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One example of how changing operational patterns affect the need for specialist bodywork is in the gas-bottle-carrying sector. The consumer market is growing as we buy more bottled gas to fuel barbecues and patio heaters. To ensure it can meet all its delivery demands, Calor Gas operates a range of vehicles from 3.5 tonnes to 18 tonnes. The larger vehicles have both side and rear tail-lifts for maximum offloading capability. All bodywork is galvanised and paint-free to reduce maintenance and there are bottlesecuring racks on all vehicles.
Meanwhile, a new government initiative to deliver oxygen bottles for patients directly into their homes rather than the patient having to arrange collection from a local pharmacy has meant a change in vehicles at supplier BOC. Instead of delivering a single drop of 25 to 30 gas bottles, the operation has changed to multi-drops of one or two bottles. To handle this, BOC has put 25 Ford Transit Connect car-derived vans on the road with purpose-designed bottle-racking systems from Trumac. The vans are leased, but BOC has bought the racking systems so they can be transferred to a replacement chassis in four years' time,