Booths adds two trailers fitted with Vector fridges

North of England-based supermarket chain Booths has specified a pair of Vector 1950 multi-temperature units for two trailers joining its fleet.

Mounted to tri-axle, double-deck Cartwright trailers, both units are equipped with Carrier’s E-Drive all-electric technology, which removes the mechanical transmissions in conventional belt-driven refrigeration systems and transforms engine power into electricity through a generator.

Booths runs a fleet of more than 25 CVs and has a network of 29 stores. It plans to keep the new trailers on the road for at least 15 years.

Distribution manager Brian Broadley said: “Our trailers are on the road up to 19 hours a day, seven days a week, so we need a refrigeration system designed to handle high utilisation. The Vector units have fitted the bill perfectly.”