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Operators have their say... Jim Brackenridge (Transport)
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In principle, Jim Brackenridge (Transport) MD Murray Prentice would welcome a 200mm fridge trailer extension: "We regularly carry 33 pallets and anything that would benefit the quality of the products we transport has to be a good thing. However, the cost of the extension would have to be kept within reasonable bounds." Operators that use ferries would also have to bear in mind that they're charged by the metre, he adds, so any addition to length could result in Operators that use ferries would also have to bear in mind that they're charged by the metre, he adds, so any addition to length could result in
higher RO-RO bills.
With depots in Aberdeen, Inverness, Cumbernauld, Lerwick, and Kirkwall, and servicing the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, the company helped form the Norse Island Ferries joint venture in 2002. It runs 40 vans and trucks and 70 trailers. While that might appear to be an imbalance, the extra trailers are needed for those occasions when bad weather makes it impossible to leave the islands. Forty-five of the trailers are refrigerated.
"We bought 10 from Gray & Adams two or three years back, and they've just supplied us with 10 more," says Prentice. "We run quite tall trailers, and we make sure that the red loading line at the top is observed." Both chilled and frozen cargoes are carried: "We transport chilled fresh salmon to the south of England," he concludes.
"We bought 10 from Gray & Adams two or three years back, and they've just supplied us with 10 more," says Prentice. "We run quite tall trailers, and we make sure that the red loading line at the top is observed." Both chilled and frozen cargoes are carried: "We transport chilled fresh salmon to the south of England," he concludes. Hodnet Transport
Extending fridge trailers by 200mm would definitely benefit the flow of air, says Garry Edwards, a director of Market Drayton, Shropshire-based Hodnet Transport. "As things stand, the load can be tight up against the back doors if you're carrying 33 europallets," he adds. "Nor are you far off the rear doors if you're carrying 26 pallets." at ene its t e qua ity o t e pro ucts we transport as to e a
Extending fridge trailers by 200mm would definitely benefit the flow of air, says Garry Edwards, a director of Market Drayton, Shropshire-based Hodnet Transport. "As things stand, the load can be tight up against the back doors if you're carrying 33 europallets," he adds. "Nor are you far off the rear doors if you're carrying 26 pallets." A close eye has to be kept on the flow of air across the top of loads too, he adds: "Most of our goos t 'rig. But t e cost must e reasona e
trailers have red load limit lines at the top, but fortunately we don't usually carry tall cargo. Lettuce is the only exception." The firm uses Transfrigoroute's training programme to educate its drivers.
With 14 trucks in service, a mixture of Dafs, MANs, and Scanias, and 20 refrigerated trailers — "we favour Schmitz at present" — Hodnet operates solely within the UK these days. "We gave up international work two or three years back," he adds.