£160 Saved in Two Months on Haulage
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DY employing a 30 m.p.h. C-licence vehicle for the transport of bus seats, instead of hiring a 5-tenner, Accles and Pollock, Ltd., Oldbury, Birmingham, has saved nearly £160 in operating costs in two months. A Luton van body is mounted on a Fordson 3-ton chassis with a Baico extension of 5 ft. 5 irks., giving a total body length of 19 ft. The power unit is a Perkins P6, oil engine, and the average fuel-consumption rate is 21.27 m.p.g. The fuel cost per mile is about 1,69d.
Costing is based on a comprehensive estimate, which includes wage payments above the Union rate and a drivers' bonus scheme; full, allowance is mati.:: for depreciation and overheads. The load varies with the type of seat carried, but is always comparatively light.
The van regularly completes two round trips of approximately 400 miles every week and the total operating cost is 11.42d. per mile. It has been calculated that the overall saving in 18 months will be equal to the price paid for the vehicle.
The body was built by Wilsdon and Co.. Ltd., Solihull, Birmingham, and is 19 ft. long, 7 ft. 4 ins, wide and 7 ft. 9 ins. high. The floor is mounted on bearers of Herculite alloy, which is also used for the roof ribs. The body and cab framing is of hardwood, and the panelling is of aluminium sheet.
ALL TURBINES IN 50 YEARS 'WITHIN the next 50 years the gas VY turbine will completely supersede all other power units in road vehicles. Sir Claude Gibb, former DirectorGeneral 'of Weapons and Instruments at the Ministry of Supply, made this forecast when he addressed the British Association at Edinburgh, last Friday.
The principal problem requiring solution before the gas turbine could take its place in Britain's everyday life was that of a compact, cheap and highly efficient regenerative heat-exchanger. The consideration being given to this problem during the Association's meetings was, he suggested, an indication of its importance and likely solution.
SPEED RESTRICTION ON LICENCE QUBIECT to a speed limit of 15 m.p.h. between Loftrnan's Corner and Wallasea Bay, where the road surface is poor, the Eastern Licensing Authority has granted Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services, Ltd., permission to continue its, service from Southend to Wallasca Bay. lc meet the Burnham ferry. • .Objection had. been lodged by Essex County Council because of the unsatisfactory surface. The Authority, suggested that the police might well consider applying the 15 m.p.h. limit to other heavy traffic using the road in question.
THORNYCIROFT SHARE ISSUE
SHAREHOLDERS of John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., have approved a proposal to capitalize £300,000 of the general reserve fund by the issue of 300,000 ordinary shares of £1 each.