Loading trailers fast with mobile dock lift
August 1st 2008 A mobile dock lift from
Transdek UK is providing a
fast, cost-effective solution
for loading trailers at A F
Blakemore and Son's new
regional distribution centre
in the west midlands. A F
Blakemore is one of six
wholesalers that supply 700
of 2,700 UK SPAR stores.
Every day around 575 roll
cages of grocery products are
loaded and despatched on to
12 trailers for consolidation at
its Willenhall site for onward
distribution to the stores.
The warehouse interior
and outside yard are on the
same level. Using tail-lifts
would have
been too slow,
according to
Nathan Black,
Blakemore's
operations
manager, while
installing a
scissor lift
would have
been expensive and
involved considerable civil
engineering work.
A Transdek free-standing
dock lift was installed, which
required no civil engineering
work, was ready for use in
two hours and could be
moved between loading
bays as required.
The lift platform measures
3500mm long x 2450mm
wide with a load capacity of
4500kg. 16 cages can be
carried at a time and a trailer
can be loaded in 15 minutes. More articles from Transdek UK Ltd: | 
