bird's eye view by the hawk Commercial Motor takes road
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haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky correspondent, the Hawk. steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the industry to keep us all sane. If you have any off-heat yarns that illustrate the stranger, or sillier, side of the business, he'd like to hear from you. As a softhearted old bird, he's also happy to publicise charitable works— and is always interested in events for the vintage vehicles he drove as a fledgling. Drop the Hawk a line at Commercial Motor, Bird's Eye View, Rm H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS, or fax him on 0181 652 8969.
Reach for the sky
his chap's obviously got a head for heights. He's perched on top of Facelift's 28m-reach Bronto S28 rough-terrain high-level panel access plat . .„ form. It's said to be the only one of its type in the UK and has been hired by Cathedral Works of Chichester as part of a struc tural survey for Railtrack on the 156-year-old Ouse Valley viaduct at Balcombe near Hayward's Heath, West 'IN, Sussex. It carries the main London to Brighton line and Railtrack is splashing out £6m to renovate the 420m long, 37-span, 30mhigh stone and brick arch viaduct. The restoration work should be completed by the end of 1999.
Very commendable, but I tell you, you wouldn't get the Hawk up there!