Uwe Sehring GmbH

We have been in existence since 1996 as Uwe Sehring GmbH, demolition and earthworks. Before that we were part of Heinrich Sehring 8. & Sohn GmbH (container service, managing director Hans Sehring). We are a medium-sized company that carries out all orders reliably and on time. This is one of the reasons why long-standing customers remain loyal to us.

Family company with tradition

Heinrich Sehring began in 1933, at the company's current location, with a horse and a wagon. That was his “truck” at the time to transport materials such as sand and gravel. Three years later he bought his first “real” truck, in 1952 the first four-wheel drive truck. Incidentally, it was the first all-wheel-drive truck from MAN Nutzfahrzeuge that was delivered in Hessen at the time.

In 1975 Heinrich Sehring handed the company over to his son Hans Sehring.

Sehring 8th in the magazine for historic commercial vehicles

The name Sehring is so widespread in and around the city of Langen in Hesse that a long time ago the individual families were numbered to better distinguish the various namesake. Today there are still more than 70 Sehrings in Langen and the surrounding area, but they don't necessarily have to be related to each other. In our little company history we deal with the company Sehring 8., a company that made a name for itself with the distribution of sand and gravel and still exists today as a container service and demolition company.

It all began in 1937, when Heinrich Sehring founded the company. It is said that during the Second World War he mainly transported cattle. It was transported between farms and pastures and, of course, to the slaughterhouses. Since these transports did not really use the old 3.5 to Ford, other things were also driven. Wood, gravel, stones, tree trunks and coal were also typical goods to be transported at this time. At the beginning of the war, the elderly Ford and its driver were drafted to drive material for the construction of the West Wall. The driver survived the war without damage, the Ford had to be written off as a total loss.

Like many other companies at the time, the Sehring company practically had to start over after the war. In the immediate post-war period, the Sehrings mainly drove gravel and sand for the many construction projects in the greater Frankfurt area. Today's senior boss and son of the company's founder, Hans Sehring, still remembers that when the motorway from Darmstadt to Mannheim was being built, Sehring trucks were also busy getting the necessary building materials. While in the first few years after the war all sorts of tinkered trucks were used, in the 1950s the Sehrings were able to rely on newer vehicles, which were usually bought second-hand. Three MAN hoods were bought one after the other, some of which were combined with suitable trailers. The first heavy hood MAN was an MK with the 120 HP 6 cylinder engine type D 1040 G 2, which consumed an average of around 18 liters of diesel per 100 km. He was soon supported by another corner hood from the MAN delivery program, an MK 25, which was also equipped with a 120 hp engine. The trio was soon completed by a then modern MAN 360 L 1 with a three-way tipping body. This MAN had four-wheel drive. Hans Sehring recalls that the tipper could hardly be steered off-road. For this reason, an auxiliary steering system was installed at the Teves company that eliminated the problem. One of the two-axle trailers used was an electrically operated tipper from Hanomag. It was later converted into an air dump truck. He was soon supported by another corner hood from the MAN delivery program, an MK 25, which was also equipped with a 120 hp engine. The trio was soon completed by a then modern MAN 360 L 1 with a three-way tipping body. This MAN had four-wheel drive. Hans Sehring recalls that the tipper could hardly be steered off-road. For this reason, an auxiliary steering system was installed at the Teves company that eliminated the problem. One of the two-axle trailers used was an electrically operated tipper from Hanomag. It was later converted into an air dump truck. He was soon supported by another corner hood from the MAN delivery program, an MK 25, which was also equipped with a 120 hp engine. The trio was soon completed by a then modern MAN 360 L 1 with a three-way tipping body. This MAN had four-wheel drive. Hans Sehring recalls that the tipper could hardly be steered off-road. For this reason, an auxiliary steering system was installed at the Teves company that eliminated the problem. One of the two-axle trailers used was an electrically operated tipper from Hanomag. It was later converted into an air dump truck. This MAN had four-wheel drive. Hans Sehring recalls that the tipper could hardly be steered off-road. For this reason, an auxiliary steering system was installed at the Teves company that eliminated the problem. One of the two-axle trailers used was an electrically operated tipper from Hanomag. It was later converted into an air dump truck. This MAN had four-wheel drive. Hans Sehring recalls that the tipper could hardly be steered off-road. For this reason, an auxiliary steering system was installed at the Teves company that eliminated the problem. One of the two-axle trailers used was an electrically operated tipper from Hanomag. It was later converted into an air dump truck.

Since Sehring's trucks were also repeatedly in use for the various construction companies and, for example, drove overburden from excavation work, it made sense to also procure an excavator. Initially, an O&K wheeled excavator was used, but around 1960 Heinrich and Hans Sehring bought a Dolberg D 200 rope pull excavator with a crawler chassis, which was later replaced by the stronger Krupp-Dolberg D 300. For a long time, the D 300 was to be the workplace of Hans Sehring, who dug so many excavations in and around Langen. Since the Dolberg had to be transported to the construction site, a Theurer low-loader was also initially procured, which from then on supplemented the vehicle fleet. It was later replaced by a heavier Goldhofer low-loader. In the following years, many tons of building material in the form of sand and gravel were transported to the various construction sites. The dredging and caterpillar work continued to be part of the small business run by father and son. The family character of Heinrich Sehring 8. + Sohn is also evident in the fact that many employees have remained loyal to their company for a long time. Of course, in the 1960s, vehicles and equipment were cleaned and serviced on Saturdays at the depot on Rheinstrasse in Langen. The events of the past week and the assignments and assignments for the coming week were then discussed together over a soup cooked by mother Sehring with sausage. that many employees remained loyal to their company for a long time. Of course, in the 1960s, vehicles and equipment were cleaned and serviced on Saturdays at the depot on Rheinstrasse in Langen. The events of the past week and the assignments and assignments for the coming week were then discussed together over a soup cooked by mother Sehring with sausage. that many employees remained loyal to their company for a long time. Of course, in the 1960s, vehicles and equipment were cleaned and serviced on Saturdays at the depot on Rheinstrasse in Langen. The events of the past week and the assignments and assignments for the coming week were then discussed together over a soup cooked by mother Sehring with sausage.

In the mid to late 1960s, the business of transporting building materials declined significantly. In the meantime, there was ready-mixed concrete that was transported to the individual construction projects with truck mixers. So sand and gravel no longer had to be driven directly to the construction site to the same extent as before. From that point on, the Sehrings concentrated more on the excavation business. But from then on, she also focused on the transport of rubble and clearing out. As a logical consequence of this development, the first skip loader was purchased in 1970. This set the course for the future that is present today. The company Uwe Sehring GmbH Demolition and Earthworks was established in 1996 and is still managed today by Uwe Sehring.