Ron Finemore Transport has ordered two Performance-Based Standards (PBS) approved Cartwright refrigerated trailers – the first from the UK-based manufacturer to be sold in Australia.
Cartwright Transport General Manager, Howard Hansen, told Trailer Magazine the first trailers for Ron Finemore are PBS-approved 26-pallet refrigerated trailers are due for delivery in mid-December.
Hansen said that Ron Finemore and Operations Manager, Laurie Brothers, both visited the Cartwright factory in the UK before placing the order.
Cartwright Transport is 50 per cent owned by UK-based trailer manufacturer, Cartwright Group, and 50 per cent owned by holdings company, Fugace, said Hansen.
According to Hansen, the first Cartwright trailers to hit Australian shores arrived in July. The demo trailers include refrigerated 22-pallet tri-axle trailer and a 16-pallet bogie-axle trailer, each fitted with Carrier Vector 1950 refrigeration units.
Hansen told Trailer Magazine that three more demonstration trailers are due in Australia in November, this time twin tyre tri-axle trailers with barn doors.
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Source: www.trailermag.com.au