AB PLC

In the AB Produce packhouse, diesel fumes were unwelcome and electric FLTs had proved unsuitable. The 24-hour a day availability of LPG-powered trucks proved crucial in switching the packhouse fleet to AvantiGas LPG.


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The results

The four FLTs in the packhouse have contributed to a reduction in dust and fumes and have successfully met the company’s need for a fleet than can be available 24 hours a day at peak times. Fuel supplies for the LPG-powered FLTs has proved completely reliable and hassle-free thanks to our in-house forecasting technology. As Mr Horsfield puts it: “I don’t have to monitor the tank… It doesn’t worry me, because we’ve not had a problem… I don’t want to know!”

And the final vote of confidence? Expansion of the LPG fleet will be under consideration, says Mr Horsfield, “when we come to change trucks again… swapping some of the harder-working diesel trucks for LPG ones.”

"The issue with electric fork-lift trucks is that, on a heavy shift pattern like Christmas – when we might be working 24-hours a day – they might last eight hours and take eight hours to charge… That doesn’t work for us. With an LPG fork-lift you just fill it up when you need to."

ANDREW HORSFIELD, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, AB PRODUCE PLC.

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