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Goods on Pallets Give Maximum Payload

22nd December 1961
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.1)IY use of standard 40 in. by 40 in. L.' pallets and by designing cartons to match the pallets, H.P. Sauce, Ltd., ensure that a full payload is carried by trunking vehicles carrying bottled and canned goods on factory-to-depot runs. It is normal for the weight of the load to be within 4 cwt. of the rated capacity.

This information was given last week by Mr. G. L. Eades, transport manager of H.P., when he read a paper on "Distribution " at a meeting of the Industrial Transport Association, Birminelam Division, of which he is a member.

Pallet loading was introduced by H.P. in 1950 and was now applied to trunking movements of all finished products from the main factories to 18 redistribution depots, said Mr. Fades.

A Lansing-Bagnall fork-lift truck was employed in conjunction with an hydraulically operated loading-deck ramp, the angle of which could be varied to match the height of the vehicle platform. By this means 14 pallets, representing a payload of 15 tons, could be loaded in 14 min. by two men.

For redistribution from the company's main depots in London, Birmingham, Wigan and Selby. a type of 7-ton van was favoured having sliding cab doors and rear roller shutters. The opening of the left cab door was sufficient to provide access to at least 18 in-of the vehicle floor, and a door of this type was preferable to a body side door as it provided easier unloading of cartons by the driver's mate. Consignments were prepared by the mate when the vehicle wai road, in preparation for a drop.

Bulk deliveries had been ft said Mr. Eades, by the form voluntary buying groups, who p goads at an increased discount. ized distribution could sub. reduce the number of road vehic meats, but some 'producers ob. the scheme because it could trading information being given competitors.

The premises of wholesalers w completely inadequate for the vi road traffic handled, and long del frequent. Redistribution ha increasingly handicapped by tra gestion and parking restriction


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