Chipping away at fuel economy
June 1st 2009 When it came to choosing new lift trucks to
move around loads of pre-packed potatoes,
Albert bartlett, grower and packer of root
vegetables, found the solution in Linde's
LPG H 14 T and H 30 T, 1.4 and 3.0 tonne
counterbalance trucks.
The hydrostatic transmission has proved
adept at coping with the continuous
shunting duties associated with the
operation. The firm uses the H 30 T
primarily to unload the large potato boxes
and the H 14 T is put to use effectively both
in and around the processing machines and
also at goods out where the trucks are used
to load wagons at the dock levellers.
According to Colin Campbell, production
and HR director of Albert Bartlett, Linde's
are: "Robust and well-built machines. They
easily handle the dayshift and backshift
demands associated with our full seven-day
operations."
Albert Bartlett moves roughly 3,500
tonnes per week of finished products. So,
the ability to function under the rigours of
daily use, coupled with the requirements of
consistently lifting a high volume of
products from heights of two to five
metres, was an obvious factor in choosing
Linde's counterbalance trucks. Yet, it was
their fuel economy that most impressed.
"In an independent study we carried out
between Linde and one of its major
competitors, our testers here at Albert
Bartlett found Linde products to be far
superior for fuel efficiency because of the
design and operation of the engine," says
Campbell. "And that swung our decision." More articles from Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd: | 
