Drayton Garage Services, a subsidiary of Southern Co-op Dairies, has purchased from Refrigerated Vehicles five 14-tonne single compartment RVL Premium insulated bodies for its chilled distribution operation.
Mounted onto MAN 14-tonne chassis, the bodies have been specially designed and built to accommodate Southern’s operational practices. The interior design allows the roll cages to be secured in a specific way so that they can be opened while still in the load compartment. This enables the van driver to hand-pick products from the cages for small order deliveries.
At the same time, larger orders are contained within separate cages, which can be dropped off with the customer.
To facilitate the number of drops required by Southern’s, Refrigerated Vehicles specified larger fridge units. The Frigoblock FK13 forced air systems it chose are said to be able to maintain a chilled environment despite the large amount of times the door is opened during each operational day.
The vehicles are being used to distribute chilled dairy products