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Cartwright Proves a Christmas Winner For Argos
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The Cartwright Group has recently supplied Argos with another 164 trailers as part of Argos’s ongoing fleet replacement programme.
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The design of the straight-frame box van trailers, which has evolved and been refined in conjunction with the Argos Engineering team, reflects the operational requirements, in regard to strength, longevity and reliability, whilst also incorporating increasing health and safety requirements.
Having supplied trailers to Argos for 15 years, Cartwright wanted to make sure the specifications of the latest order exceeded the customer’s requirements as achieved on the previous year’s build.
The new trailers vary between 13.6 metres and 7.3 metres in length. A hundred of which feature Dhollandia retractable tail lifts, with the remainder fitted with Ratcliff hydraulic closure column lifts.
Other features include some trailers fitted with command steer axles, tinted blue GRP roof skins (to keep internal temperatures down), right-angled aluminium kick strips, GRP grit-impregnated floors, shutter doors with stainless steel rear frames, compression buffers, BPW drum brakes and, on some trailers, hydraulic landing legs.
Steven Cartwright, Director of The Cartwright Group, said: “Having talked with Argos about their exact needs we made sure that each of the trailers supplied included every possible feature necessary to meet their requirements.
“This deal has seen us provide a wide variety of trailers, with each one designed and built to meet the specific challenges it will meet during its working life with Argos.
“Once again we are happy to have obtained and completed the order with Argos and we would look forward to meeting their trailer needs in the future.’’
Argos Ltd Engineering Manager, Geoff Mitchie, said: “We have worked closely with Cartwright to ensure they provided a trailer to fully meet our operational requirements.”
Argos Ltd Fleet Maintenance Manager Peter Williamson, added: “Our involvement doesn’t stop when the order is placed, it continues throughout the build process. The end result being a quality product delivered to us on time”.
Cartwright is also set to supply a further 43 trailers to Homebase which, like Argos, is a Home Retail Group company.
Having supplied trailers to Argos for 15 years, Cartwright wanted to make sure the specifications of the latest order exceeded the customer’s requirements as achieved on the previous year’s build.
The new trailers vary between 13.6 metres and 7.3 metres in length. A hundred of which feature Dhollandia retractable tail lifts, with the remainder fitted with Ratcliff hydraulic closure column lifts.
Other features include some trailers fitted with command steer axles, tinted blue GRP roof skins (to keep internal temperatures down), right-angled aluminium kick strips, GRP grit-impregnated floors, shutter doors with stainless steel rear frames, compression buffers, BPW drum brakes and, on some trailers, hydraulic landing legs.
Steven Cartwright, Director of The Cartwright Group, said: “Having talked with Argos about their exact needs we made sure that each of the trailers supplied included every possible feature necessary to meet their requirements.
“This deal has seen us provide a wide variety of trailers, with each one designed and built to meet the specific challenges it will meet during its working life with Argos.
“Once again we are happy to have obtained and completed the order with Argos and we would look forward to meeting their trailer needs in the future.’’
Argos Ltd Engineering Manager, Geoff Mitchie, said: “We have worked closely with Cartwright to ensure they provided a trailer to fully meet our operational requirements.”
Argos Ltd Fleet Maintenance Manager Peter Williamson, added: “Our involvement doesn’t stop when the order is placed, it continues throughout the build process. The end result being a quality product delivered to us on time”.
Cartwright is also set to supply a further 43 trailers to Homebase which, like Argos, is a Home Retail Group company.
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