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THE Littlewoods Organist lion has equipped eleven di livery vehicles with convei tional Ratcliff tail lifts eac with an extra internal pla form to make loading and ill loading operations mot efficient.
The 1000kg tail lift operati in the usual manner betwe€ the ground and vehicle dei above this the internal 1.2 (4ft) platform is engaged ar
they rise together to a maximu height of 1.65m (5ft 5in) abo. the ground.
Until recently, Littlewool conveyed all its packaged t€
tiles in steel roll pallets ar cages but this did not maximi on vehicle utilisation. Cloth ba are now used, which a cheaper than steel containe can be sealed as a precauti.
against theft and fold in bundles, leaving space for return load.
The bags hang on rails duni transit and at distribution CE tres but are conveyed betwe the two on wheeled bases.
At the unloading point ea bag is pushed along the rail ur it rests above a base position on the lift's internal platfor The lift is raised to allow hooking from the rail, whe upon the wheeled base is mov to the external platform a lowered to the ground in normal way.
Littlewoods plan that all th textile delivery vans deliveri to 111 stores will be loaded a unloaded in this way.