WHISKY CASKS GO BY ROAD
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TO effect cheaper and quicker deliveries and to eliminate a certain amount of handling, Barton's Cooperage, Ltd., London, E.3, has inaugurated a 440-mile road service to carry whisky casks from its London factory to distilleries in Scotland.
The service is being operated by a leyland Beaver with a four-wheeled &antr specially equipped to carry 277 132
casks. The Bonallack bodies of the prime mover and trailer have high extension frames of light alloy arid steel, sections to secure the loads. The outfit is 50-ft. long overall and is 15 ft. 6 ins. high.
The vehicle is scheduled to leave London every Monday and to deliver at distilleries around Dumbarton, Glasgow, Alloa and Edinburgh. It returns to London with casks for repair. Rail transport had previously been used, casks being sent in batches of 50.