The Tri-Temp double-deck trailer – thought to be a first in the industry – is a 44-pallet, direct-drive hydraulic lifting deck trailer, with capacity for eight pallets of frozen products and 18 pallets each of chilled and controlled ambient products.
Cartwright expects the Tri-temp to attract serious interest from major supermarket chains.
Cartwright’s technical director Lionel Curtis says: “Currently, supermarkets generally run tri-temp straight trailers or tri-temps with a fixed double deck. We have taken what we believe is the unprecedented step of launching a triple temperature trailer with a moving deck.
“Our new trailer is in response to customer demand and effectively opens up the real possibility of tri-temp refrigerated lifting decks carrying out store deliveries. At the moment, many supermarkets do store deliveries with single temps and in some cases with two temperatures with lifting decks,” he adds.
The Tri-Temp also has an aerodynamic sloping front to improve fuel efficiency and stability.