Taylor keeps cool with Carrier

An unusual refrigerated curtain-side truck has joined the own-account fleet of Timothy Taylor’s brewery of Keighley, Yorkshire.

The brewery uses temperature-controlled transport to ensure its cask beers are maintained as close to 10 – 12°C as possible. Excessive heat can trigger secondary fermentation and split the casks, while beer that is too cold can become cloudy.

The new 32-tonne DAF CF 480 8×2 truck features a Carrier Transicold Supra 1150 fridge unit, continuing a 20-year relationship with Carrier.

Carrier also supplied the refrigeration units for Timothy Taylor’s two current Scania rigids and four 13.6m curtainside trailers.

The powerful Supra 1150 fridge offers constant airflow – independent of engine speed – with rapid pull-down and accurate set point control, all vitally important when the curtains on the rigid are being repeatedly opened during delivery stops.

Transport manager Paul Marklew said: “We can always rely on the fridges to hit the temperature sweet spot inside the trucks and trailers quickly and efficiently.

“As an added bonus, all of our Carrier systems are also extremely fuel efficient, which helps us maintain a cost-effective delivery operation.”

All aftersales care is supplied by Carrier Transicold Manchester, part of Carrier’s nationwide service partner network, which has also built a solid relationship with Timothy Taylor’s over the past two decades.

The new truck is expected to stay in operation for seven years and will make nationwide deliveries five days a week from Keighley, which has been home to the brewery since 1858.