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99 Vehicles Cover II Million Mt/es Annually For a Leading

11th November 1938, Page 151
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Haulier THE predecessors of the present directorate of Youngs' Express Deliveries, Ltd., have had associations with road transport for approximately 100 years, having, at one time, run horsed vehicles between Glasgow and

Paisley. It is an associate company of Youngs' Bus Service, Ltd., which operates 100 buses in the South-west of Scotland.

The five main depots of Youngs' Express Deliveries, Ltd., are situated in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Leith and Kirkcaldy, and a nightly link-up trunk service is operated between these points. The longest run is that from Kirkcaldy to Birmingham, three drivers, who change at different points, being employed on the straight-through service. Vehicles used on trunk routes carry 10-15i tons, and are principally rigid eight-wheelers, the remainder being six-wheelers, both lorries and vans.

The company's most recent acquisitions of the multi-wheeled type are four Scammell eight-wheelers equipped with Gardner oil engines and six-speed gearboxes.

At the English and East coast depots, local machines of 3 tons to 7 tons capacity are employed in assisting trunk n29 vehicles in collection and delivery over and above local work.

In Glasgow and tha surrounding counties of Renfrew, Lanark, Dumbarton, Ayr and Stirling, there is an intensive local, express delivery and collection service on which vans and lorries of 3 tons to 7 tons capacity (and heavier vehicles, if required) are engaged. There are auxiliary depots at Greenock, Paisley, JOhnstone and Ayr.

The most recent acquisitions for this branch of the work are eight Albion KN.127 special vans with an unladen weight below 2i tons and capable of carrying 5 tons. All classes of traffic are catered for.

The company's fleet consists of 23 big machines with capacities ranging from 10 tons to 15,4 -tons and 76 vehicles of from 3 tons to 73 tons.

In the former class are 13 Albions, 7 Scammells, 2 A.E.C.s, and a Leyland, four of the vehicles also being used with trailers, whilst in the other category are 53 Albions, 7 Bedfords, 7 Morris-Commercials, 5 Fordsons and 4 Leylands. There are 30 oilers in the fleet, mostly. with Gardner engines.

The dock maintenance is carried out at Johnstone. Heavy vehicles, which are all oilers, and similar machines in the 7i-ton class are withdrawn at 30,000 miles for valve and brake attentions. At 90.000 miles, they are withdrawn from service for overhaul. The short-distance machines have their valve and brake " docking" at 10,000 miles and are overhauled at 60,000 miles, as the company has found that the "stop-start " vehicle requires greater attention to the valves, as well as to the bodies, due to more frequent loading and unloading.

At the above periods, electrical, body and tinsmith work is carried out as required. Running repairs, tyre attentions and greasing of the trunk machines are carried out at the Glasgow depot, where all vehicles on long-distance haulage call at least twice per week. The vehicles attached to the English depots are returned to Johnston, only for overhaul, the valve and brake " docking " being carried out at the various depots and the body and electrical work by local concerns.

The total annual mileage of the commercial fleet is in the region of 1,750,000.

Over and above the maintenance work, the Johnstone depot has facilities for building lorry and van bodies and the last 30 vehicles acquired have been equipped with bodies built there.

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One of the company's original Scammells, purchased in March, 1935, which, to date, has accomplished approximately 250,000 miles, is shown in an accompanying illustration. The only change from the original specification has been the fitting of 13.50 by 20-in. tyres at the rear, in place of 13,50 by 16-in., because it was found that on long trunk services the latter equipment became overheated, causing blow-outs, especially when operating over the badcambered road between Glasgow and Carlisle.


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