut a mould changeover from more than two hours to 15 minutes with a TP250 Compact and die trolleys.
It isn’t only a car mover. The TP250 also moves kiln cars in ceramics, A-frame trolleys in textiles, joinery production lines and production trolleys across manufacturing. It comes as a standard model or a Compact for tight cells and clean rooms, and every unit is fitted with the coupling that suits your load, from an adjustable pushpad to a quick latch.
Where the TP250 vehicle mover works.
On castorsBar stock and racks
Racks of aluminium bar moved from stores to the line.Electric tugs for Steel & Metal Fabrication
On railsKiln cars
Loaded kiln cars moved on rails to and from the kiln.Electric tugs for Ceramics
On castorsFabric rolls
A-frames of fabric rolls moved between processes.Electric tugs for Textiles
On castorsCompact in tight cells
The TP250 Compact moving air-handling units along a narrow line.Electric tugs for Engineering & manufacturingTP250 technical specification.
Towing capacity, castors
4,000 kg
Drawbar pull
2,500 N
Steering
Manual
Towing capacity, rails
20,000 kg
Max. weight transfer
800 kg
Voltage
24 V
Motor power
1,000 W
Drive system
AC Controller
Max. speed
6 km/h
Controller
200 A
Gearbox
Transaxle
Min. turning circle
1.65 m
Battery capacity
85 A/h
Charger
10A onboard, HF
Recharge time
8 hours
Battery type
Sealed lead-acid
Input
100-240 V
Drive wheel
Solid black rubber
Frame
Mild steel, powder coat
Unit weight
250 kg
Length
1150-1430 mm
Width
727 mm
Rear castor
Polyurethane
Colour
Orange & black
IP rating
IP44 standard
Height (storage)
1074 mm
Height (operating)
1450 mm
Standard or compact electric tug, one drive system.
Every TP250 is matched to the vehicle or load it’ll move.
Five standard couplings cover most jobs. Roll cage coupling for cage trains, an adjustable pushpad for bogies and railed trolleys, and more. If a load doesn’t fit one of them, our in-house design team builds the interface to suit. No extra unit, just the right connection.
Is the TP250 the right electric tug for your load?
The TP250 is an electric tug for wheeled loads up to 4,000 kg on castors: cars and vans, press dies and tooling, and production trolleys. It is often bought as a car mover or vehicle pusher, because it lets one person move a vehicle without starting it, pushing it by hand or fetching a forklift, and 4,000 kg covers most cars and light commercial vehicles. Drive comes from a 1,000 W motor with 2,500 N of drawbar pull.
Why not push it by hand?
Getting a two-tonne load rolling takes far more effort than keeping it moving, and that first push is where strains happen. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 ask employers to avoid hazardous manual handling wherever they reasonably can. A vehicle pusher replaces the team doing the pushing and gives one operator control of the stop as well as the start.
Where it is used
In workshops, body shops, showrooms and production lines across automotive, and for dies, tooling and production trolleys in engineering and manufacturing. On rails it moves up to 20,000 kg, so it also indexes joinery production lines.
What comes as standard
85 A/h sealed lead-acid batteries and a 10A on-board high-frequency charger (8 hours to recharge from a 100–240 V supply), anti-trap emergency reverse, an e-stop battery isolator, an electro-magnetic fail-to-safe brake, wheel guards, an IP44 rating and a full 2-year warranty. It turns in 1.65 m and weighs 250 kg. Options include a lithium-ion battery upgrade, non-marking tyres for clean floors, 304 or 316 stainless steel, ATEX Zone 1 or Zone 2 compliance, remote control operation, a strobe light and an audible reversing alarm. Non-marking tyres are worth having on showroom and painted floors.
TP250 or TP500?
For loads above 4,000 kg on castors, the TP500 takes up to 8,000 kg. If space is tight, the TP250 Compact does the same job in a smaller footprint.
Buy outright, hire, or spread the cost.
Every machine is available three ways. Tell us what you’re moving and how long you need it for, and we’ll include the options in your quotation.
Will the TP250 move your load?
Tell us what you’re moving and how it runs. We’ll confirm whether the TP250 is the right tug, which coupling it needs, or whether a lighter or heavier model would suit you better.
Rather talk it through? Call 01538 360372.
