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Lifting Trolley for Large Tyres
TO assist wheel changing on commercial vehicles, Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd., Cromer Road Works, Norwich, manufacture a lifting .trolley capable of handling the largest wheels. The trolley consists of a tubular steel base frame mounted on two wheels and two castors.
The base carries a hydraulic lifting mechanism which raises two tubular prongs fitted with rotating sleeves. In operation, the trolley is pushed under the jacked-up wheel and the prongs are raised to contact the tyre.
The wheel nuts are then removed and the trolley is pulled out bringing the wheel with it which, when clear of the studs, is tilted back on to a support rail attached to the base frame. This proce
dure is reversed to replace the wheel and the rotating sleeves on the lifting prongs permit the wheel to be turned to line up with the studs.
Large Mouldings ONE-PIECE plastics roof panels up to 24 ft. long are being moulded by Hill's Fibreglass Developments, Ltd., Rose Works. Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, Staffs. The translucent panels of fibre glass reinforced polyester resin incorporate pre-moulded transverse ribs which are bonded to them to make up an integral structure.
Overhaul Advice riE second edition of "Automobile Steering. Braking and Suspension Overhaul" by Staton Abbey is now available from Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., Parker Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, at £1 is. It covers components employed for cars and light commercial vehicles and now includes chapters on disc brakes and newer-assisted steering and braking systems.
Bush Whackers
TWO drift holders and 14 double-ended I drifts are included in the 291 bush remover and inserter kit manufactured
by J. W. Pickavant and Co., Ltd., Bow Street, Birmingham, 1.
These cover bushes with external diameters from in. to 1-1in. and internal diameters from -Zg in. to I+ in. The kit, which costs £4 10s. and is supplied in a wooden case, is included in the recently issued 1960 Pickavant catalogue.
Price Reduction THE cost of the D.20'X' steel-cord tyre I manufactured by the Michelin Tyre Co., Ltd., 81 Fulham Road, London, S.W.3, has been reduced. The cover, which has a carrying capacity of 51 cwt. and can replace 10.00-20 in. 14and 16-ply textile types, is now priced at £42 8s,