ERF double-deckers
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cut wasted journeys
• A pair of ERFs with liftng decks are boosting productivity for a clinical waste specialist. The EC6.23LID3 trailing-axle units are at work with BFH Incineration, which handles the collection and disposal of clinical waste using 800 and 1,500litre containers.
Typically the RSG lifting floor allows the company to take 21 small containers on the top deck and a further 21 small or 18 large containers on the lower deck.
Plated at 21tonnes, the ERFs are fitted with 8.53m PPS GRP box van bodies with 1.5-tonne capacity Ray Smith tail-lifts and lifting second decks.
BEN operations director John Hancock says: "Normally we could only take 18 bins but with these we carry 42. It cuts down the number of journeys we have to make."
Overall height of the trucks is 4.47m with rde height lowered by rear air suspension. Hancock says the lowered height has helped to keep fuel consumption as low as possible since the units were put out on the road in February.