Vans as Mobile Warehouses
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. LARGE-CAPAC1TY vans are being .1-4 used as mobile warehouses by Solent Furniture Products, Ltd., Portsmouth. The company work on the principle that all available floor space must be used for production. Consequently. the whitewood furniture in which they specialize must he delivered immediately it is made. They have three Morris vehicles, which are in continuous operation on journeys all over the kingdom. All have bodies by Longwell Green Coachworks, Ltd., Bristol, and were supplied by Wadham Bros., Ltd., London Road, Waterlooville, Hants. The vehicle most recently deliveredis a 2,000-cu.-ft. pantechnicon with a lightweight body 29 ft. 9 in. long, 7 ft. 6 in. wide and 12 ft. 6 in. high. The two other vehicles have 1,200-cu.-ft. bodies, all three being mounted on 5-ton longwheelbase, forward-control, oil-engined chassis. Solent Furniture Prc.iducts make about 500 items a week—kitchen furniture, wardrobes, tables and so on, which find a ready sale with municipal authorities and others. The 2,000-cu.-ft. van can carry 90 wardrobes or 150 mixed pieces, whereas a maximum load for lhe 1,200-cu.-ft. vans is 50 wardrobes or 100 composite items. When a correspondent of The Commercial Motor visited the works, the 2,000-cu.-ft. van was being loaded for Wrexham. The two other Vehicles were setting off; one for Romford, Ilford, Southend and Colchester, and the other for Crawley, Guildford and Godalming.