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competitive price were among the factors that persuaded the panel to give the Temperature Controlled award to Utility's 13.6m triaxle 2000R.
With a chassis-less construction it relies on sheet and post sidewalls that are fully stress bearing, and the exterior panels can be replaced quickly and easily. Repairs shouldn't break the bank either—parts such as door blanks are said to be competitively priced. It's available with a system known as Verta-Lock, which uses a honeycomb ceiling liner to hold load-restraining poles in place. Utility says this is invaluable if the vehicle is transporting trolleys or hand-stacked boxes.
Utility is the biggest manufacturer of refrigerated trailers in the world—no less than 200,000 200ORS are in service worldwide.
Don-Bur's Insulated Box Van was equipped with a moving second deck capable of carrying up to 35 roll cages.
The judges recognised that fitting a movable second deck meant overcoming a number of
pitfalls. In this case, the heat transfer paths provided by the metal have been eliminated by the careful routeing of cables and the intelligent use of insulating material.
The second-deck lifting columns are ultra slim arid are recessed into the inner face of the trailer sidewall, so that any thermal path through the side wall insulation is effectively eliminated.
Temperature control isn't just about keeping products cold, as Cartwright's Environmental Trailer illustrated: it uses heaters powered by compressed natural gas to keep house plants warm in transit. The trailer is designed to be aerodynamically efficient, and 82% of it is said to be recyclable.