Word reaches me that a container-based system for domestic removals that's widely used on the Continent has been introduced into the UK by Britannia Lanes using a trio of new Daf CF85 drawbar outfits. The 'CT box system' uses a type of stretched ISO container that's 25ft long compared to the standard 20ft box. And at 9.5ft high your CT box is another 18in higher, so consequently its 1,625 cubic feet volume is 42% more than a standard 20 footer---and also considerably bigger than conventional removal containers. And not alot of people know that. Britannia Lanes, the leading independent removals company in the South West, has bought a dozen CT boxes and is using them out of its HQ in Truro and depots in Exeter and Bristol.
One of the Daf CF85s drawbars is based at each location, providing the ability to swap boxes between the trucks. This will add considerable flexibility to the Lanes operation, particularly on longer distance moves, because each vehicle can carry a CT box for each of two different customers and part-loads can be offered. Try the Lanes of Cornwall? Gladly but just so long as I don't meet this coming the other way--they're prtty narrow those Cornish lanes you know!
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The Daf's have also been luxuriously specified to provide a high level of driver comfort. Each features a Space Cab with air conditioning, high-back leather-trimmed air-suspended seats with headrests for both driver and mate, a wooden dash, leather covered steering wheel, a refrigerator, and a six-speaker CD system. And on top of that they've got a 12-speed ZF AS-tronic auto. MD Mark Lane tells me that an auto box not only helps reduce driver fatigue but also cuts down on clutch wear and tear. And in line with its strong stance on the environment, Lanes have gone straight to the Euro-5 410hp MX engine.
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