For Labour-saving Deliveries
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A CONSIDERABLE reduction in time and labour is claimed for tA a modified delivery system, based on a purpose-built van, which has been adopted by Ridgways Tea Ltd. The van, seen on the right and below, is a Morris FF K140 chassis with 18 in. Baico extension and an aluminium alloy body built by Bonallack and Sons Ltd.
Instead of the tea being loaded in separate packages, 22 light-alloy wheeled containers carry pre-packed loads for the main recipients at delivery drops, while odd-sized parcels are carried above the trolleys on a second deck consisting of 10 pallets; these arc made to the full width of the van and fitted on the underside with rollers running on longitudinal rails fixed to the body sides.
Each trolley container carries 60 parcels of 6 lb. tea packets,-and transverse spring-loaded tic-bars secure the trolleys during transit, interior running rails prevent damage to the inner skin of the doublepanelled body and a two-stage USI tail-lift is fitted at the rear.
The body superstructure is a standard Bonallack design and the body has a translucent roof panel and an alloy roller shutter above the tail-lift at the rear.
Ridgways state that the trolley and pallet system has cut the distance walked by the driver during unloading from six miles to half a mile, and the weight he carries from 6 tons to nothing.