Matadors Fight the Snow
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HALIFAX Corporation has made elaborate plans to
• keep the roads open and, ai reported in ".The Commercial Motor" of December 5, 1947, has purchased extensive equipment for snow clearance. This incfudes six David Brown heavy industrial tractors, which form part of the corporation's centralized fleet.
The municipal passenger transport department, of which Mr. F. E. Cook was recently appointed general manager, has made its own arrangements for snow clearance, and has converted two A.E.C. Matador fourwheel-drive tractors to use as snow ploughs. These machines are ex-Army models.
The original cabs have been retained, but heightened, a small enclosed workshop has been added, and a winch with 250 ft. of cable has been fitted. The winch is driven from the auxiliary gearbox. The workshop is equipped with a Calor gas cooker, a large Clayton heater, a folding table and bus-type seats, and the crew can, if necessary, remain in •action for several days.
Three ploughs have been constructed in the department's own workshops, two being of the side type and one a V pattern. The V plough runs on three castor wheels and is attached to a sub-frame extending beneath the greater part of the chassis. The sub-frame is pivoted at its front end and the plough itself is pivoted at its rear mounting, so that the plough follows a true course whatever the movement' of the chassis.
The side ploughs are mounted in a similar manner, but are supported on only two castor wheels. When travelling to and from the scene of operations, the plough can be lifted clear of the ground by means of a hand winch.