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18th March 1938, Page 64
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Load Limit on THERE have been many Wheels Must Never I arguments as to the weighBe Exceeded . . . ing of motor vehicles, it being

held that, for a correct test, the front and rear wheels should be on an exact level, but the Divisional Court, in a judgment given some months ago, held that the regulation as to wheel load was an absolute prohibition and that it is immaterial at the time of weighing whether the wheels, owing to the camber of the road, are on uneven ground.

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New Treatment I mXPERIMENTS in which proves Acid Resistance "neoprene, an LCd. secret of Rubber . chemical, is mixed with rubber.

are being carried out by David Moseley and Sons, Ltd. It has been found that the material then becomes immune to the effects of certain acids and paraffin. The same treatment of vulcanite makes this slightly flexible and less liable to break. This discovery should do much to encourage the greater use of rubber in various types of commercial vehicle.

Safety Doors Which QEVERAL instances have Have Not Proved So 6-)occurred recently of children

Safe falling from coaches and buses as a result of their interference with the operating mechanism of emergency doors, , and the Minister is pressing the manufacturers to place such fastenings outside the normal reach of a child.

What the Modern TO those who remember Dust Cart Has Re1 the primitive methods placed employed in dealing with' household refuse in the eighties, the modern dust cart seems to be one of the wonders of the age. A reader tells us that he lived in a row of houses where all rubbish (wet and dry) was thrown into a brick " ashpit " to which the only access was a small door, approached by steps, whilst there was a large

circular opening into a narrow hack lane for emptying purposes. As both these were a good 6 ft. from the ground, the dust and flies disturbed when refuse was cast in or shovelled out to be thrown into an open cart can be imagined.

Weight Cutting by WHILST weight cutting is Undue Flywheel Lightvv desirable in that it enhances ening is Undesirable efficiency, it is not without dis advantages. For example, a heavy lump of metal that tempts the wielder of the axe is the flywheel. Lightening this impairs the ability of the power unit to start the vehicle up a hill from rest. A spinning flywheel can alone move the machine a few feet; without it there is Only the engine torque. For this reason some big-capacity machines in the 30 m.p.h; class are bad starters on steep up-grades. It is a point to watch.

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