Mobile " Fridge "
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THEproblem of keeping milk fresh in warm weather, particularly where long distances have to be covered between dairy and consumer, has led Mr. A. Jackson of Torkington Hall Dairy, Hazel Grove, Manchester, to build a vehicle in which milk can be refrigerated and transported.
The cooling unit, capacity 65 crates, is built onto a Karrier Bantam chassis, half the original flat being left as normal carrying space: with a maximum capacity of 60 crates.
During delivery several containers of cooled milk can be off-loaded to a readily accessible position on the flat, thus preventing too great a rise in temperature by continual opening of the " fridge " door. Bodywork construction is by Mr. Peter Brophy, Hazel Grove.
The refrigerator, manufactured by Yorkshire Refrigeration Co., Ltd., Shipley, and installed by Industrial Cooling Equipment, Ltd., Manchester, is operated from the mains, and may be pre-set to the temperature required. Milk is therefore loaded at any time convenient to the dairyman, cooled overnight, and kept cool during delivery the following day by the insulated refrigerator walls.
The lorry may be used for farm collections and door-to-door delivery, but its principal function is in restocking pedestrian-controlled vehicles while they are on their rounds. This prevents time
wasting trips to the dairy to fetch more milk, and the cost of converting the lorry has quickly been covered, said Mr. Jackson, who is considering making similar alterations to some of his larger electrically operated delivery machines.