Two-part reefers
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• Coboco, CWS Transport's bodybuilding division, has completed a batch of nine 7.92m Norfrig reefer-bodied rigids for the group's fresh food distribution operation in Oxford and Swindon.
The bodies, pre-assembled from kits by WSM Motors of Weston-super-Mare, are engineered to the chassis (seven Mercedes 1617s and two Leyland Daf Freighter 1718s) at Coboco's Urmston, Greater Manchester plant.
With Henderson moveable bulkheads, the vehicles are designed for splitcompartment work.
Access to the front is via flush-fitting side doors which slide on stainless-steel running gear with rollers at the top and beneath the lower rails. Double rear doors and a 1.500kg Henderson tail-lift allow loading into the back end. A Carrier Mistral 610U undermount refrigeration unit with a remote evaporator maintains temperatures of zero to —2°C in the rear section and between +2-6°C at the front.
A thermostaticallycontrolled fan in the partition draws cold air from the rear into the front section, With the bulkhead in its most forward position, four standard metric pallets can be stored in the front with 18 'unitainers' in the rear.
CWS is also using Ford Transits fitted with Cobocobuilt all-aluminium bodywork and Bodyguard polyester roller curtains from James and Bloom of Altrincham. The vehicles are destined for bottled milk deliveries, and the group intends to introduce up to 100 of them into its Southern region operation this year on a franchise basis.