Short-term Five for Sutton
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nURING a two-day public inquiry at IF Liverpool on Monday and Tuesday, before the North Western deputy Licensing Authority, Sutton and Son (St. Helens) Ltd. applied for eight new articulated vehicles of 44 tons on A licence to carry general goods. By the addition of collapsible Portolite tanks they would be dual-purpose vehicles and would be able to carry tanker or flat traffic.
For the applicants, Mr. J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon said that in July, 1962, Sutton had beat granted five articulated outfits carrying Portolite tanks, having applied for 12. This limited grant had been unsatisfactory and inevitably the company had expected to come back to ask for more vehicles. The existing fleet was operating "flat out."
Mr. J. S. Derbyshire, general manager of Sutton, submitted letters from customers who had complained about subcontractors.
The pressure of work on the fleet was affecting the maintenance programme and at the end of June there had been 20 overhauls in arrear. For the first time in the history of the company a vehicle had recently been issued with a GV9 prohibition order.
Replying to Mr. J. Edward Jones,