Cartwright and Poundworld collaborate on load-maximising new trailer04 January 2018
UK retailer Poundworld has developed a unique trailer in collaboration with Cartwright Group, following the successful trial of a concept trailer that can fit up to 52 pallets through a more efficient loading process.
Poundworld had approached Jon Wilcock for Cartwright to design and build a bespoke double deck curtainside trailer with a tapered design allowing for smaller items to be packed towards the front, with taller pallets loaded at the rear, using the available space as efficiently as possible. The challenge was to produce a trailer that could utilise the existing fleet of standard height tractor units.
With its new trailers, Poundworld will see 25% more pallets delivered a year between its 500,000 ft2 head office and distribution centre at Normanton, West Yorkshire and satellite sites in Scotland, Bristol and London.
National transport manager for Poundworld, Mark Heathershaw, applauded the new designs: “We are delighted. It just shows that with determination and thinking outside the box, nothing is impossible.”
The new trailers will join Poundworld’s fleet of 100 trailers.
Author
Will Dalrymple
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