Lunch battle Foden cleans up averted
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THE ANTICIPATED battle for a 50p a day lunch allowance between No 5/35 branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union and operators in the West Midlands has not materialized. According to Mr J. Parnell, the Road Haulage Association's area secretary in the West Midlands, there were no operators suffering from industrial action.
FODENS Ltd is testing the road sweeper market with an articulated sweeper with a radius of turn of only 2.08 in (oft 10 in).
Made by agreement with West German manufacturer' Faun, the FodenFaun has a width of sweep of 2.18m (7ft 2in), and owing to the articulation no clearance is needed for wheel cut in around corners.
The hopper holds 2 tonr and 1.4 cum (1.8cuyd), a is tipped to discharge t load. Push-button contr, vary height of brushes a the tipping mechanism.
A Ford petrol engine gii a top speed of just ol 48 km/ h (30 mph) w sweeping speeds up 14.5 km/ h (9 mph).