Entertainment industry transport specialist Fly By Nite has taken delivery of four temperature controlled trailers from Tiger Trailers, in a move aimed at expanding its services to touring orchestras.

The specialist operator’s four new temperature controlled vehicles, from Cheshire-based Tiger Trailer’s refrigerated range, have entered straight into service on UK and European orchestral tours.

By adding the temperature controlled trailers to its fleet for the first time, Fly By Nite, which is based in Redditch in the West Midlands, can keep its box vans’ internal temperature to a constant 21 degrees.

Maintaining this temperature prevents the cracking and splitting of sensitive instruments such as cellos, which need to be kept at room temperature while in transit.

Richard Brown, Fly By Nite transport manager, said: “Tiger have once again delivered the goods, on time, and to a high standard, this time with specialised temperature controlled trailers that allow us to offer an extra layer of specialism to our orchestral clients,” adding that the trailers will be “an invaluable asset.”.

Fly By Nite’s new trailers are personalised in various ways, with a 970mm coupling/fifth wheel height, twin hamburger-style rear lights, additional sensors and switches for the interior lighting, a lockable door cam protector, and a unique alloy ramp carrier to accommodate their loading and unloading preferences.

Load securing with delicate and expensive orchestral instruments in mind has also been catered for by Tiger’s design and engineering team, with three rows of horizontal E-tracks at different heights, plus vertical E-tracks from the roof, down each side of the trailer.

Thomas Stott, Tiger Trailers key accounts manager, commented: “It’s been a pleasure as always for us to work closely with the Fly By Nite team in ensuring that our latest trailers for them meet exactly what they need for the high-profile and time-sensitive work they do.

“It’s been exciting to develop a different type of product for them, from our proven temperature controlled range, which we have offered since 2020, and it’s great to see on Fly By Nite’s social channels that Tiger-built trailers are delivering instruments, sound equipment, refreshments and other loads to some of the biggest names in global entertainment.”

Fly By Nite has previously ordered 30 straight-frame single-deck articulated box van semi-trailers from Tiger, along with four step-frame variants.

The specialist operator’s four new temperature controlled vehicles from the Cheshire OEM’s refrigerated range have entered straight into service on UK and European orchestral tours

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