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with the best maintenanc ong. Operators could not ntly that their system is is warning was given by ?,IJ Yorkshire Licensing ority, Major General V. . Carpenter, when he ted an application by the inson Transport sub:ry, Bees Transport Ited, to add 10 vehicles and 1 trailers to the licence for orley depot. hicle examiner, Leonard -r, said he visited the de in August and examined . vehicles. The condition of vehicles was below ge and a number of mi .1 Id.efects indicated that the tenance system was not ting effectively. e examiner felt that the fitter then employed was icient and the problems • r due to pressure of work. ; facilities were hardly uate for the existing fleet, lalone for any additional uestioned by John Backse for the company, Mr er agreed that when a osed new workshop was pleted the facilities would suitable for up to 40 cies.
thony Orton, the compa e system in the world things can be too careful and must check operating properly.
ny's fleet engineer, said that apart from the company's own staff, independent checks were carried out at regular intervals. Although he was based at the company's headquarters at Hinckley, he visited Morley at least once a month and reported his findings to the directors and the depot manager.
At the time of the vehicle examiner's visit one of the two• fitters then employed at Morley had just left. Two additional fitters had now been employed, and the company was working to the ratio of one fitter for every eight vehicles. It was hoped to have the new workshop operational by the end of the year.
Christopher Holmes, the Morley depot manager, said it would be necessary to make a further application next year to take the fleet up to 40 vehicles. An additional fitter would be taken on as soon as the total of vehicles reached 32.
Granting the application, Major General Carpenter said that the company had been called to a public inquiry because the vehicle examiner felt that a perfectly good maintenance system had deteriorated and he had doubts whether the facilities were sufficient to accommodate the additional vehicles. The company has acknowledged that this was the case by its decision to construct the new workshop.