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Wide Variety Of New Vehicles For Every Type Of Municipal Requirement

WITH the progress being made on new motorway systems and other major construction projects, stimulus has been given to the production of earth-moving equipment. This is shown by the vast array of such equipment to be exhibited at the Public Works and Municipal Services Congress and Exhibition which opens at Olympia next Monday and closes on November 19. Nearly 350 exhibitors have stands this year, and the exhibition will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.

With a payload of 18 cu. yd., the dumper to be shown by A.E.C., Ltd., 49 Berkeley Square, London, W.1, is one of the largest on display (Stands 116 and 528). Known as the Dumptruk, it is powered by the manufacturers' AVT1100 oil engine, which develops 340 h.p. at 1,900 r.p.m. The drive is transmitted through a 3-stage torque converter.

The body has a heaped capacity of 234 cu. yd., and this is achieved mainly by the 45 deg. outward flare of the integral spillboards. The Dumptruk has a high discharge rate, and it is claimed that up to 25 tons can be unloaded in nine seconds.

Being introduced on Stand 121 by Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, Lancs, is the Scammell Sherpa Mk. II dump truck, which is similar to the Mk. I version, but is designed for a larger capacity of 9-11 cu. yd. and is intended solely for duties on site. The 4 x 2 chassis and allsteel half-cab is again employed for the Mk. 11, and it is fitted with a Leyland Ill-litre oil engine, developing 150 b.h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m. The gross vehicle weight is 22 tons, and the payload of 13 tons can be discharged in 15 sec. at a 70 deg. angle of tip.

Another large dumper is the Douglas model, which will be shown by Thos. W. Ward, Ltd., Sheffield (Stand 93). It is a 6 x 4 vehicle of 22 tons capacity and is powered by a Cummins oil engine developing 250 b.h.p. Engine speed is transmitted through a torque converter, giving a fully loaded maximum speed of 25 m.p.h. Other features include power-assisted steering, a dual-drive fully articulated rear bogie, a tipping angle of 70 deg.. and a loading height of 9 ft.

A smaller dump truck in the Douglas range of 8-cu.-yd. heaped capacity. is being shown by Douglas Equipment, Ltd., Cheltenham, on Stand 21.

A heavy durhper will also be seen on Stand 83 (Fodens. Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire). It is the FED 6/30 model powered by a Foden Mk. IV 6-cylinder 2-stroke engine developing 210 b.h.p. at 2,400 r.p.m. driving through a 12-speed gearbox to double-drive axles. A scow-ended body of 11-cu.-yd. capacity is fitted.

Thwaites Engineering Co., Ltd., Cubbington, Leamington Spa (Stand 81), will display part of their range of dumpers, including the Sprite, Nimbus and Orion models, The Sprite, the latest of the machines. has a capacity of 13 Cu. ft. and is powered by a Petter AVAI 5.6 h.p. oil engine through a 4-speed gearbox.

A new body is fitted to the 850 Eimco dump truck to be shown by Eimco (Great Britain), Ltd., Team Valley. Gateshead, 11, Co. Durham (Stands 18/19). It has a capacity of 9 Cu. yd. and is powered by a 150 h.p. oil engine.

The Liner Concrete Machinery Co., Ltd., Gateshead, 8, exhibit on Stands 238 and 254, two Roughrider dumpers of 15and 22-1-cwt. capacities.

A medium-load 4 x 4 dumper chassis recently added to the Thornycroft range will be shown with tipping gear on Stand 85 by Transport Equipment (Thornycroft), Ltd., Smith Square. London, S.W.1. The chassis has a 10-ft. wheelbase and turning circle of 49 ft., and is powered by a 6-cylinder Thornycroft oil engine developing 170 b.h.p. at 2,200 r.p.m. and maximum torque of 450 lb. ft. at 1,200 r.p.m.

Three New Dumpers

A new range of dumpers is to be exhibited by Road Machines (Drayton). Ltd., West Drayton, on Stands 20 and 21. They are the 15-cwt. Whelp, the 221-cwt. Cub and the 30-cwt. Lioness, all of which feature centrally pivoted steering axles to give maximum articulation.

Dumpers are also being shown by E. Boydell and Co., Ltd., Manchester. 16 (Stands 213 and 221), C. H. Johnson (Machinery), Ltd.. Stockport, Cheshire (Stands 346 and 357) and Motor Rail, Ltd., Bedford (Stand 106).

Motor Rail show the MR 450, which has a heaped capacity of 41 cu. yd. and is fitted with a Dorman 21.,B engine. This machine has three speeds in either direction and reversible steering is a standard fitting. The MR 375, with a heaped capacity of cu. yd., has a Lister HA3 air-cooled engine, with six forward and two reverse speeds. Largest of the bulldozers to be shown by Michigan (.47 (Great Britain), Ltd., Camberley, Surrey (Stand 119), is the Model 280, which has a 262 h.p. turbocharged Cummins diesel engine. Specifications include four-wheel drive, Power-Shift transmission giving four speeds forward and reverse and power-controlled blade-tilt and pivot. The dozer blade fitted is 11 ft. 9 in. wide. The company will also exhibit the smaller capacity Model 180 bulldozer.

Model 55A, 1-cu.-yd. capacity loader and Model 275A 41-cu.-yd. capacity loader.

An angledozer, tilt-crown dozer and 2-cu.-yd capacity shovel are fitted to Case 1000 crawler tractors to be shown by the J. I. Case Co., Ltd., West Drayton, on Stand 310. The tractor has a torque converter transmission, which, combined with a 100 h.p. oil engine, gives a maximum drawbar pull of 25,400 lb.

Three wheeled Case loaders will be on show all with torque converter four-wheel drive. The W5 is powered by a 57 h.p. engine and is fitted with a shovel of 1-cu.-yd capacity; the W9 has an 80 h.p. engine and a shovel of 1f-cu.-yd. capacity. The W12 with a bucket of 24--cu.-yd. capacity, is driven by a 120 h.p. engine.

The David Brown 40 TD will be introduced on Stands 313/4 by the David Brown Construction Equipment, Ltd., Meltham, Huddersfield. This crawler is unchanged in general appearance from the 30 TD, which it supersedes, but is fitted with the makers' 42.5 b.h.p. 4-cylinder direct ;ajection oil engine, giving a drawbar pull of 9,400 lb. Also on display will be the more powerful 50 TD with an hydraulic angledozer, and the 950 wheeled tractor.

An unusual layout is employed for the Euclid TS14 twin-powered scraper. It incorporates a motive unit at each end of the vehicle, power being provided by two Leyland OE-600 oil engines, each producing 140 h.p. at 2,100 r.p.m. Drive to all four wheels is through an Allison gearbox incorporating a torque converter and four forward and two reverse speeds. A struck capacity of 14 cu. yd. is provided. It will be shown by Euclid (Great Britain), Ltd., Motherwell, Lanarks, and John Blackwood Hodge and Co., Ltd., 25 Berkeley Square, London, W.1, on Stands 44, 45 and 423. Also to be displayed is the Euclid C6 crawler.

The Caterpillar Tractor Co., Ltd, Glasgow, will display their latest 966A Traxcavator on Stands 210 and 224. It has a 140 b.h.p. turbocharged 6-cylinder engine, power. shift transmission, and is fitted with a 21-cu.-yd. capacity bucket. The company will also show the 235 b.h.p. D8H tractor, the 65 b.h.p. D4C tractor and the 955F Traxcavator, which is powered by a 70 h.p. oil engine.

A new excavator and loader will be exhibited by 1. C. Bamford (Excavators), Ltd., Rochester, Uttoxeter (Stand 90). The J.C.B.4 excavator is powered by a 52 h.p. Ford oil engine and has a reach of up to 22 ft. It will dig to a depth of 16 ft. and has a tearout force of 22,000 lb.

The J.C.B.4.L rear-wheel-driven loader is fitted with a 70-ton front axle, and has a tearout force of 10,340 lb. The maximum dump height is 9 ft. 6 in., the lifting capacity is 4,480 lb. and the load over height is 11 ft.

The Hydrascoop excavator/loader is a new machine made by Blaw Knox, Ltd., 90-94 Brompton Road, London, S.W.3 (Stands 212 and 222). It has a 20-ft. level clean-up radius and a 9-ft. 10-in, discharge height.

An unusual suspension system is employed for the Isopactor, a 22-ton pneumatic-tyred soil-compaction machine to be shown on Stand 79 by Armstrong Whitworth (Metal Industries), Ltd., Gateshead upon Tyne, 8. The weight of the lsopactor is evenly distributed among its nine wheels. At the front, there are five wheels in line, each suspended by a vertical hydraulic jack, and at the rear there are four wheels driven by a Ford 80 b.h.p. oil engine.

Visitors to the exhibition will have an opportunity of seeing four loading shovels on Stand 244 (F. E. Weatherill, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City), ranging from a medium-sized li-cu.-yd. capacity machine—type L60—to the large L64 model fitted with a 3-cu.-yd. scoop.

Four loaders will also be shown by the Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., on Stand 58. A Loadmaster 750, together with an 800, will be representing two-wheel-driven loaders, whilst the larger and more powerful four-wheel-drive range will be represented by the 150 h.p. Loadmaster 3000 and the recently introduced 1000.

The first of a new range of fourwheel-drive loading shovels will be displayed on Stand 118 by Merton Engineering Co., Ltd., Feltham, Middlesex. Known as the Frontloader 65A, it incorporates a Ford oil engine developing 61.5 b.h.p. at 2,250 r.p.m., which is transmitted through a torque converter and epicyclic gear train. Power-assisted steering is a feature.

Among the many loaders and shovels to be shown by Bray Construction Equipment, Ltd., Feltham, Middx, on Stand 114, is the new Hydraloader HL23, which is powered by a Ford oil engine, and is complete with cab and 4-ft.-wide, i-cu.-yd. capacity bucket.

The Bray BL430 is powered by a Ford 51.8 b.h.p. oil engine and has six forward and two reverse speeds. A Leyland 110 h.p. oil engine powers the BL460T, which has an eight-speed gearbox and has disc brakes.on all four of the driven wheels. The BL450TP has a torque converter combined with an epicyclic gearbox behind its Perkins six-cylinder oil engine.

Displayed for the first time will be a 21-cu.-yd. shovel manufactured by Avefing-Barford, Ltd., Grantham (Stand 70). A single-stage torque converter is fitted to either a Leyland or Rolls-Royce oil engine, and a power-shift trans-, mission gives two working speeds in either direction, and four forward and reverse gears. The company will also show the Super 500 Motor grader:

The current Muir-Hill range of loaders will be shown on Stands 213 and 221 by E. Boydell and Co., Ltd., Manchester. These will include the 2WL Mk. II equipped with a Sherman hydraulic poWer digger, and the FD4 loader of 1-cu.-yd. capacity.

Several new Allis-Chalmers and Fiat loaders will be exhibited by Mackay industrial Equipment, Ltd., Feltham, Middx, on Stands 46 and 51. The Allis-Chalmers BTL.I4D loader is powered by an 87 h.p. engine driving through a torque converter and automatic clutch cut-off device, which disengages when the brakes are applied.

Exhibited for the first time, will be the Fiat 50CA twoway loader, which has the makers' 50 h.p. oil engine. It is equipped with a li-cu.-yd. bucket which has a discharge height at the front and rear of 9 ft, 10 in. Of slightly smaller capacity is the Fiat FL4 loader with 40 h.p. engine and a 3-cu.-yd. capacity bucket.

A range of Bristol industrial tractors will be shown on Stands 112/3 by H. A. Saunders, Ltd., 836-842 High Road, North Finchley, London. N.I2. The new PD series develop 32 b.h.p. at 1,800 r.p.m. and a novel feature on the PD44 is a built-in transporter gear, which enables the tractor to raise itself onto wheels for towing behind a road vehicle, A new 4 x 4 medium wheeled tractor will be displayed by Marshall Sons and Co., Ltd.. Gainsborough, Lines, on Stands 110 and 131. Known as the Gainsborough it has a road speed of over 30 m.p.h., and is driven by a 6-cylinder Leyland oil engine with a rating of 145 b.h.p. at 1,800 r.p.m., developing a peak torque output of 495 ft. lb. at 1,000 r.p.m. A five-speed preselective air-operated gearbox is fitted with high/low ratios and overall reverse control.

The Ford 51.8 b.h.p. oil engine is employed in the County CD-50 angledozer tractor, Fourdrive tractor and CountyBoughton side boom crane, which will be exhibited by County Commercial Cars (Sales), Ltd., Fleet, Aldershot, Hants (Stand 323).

Other tractors will be shown by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dagenham, Essex, on Stands 638/641, and MasseyFerguson (U.K.), Ltd., Coventry, on Stands 549/551.

Ernest Doe and Sons, Ltd., Ulting, Maldon, Essex, will present a wide range of equipment for which they are the agents, on Stand 340.

The highlight on Stands 239/40 of. Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, will be the Dennis Paxit refuse collection vehicle c53 with continuous compression loading and either one or two sets of power-operated, dustless loading, bin discharge gear. The Dennis Tippax refuse collector with either forward or rear body tipping and the Dennis barrier loading refuse collector with bin cleaning gear, may also be seen, as is the company's gully emptier, which features a rotary air pump with a reversing valve for quick changes from vacuum to pressure.

An internal plate is used to pack the refuse in the Blenheim 22-30-cu.-yd body to be exhibited by Glover, Webb and Liversidge, Ltd., 561 Old Kent Road, London, S.E1 (Stand 225). It will be mounted on a Karrier 6-ton chassis and the hydraulically operated compression plate sweeps the refuse forwards and upwards into the body.

On Stand 209, Karrier Motors, Ltd., Luton, will be showing three refuse collectors of 7-, 12and 18-cu.-yd. capacities and an 800-gal. gully emptier. Known as the Karrier-Yorkshire, it is based on a forward control Gamecock chassis and is powered by an 85 b.h.p. oil engine.

Compressed Air System A novel type of shutter mechanism is fitted to the SD refuse collector displayed by Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, Herts. (Stands 230 and 243). A compressed air system is used, and the shutters are operated by means of balanced bars, which control the compressed air mechanism, and require only very light pressure of the loader's body. The shutters return to the closed position automatically, instantly the pressure is released.

The Stanley Engineering Co., Ltd., Egham, Surrey, will exhibit pedestrian-controlled street orderly refuse vehicles on Stand 436 and Atkinson's Agricultural Appliances, Ltd. will display road gifting appliances on Stand 104.

In addition to several gritting attachments, Tuke and Bell, Ltd., 1 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.2, will show a number of sewage distributors and ejectors on Stand 531.

Two _ sweepers will be displayed by Lewin Road Sweepers, Ltd., 25 Hanover Square, London, W.1 (Stand 219). They will be the Sweepmaster, which gives variable widths up to 7 ft. and the Mechanical Orderly for sweeping widths of 5 ft., which has a tipping body of 3-cu.-yd. capacity.

Lacre, Ltd., St. Albans, will exhibit on Stand 353/4 a Bedford/Lacre sweeper-collector, which features powerful suction equipment working in conjunction with brushes. The model shown will be mounted on a Bedford 6-ton S-type chassis, but when production commences the new TK 7-tonner chassis will be the basis for this vehicle.

A sweeping speed of up to 6 m.p.h. is provided by the Litterlifter to be exhibited by the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., Hunslet, Leeds, 10, on Stand 333. Also shown by this company are a road sweeper with a 6-ft.-wide sweep and a new 450-gal. gully emptier.

An hydraulic lifting platform will be demonstrated by Simon Engineering (Midlands), Ltd., Dudley, on Stand 91 and the Miles Verro Minor self-collecting, self-propelled sweeper for paths and restricted areas will be shown by Alfred Miles, Ltd., Brockworth, Gloucester, on Stand 651.

A maximum working height of 28 ft. is provided by a street lamp servicing vehicle exhibited by Access Equipment, Ltd., Hemel Hempstead, on Stand 347. When not in use, the telescoped tower folds forward to give an overall height of 7 ft. 4 in., and an overall length, for the vehicle and tower, of 14 ft. 6 in.

A tower wagon with, an operating height of approximately 10 ft. 6 in. is also being displayed by the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Warwick (Stand 220). In addition, the company are also showing a 25-cu.-yd. refuse collector with an automatic air operated dustless loading shutter, and

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an 800-gal. gully and cesspit emptier. Both these units are mounted on the new Bedford TK chassis.

Two versions of the 2-ton Tunny crane, one fully mobile the other designed as a portable trailed unit, will be displayed on Stand 345 by Tunny Cranes, Ltd., 2 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1.

The fully mobile unit is mounted on a Bedford fourwheel drive 11-ft. wheelbase chassis, and has a 10-ft. jib extension, which gives a height of 30 ft. under the hook. The portable trailed exhibit comprises a basic 2-ton crane with a 16-ft. jib, fitted with a 2-wheel axle and rowing bar.

Road speeds of up to 33 m.p.h, can be obtained with the II-RB Transit crane to be introduced by RustonBucyrus, Ltd., Lincoln, on Stands 69 and 96. Of 9-ton capacity, it is mounted on a chassis constructed jointly by Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., and Atkinson Vehicles, Ltd., and is powered by a 98 h.p. Perkins oil engine.

A new tower crane will be the principal exhibit on Stand 326 of George Cohen, Sons and Co., Ltd. Known as the Pingon Model P8-612, it is of the self-erecting type and is mounted on a chassis suitable for towing. It will be priced in the region of £1,500 and the capacity' is given provisionally as 12 cwt., at a maximum radius of 39 ft. 44 in. Also shown on the Cohen stand will be the Jones KL 66 mobile crane giving a lifting capacity of 6 tons at a 10-ft. radius. It is mounted on a pneumatic-tyred chassis equipped with four-wheel differential drive.

In the sphere of road making, a new transportable or stationary plant for the production of hot asphalt or coated macadam is introduced by Millars' Machinery Co., Ltd., Bishop's Stortford (Stands 56/7). It is the Millarmatic 6/60 with a rated output of 60-ton per hour.

Snow ploughs and angledozer attachments suitable for fitting to the Land-Rover, Austin Gipsy or farm tractor will be shown by J. B. Howie, Ltd., Salford Priors, Evesham, Wares (Stand 403).

A new type of rotary snow plough for fitting to the Land-Rover will be introduced by Rolba, Ltd., 88/92 Rochester Row, Victoria, London, S.W.1, and may be seen on Stands 216/7/8. The main features of this unit are a 6-ft. 7-in.-wide plough attachment and a power transmission from the main vehicle engine to the attachment fox driving the plough, and a hydrostatic transmission for driving the road wheels during snow clearing at speeds up to 44 m.p.h.

Concrete Mixers Suitable for mixing dry materials, or for agitating premixed loads, are two vehicle-mounted hydraulic drive concrete mixers to be displayed by Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Ipswich, on Stand 55. A 4-cu.-yd. model is mounted on an A.E.C. chassis and has an unmixed capacity of 6 cu. yd. It can agitate a batch of 5 cu. yd. of pre-mixed concrete. The larger 9-cu.-yd. model is mounted on a Foden chassis and has a capacity of 114 cu. yd. of unmixed or 11 cu. yd. of pre-mixed concrete.

A new mixer will be shown by Thos. W. Ward, Ltd. (Stand 93). Known as the Mancunian 4-cu.-yd. Truck Mixer, it is mounted on a Douglas 4 x 2 chassis. It incorporates a new method of drive direct from the vehicle engine to the mixer drum. The Mancunian is powered by a Rootes TS3 oil engine developing 105 b.h.p.

Fodens, Ltd., on Stand 83 are showing an 8-cu.-yd mixer mounted on an eight-wheeled chassis. It is powered by a Foden six-cylinder engine developing 150 b.h.p. at 2,400 r.p.m. driving through a five-speed gearbox.

In addition to a number of concrete mixers, Blaw Knox, Ltd. (Stands 212 and 222) will be exhibiting the FP-90 paver finisher. It will be shown with a 16-ft. screed, which permits paving to any width between 8 ft. and 16 ft.