{"id":7738,"date":"2015-08-21T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:56:18","slug":"new-crafter-vans-deliver-creature-comforts-for-rspca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7738","title":{"rendered":"New Crafter vans deliver creature comforts for RSPCA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RSPCAThe RSPCA has taken delivery of six new Volkswagen Crafter vans, customised to carry up to nine\u00a0animals in individual cages.<\/p>\n

Each van has also been\u00a0vinyl wrapped in\u00a0colourful designs chosen from amongst the winners in a national school competition.<\/p>\n

The vans\u00a0themselves are\u00a0short wheelbase Crafter\u00a0CR30 2.0-litre TDI 136 PS BlueMotion models. They’re expected to transports 20,000 animals in need of care each year, saving the charity a staggering \u00a3800,000 per year.<\/p>\n

Inside,\u00a0the new vans have been carefully-modified to meet the needs of the RSPCA.<\/p>\n

Adjustments include the load-space being fully sealed with a spray-on waterproof liner in order to enable the charity\u2019s workers to easily wash out the vans after use, as well as the roofs of the vans being fitted with a \u2018Flettner Ventilator\u2019, in order to provide the animals in the back with a constant stream of fresh air.<\/p>\n

\"RSPCA<\/p>\n

The Crafters have also each been fitted with a total of nine bespoke cages, which vary in size to suit all animals, from a small cat to a large dog. All cages also have removable partitions between them to allow the RSPCA to pick up and transport more \u2018unusual\u2019 passengers.<\/p>\n

Operational benefits for the RSPCA include low whole-life and running costs, and a fuel efficient engine that returns 39.8 mpg (combined) and emits only 187g\/km of CO2,<\/sub>\u00a0helping to cut the charity’s fuel costs and reduce emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Volkswagen has provided the RSPCA with six customised Crafter vans for use in transporting animals around the UK for treatment and rehoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[403,1939,493],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7741,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738\/revisions\/7741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}