Felling’s Triple Reel Trailer is
Cooperative’s Cable Deployment Solution
In 2003 an Electric Cooperative company, based out of southern Minnesota was looking for an alternative
trailer supplier that was locally based. Having heard of Felling Trailers, the Co-op made the call and was put in
touch with Laurie Engle, one of Felling’s Trailer Sales Consultants. At that time Felling had been building cable
reel trailers for about ten years and was considered relatively new to the utility industry. Laurie worked with
the Cooperative to configure a triple reel trailer to meet their company’s needs, which was the start of a 15-
year partnership. “Laurie treated me well and has been nothing short of fabulous since the day we first talked,”
said the Operations Manager for the Coop.
The cable reel trailer that started the partnership was retired from service, the Cooperative placed the new
unit, an FT-30-3 Triple Reel, in service in early 2018. The cooperative currently has five Felling cable reel
trailers in service, with varying features and capacities.
A few of the features that were incorporated into the build of the FT-30-3 Triple Reel where selected to
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increase time efficiency and worker safety.
NCP Magazine • January ‘19