Timber components manufacturer and supplier Richard Burbidge Ltd has taken delivery of a customised Atlet picker/stacker truck for handling long loads at its main Shropshire site.

The DCR Omni vehicle, which operates in the company’s Oswestry warehouse extension, was specified with an extra-wide cab and a fork-mounted 2.5m-wide cage for handling timber sections up to 2.4m in length.

The use of the Atlet has freed-up areas of the main warehouse, enabling more efficient deployment of other Atlet trucks for order picking and replenishment duties.

Richard Burbidge has reconfigured and expanded its warehouse to cope with a 50% growth in turnover and doubling of its product range since 1998.