McVEIGH AND CUSICK AMALGAMATE A BIG haulage merger took place last
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week. McVeigh Transport, Ltd., who have 100 vehicles, with bases at Grimsby, Hull, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Birmingham, LOuth and Scarborough, acquired a controlling interest in Cusick TransPort, Ltd:. Manchester, and a half interest in -Cusick Transport (Southern), Ltd., Parkstone,
• Dorset.
The Cusick companies have 67 vehicles, ranging in size up to eightwheelers. Cusick Transport, Ltd., with 44 vehicles, have depots in Manchester. Glasgow and Liverpool, which are being taken over by McVeigh Transport. The Parkstone company specialize in parcels and smalls.
NEW DAVID BROWN GEARBOX A SIX-SPEED gearbox for vehicles running at up to 22 tons gross weight has been added to the David Brown range. It is known as the DR 657, and is offered with alternative ratios providing either an overdrive top gear or direct drive, and a very low bottom ratio. An order for 100 of the new units has already been received. ALARM—FIRE ! A gleaming Austin :1 Gipsy hurtles from a Cornish Fire tation. Behind it, bells clanging, roars a econd engine—a pump escape for own fires or blazing chimneys. A water ender for country calls to isolated farmLouses, heath or forest fires. Both on iustin 5 ton chassis.
The 30 fire stations in Cornwall get n average of 1,500 calls a year. Some 00 are special service calls, including escue calls etc. that take emergency and escue tenders to cliff faces, tide-trapped holidaymakers, grim gaping mineshafts, road, rail or air crashes. These vehicles, mounted on 1940 2 ton Austin chassis, carry full equipment for any emergency.
Also mounted on these 2 ton chassis are canteen and mobile service vans, stores vans and towing vehicles. All 2 and 5 tonners are powered by a special 106 b.h.p. high speed engine developed for the Cornwall Fire Brigade by Austin in 1949.
The men—and the machines Lives may depend on a fireman's skill. And he'
depends on his vehicles. Mr. B. A. Christmas, 114.B.E., Chief Fire Officer for Cornwall, says, "Our vehicles must go where we want them to go, go darned fast and never let us down." His 74 vehicles, including and ton personnel vans, are all Austins. "Standardisation", says Mr. Christmas, "is more economical and more efficient, particularly when you carry a large supply of spares. I have standardised onAustin and am completely satisfied."
Newcomers—and a major success—are the 7 Gipsy Fire Engines. 4 more are on order and the Gipsy has been adapted as a control unit for major incidents.
Cornish roads are hazardous—narrow, twisting, steep. Cornish towns are nerveracking to speed through. "Here", says Mr, Christmas, "my Gipsys really score. They maintain high speeds safely and in four-wheel drive they get right up to fires across open country."
The Austin commercial range includes all-purpose vehicles from ton to 7 tons, plus prime movers for 15 ton gross train weights. L.W.B. or S.W.B. Petrol or diesel engines. All available as chassis/cab/ scuttle units for special bodywork. 12 months' warranty and backing of B.M.C. Service.