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VULCAN'S NEW 30-CWT. SPECIAL LORRY.

28th July 1925, Page 9
28th July 1925
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Page 9, 28th July 1925 — VULCAN'S NEW 30-CWT. SPECIAL LORRY.
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Five New Features Incorporated in a Vehicle which has Borne the Test of Use and is Now Delivered Ready for Service.

ACOMMERCIAL motor which has been in production for a sufficient time to have enabled it to make its mark the Vulcan 30-cwt. general-purpose lorry, and, on the experience gained with it by users, asctain modifications —both substantial and small—have been introduced so that there is now being offered si."` Special" model in which are incorporated five new features, embracing (1) pneumatic tyres and a mechanical tyre inflator, (2) electric lighting, (3) an enclosed cab and dual-purpose body, (4) grease pump and gaiters to the springs, and (5) the painting of the body in an attractive colour. We are able herewith to illustrate the new " Special" 30-cwt. lorry, and we think it will be agreed that it has a shapeliness and yet a businesslike air such as one would associate with the name of Vulcan. It is claimed that the use of pneumatic tyres very quickly compensates in the advantages it procures for the extra cost, and that by reason of the shock-absorbing qualities of the tyres the maintenance and running costs of the vehicle are reduced, whilst the life of the chassis is prolonged to a considerable extent. Pneumatic tyres insulate the most fragile of goods from the roughness of the rm.& and claims for damage are fewer when a pneumatic-tyred vehicle has performed the transport. The mechanical tyre inflator is a Michelin and is driven from the engine, the system of control being simple and the inflation very quick. The provision of an electric lighting system is a great boon, for it simplifies the work of upkeep and saves a driver's time oil the road, for often the need for lighting oil or gas lamps leads to lengthy stops that otherwise would not have occurred. The equipment consists af a dynamo, 6-volt accumulator, two large side lamps and a tail lamp. The driver's cab is fully enclosed, having a door on each side hung on the best coach hinges and ''fitted with slam locks, having handles both inside and outside. The window to each door is frameless and of polished plate-glass, which may be raised and lowered and fixed in any desired position by means of inside straps. Windows at the sides and in the rear of the cab give ample scope for observation, whilst the windscreen is of full width, the lower half being fixed and the upper half, on the driver's side, being made to swing outwards and to be secured at any required angle. The seat extends the full width of the cab and is well sprung and upholstered. A point making again for simpliety in upkeep is the use of grease-pump lubrication of many of the working parts and the employment of gaiters to the road springs. Th4 springs are thus 'thoroughly protected from dust, mud and wet and the interleaf lubrication is maintained unimpaired, making for easy riding. The adoption of the greases gun is a great advance, beeause grease has its advantages if only one can be sure it has been sent to the spot where it is required to oppose friction or wear, and this the grease gull makes possible. • The last of the new features is the painting of the vehicle. We understand that in future the 30-cwt, Special Vulcan will not go out " in the grey," but that it will be painted complete in any one of the three stock colours—red, blue and green. There is a good deal in this, because after delivery there is no cause for delay in putting the vehicle into service and no temptation to "set it to work in its workshop grey, hoping to paint it "at a convenient time." The body on the Special Vulcan is built for hard work. The plank sides are strengthened by battens and four iron strap plates. The two sides and the tailboard are arranged to hinge and fold dawn, the iron strap plates having eyes formed to fit gudgeon-type hinge pins, a securing pin being employed where desirable. The sides mid tailboard can therefore be removed in a few moments so that the vehicle can be used as a platform lorry. They are protected against damage by the half-roundiron plate screwed to the top edge, whilst the floorboards are similarly protected. The inside dimensions of the body are 9 ft 2 ins. long, 5 ft. 5 ins.

wide, and 1 ft. 6 ins. high.

It will be remembered that the engine of the 30-cwt. model is four-cylindered, the cylinders being 90 mm. in the bore and the stroke 130 mm., developing well above the 20.1 h.p. at which the .Treasury rates it. It is lubricated from troughs .beneath the big-end beatings, fed by gear Pump. It 'VS a Zenith carburetter and a British magneto, and its cooling water is circulated by pump through a gilled tube radiator with aluminium top and bottom tanks, cooling being fan assisted. The power is transmitted through a Feroclo-faced cone clutch fitted with adjustable springs to a four-forward-speed gearbox, which at 1.200" engine revolutions per minute will give on a 6.2 to 1 topgear ratio a speed of 19.6 m.p.h. Thence the power is transmitted to the road wheels through a worm and an overhead worm wheel. . The frame is of ample depth. The disc wheels are equipped with giant pneumatic tyres 34 ins. by 7 ins, singles, both at front and rear, with a spare wheel, tyre and tube in a carrier below the rear of the chassis.

The petrol tank is carried on the dash and has a capacity of 14 gallons.

The wheelbase of the vehicle is 11 ft. 5 ins, and the wheel track 4 ft. 8 ins. The price of the vehicle as described is £525 at the works. It is intended to exhibit the 30-cwt. Vulcan Special at the forthcoming Commercial Motor Show, and the makers believe that it will prove a powerful factor in ousting the solid-tyred vehicle from the roads.

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