About us
Since its foundation in 2008, TBZ Fahrzeugbau GmbH has increasingly established itself on the market through innovation and the continuous development of its products. Today, the portfolio ranges from towing vehicles and lightweight car transporters to customised, load-friendly transport and box bodies on lightweight chassis. TBZ also offers many of its vehicle concepts with modern, environmentally friendly electric drives.
Starting out as a specialist for towing and recovery vehicles, which can be optionally equipped with a sliding platform, lifting goggles and crane, the need for car transporters soon became apparent, which can be driven with a total weight of up to 3.5 t even with a current car driving licence. A lightweight chassis was developed in-house and in close collaboration with co-operation partners to serve this market in combination with lowerable tandem axles. These vehicle transporters can be combined with power units from various manufacturers. These vehicles have already been in daily use for over ten years for vehicle transfers and simple towing tasks.
Another innovation is the mini articulated lorries, which are also manufactured in a consistent lightweight design. These enable the transport of up to two cars or even light vans and motorhomes. Customised customer requirements can also be taken into account thanks to body variants in gooseneck or straight design.
Special lifting goggle vehicles based on powerful pick-up off-road vehicles, which are primarily used for towing out of confined spaces such as underground car parks, round off the product range in the field of vehicle transport and vehicle recovery.
In 2012, TBZ fitted the tried-and-tested lightweight chassis with box bodies for the first time. The low tare weight and the ability to lower the rear axle provide the ideal basis for short-distance distribution transport. With a total weight of up to 3.5 tonnes and maximum loading capacity, these lightweight box body vehicles offer easy and convenient loading and unloading via the tailgate when the vehicle is lowered. As a result, these box vehicles are very popular with large bakeries and laundries, for example. The customised external dimensions and, on request, adapted aisle systems for securing loads inside offer a complete package that has already proven itself hundreds of times in everyday use in various industries. In addition to refrigeration systems in the box bodies, platform bodies are also possible for special applications. The mini articulated lorries with individual box bodies are also manufactured by TBZ.
In addition to the tried and tested lowerable tandem axle, the newly developed air-sprung ultra-light axle, a single axle with twin tyres, is increasingly being used, especially for box body vehicles. This also offers the option of lowering the rear of the vehicle for loading and unloading. In addition to more payload and flexibility thanks to the compact design, this axle also offers even greater driving comfort.
As part of various co-operations, our lightweight chassis were then also combined with modern and environmentally friendly power cars with electric drive. TBZ Fahrzeugbau GmbH has already been honoured with various awards for the implementation of these vehicle concepts. The current Renault Master E-Tech, for example, offers an all-electric drive with a good range. Thanks to its low weight, it is possible to achieve a registration of up to 3.5 tonnes and still maintain a high payload. This is the latest innovation from TBZ Fahrzeugbau.