Chiltern Cold Storage: Lincolnshire, UK
Yale trucks shrug off the big chill for Chiltern Cold Storage
Two new cold store
MR reach trucks supported by two MPX power pallet trucks are proving to be a
robust, reliable and low-cost materials handling solution in sub-zero
temperatures at Chiltern Cold Storage.
Operating in temperatures
down to -23°C, a fleet of just four lift trucks is all that is needed to keep
the brisk pace of operations going at Chiltern Cold Storage’s 3,300 pallet
position cold store in Bourne, Lincolnshire.
The Bourne operation, one of
four sites the temperature controlled logistics specialist runs, was
established three years ago and houses food products including fish and poultry
destined for restaurants, pubs and other food outlets. With a turnover of some
1,500 pallets a week and all the usual challenges of such cold temperatures, it
is vital the cold store has a flawless materials handling operation with the
most robust equipment and the best backup in the business.
That requirement has been
met with a fleet of two cold store MR14 reach trucks and two cold store MP20X
power pallet trucks from Yale Europe Materials Handling, supplied by
Chelveston, Northants dealer, JST Forklifts.
Working with pallets
typically weighing 800kg and measuring up to 1.8 metres high, the two MR14s
work in the Bourne site’s three metre wide aisles, predominantly on full pallet
putaway and retrieval operations at heights of up to 6.2 metres.
The two MR reach trucks have
a lift capacity of 1.4 tonnes – more than enough to accommodate the load
weights and lift heights involved at the site – and work full twelve hour
shifts (6am to 6pm), five days a week.
The two MPX power pallet
trucks are both 2.0 tonne models, which are fitted with enclosed Chariot-style
operator platforms and Scooter Control handlebars in place of more common
tiller arm control, and are used to support the reach truck operation by
carrying out vehicle loading and unloading via the site’s loading docks.
What Our Customers Are Saying
“The build quality was
the thing for me. They’re very solidly built trucks. There was
also a very robust testing process in place at the factory, like the rumble
strip test – it was really quite intense! I’ve gone to other manufacturers’
sites and not seen anything like that.
”
John Davidson - Contracts Director,