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BUSINESS MOVES Ryder re-sites

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• Ryder Truck Rental has moved into larger premises in Edinburgh, just off the M8 near Turnhouse airport. Area director Ken McKinlay says an up-turn in business made the move imperative.

The new base opened on 2 December and offers Ryder's full range of contract hire, rental and maintenance services. The old South Gyle Crescent depot has been closed.

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EVENTS Going to Coventry

• Owner Operators UK has arranged a meeting in Coventry on Sunday, 15 December, at the Forte Crest Hotel.

The meeting starts at 10:30hrs and is open to non-members.

Guests are Dave Smith, representing the motorway police and Tony Parker from Renault Trucks.

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Engine advances

• The Institution of Mechanical Engineers plans to hold seminars on engine development next year. Advances in design and development will be held in London on 10 March and on 14-15 April Diesel fuel injection systems will be reviewed in Solihull.

Bus '92 — the expanding role of buses towards the 21st century is the title of a conference in London on 17-19 March.

Contact 071-222 7899.

TRAINING Tacho charting

• Tachodisc is holding a new series of training courses on drivers' hours rules, to be held in Warrington.

The first one-day course is on 29 January, others are due on 20 February and 25 March. Cost is £38 (ex-VAT), which includes lunch, papers, and a certificate of attendance.

Contact (0925) 416597.

PUBLICATIONS Rail requests

• The Rail Freight Handbook is being compiled, and orders taken, for the 1992/3 edition. Entries and orders should be in by 31 December. The price has been halved from last year's edition, to £15 plus £2 P&P.

Contact Julia Clarke, Rail Freight Handbook, 26 Squitchley Lane, Oxford OX2 7LD.

Reprint on demand

• Cortney Publications is trying to gauge demand for a third reprint of its book, Stories of Round Timber Haulage. It would retail at £12.95.

The book 's the first in a series which includes Men, Mud and Machines and Characters of Wood, Wurlitzer and Wesley. Anyone who would be interested in buying a third edition copy should let Cortney know.

Contact (0462) 742185. licensing, insurance and related consultancy business to Hugh Owen, an independent advisor based in Southampton, with effect from 1 December.

Owen's existing business also covers transport administration and foreign languages.

Funeral costs

• The United Road Transport Union has teamed up with the Co-operative Funeral Society to offer an insurance package for funeral costs up to £550. URTU membership also brings a 10% discount from nominated funeral directors.

Contact 061-861 6245.

Local fixer

• General Crane Services of Stoke-on-Trent will be offering an on-site crane maintenance service from the start of 1992. The mobile workshop will be able to repair hoses and will be equipped with its own 10 tonne/metre crane. The firm offers extensive crane services, including load testing and certification.

Contact (0782) 410324.

SAFETY Sound advice

• Brigade Electronics has developed its Backchat speaking reversing alarm for lorries so that it can give warning that a tail-lift is being used, or that jack-legs are being lowered.

The developments result from customer demand following accidents, says Brigade.

Contact 081-852 3261. happened in cars and vans. It monitors time spent driving, idling, average road speed and mileage, and is aimed at improving efficiency and differentiating between business and private mileage for tax purposes.

Managers will be able to study trends on driving manner, mileage and accidents and build them into depreciation costings and driver training proposals, says Lucas Kienzle.

Data Logger costs around £260, fitted.

Contact 021-328 553.

Strong lift

• HMF Truck Equipment has revamped its crane range with a new linkage which is said to maintain the lifting power even when the boom is high. The main boom piping system is now in sections, so that if it needs a repair a shorter length can be replaced and the steel piping has additional rust protection.

Oil flow on the extension arms is now through the cylinders, doing away with the need for hoses on that part of the system. Also the components are now painted before, rather than after assembly to give an improved finish.

Contact (0733) 558145.


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