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6th March 1970, Page 33
6th March 1970
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Page 33, 6th March 1970 — PICTURES ON THE RIGHT
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Picture 1

This Tippermatic outfit, designed and built by Charrold Ltd, Huntingdon, on a Seddon 13-four-354 14ft 81n. wheelbase chassis for Agricultural Foods Ltd, Aylesbury, has a 17ft 6in. long 670 cu.ft body constructed in aluminium. It is fitted with Edbro 4 LNS tipping gear and has a payload of 9 tons 15cwt when operating at 16 tons gvw. The pneumatic, no-auger, delivery system gives minimum degradation of palletized materials and includes prop-shaft drive to the Godfrey X-420 blower, hydraulically operated control door and a 151,in. dia, rotary valve driven by an -Orbit hydraulic motor.

Picture 2 Now io service for Blackburn Corporation Health and Social Services department, this Bedford Hawson coach has a 15-seat body built by Lomas, of Wilmslow, Ches. Next to the nearside sliding entrance is a Burtonwood electric lift for loading wheelchairs, four of which can be carried when the nfs seats have been removed. Single 16in wheels are shod with Michelin X tyres for comfort.

Picture 3 Veer in and and out, the 25 Ford 0600/York Freightmaster combinations operated by Clover Can Co. Ltd., Norwich, cover more than a million Miles of road around Britain. The outfits, contract hired from BRS (Contracts) Ltd., operate from Clove r Can's plants at Norwich and Castleside, Co. Durham, delivering consignments of metal cans throughout the UK. The 34ft 6in long 11316 Freightmasters, equipped with Joloda tracks to handle the palletized loads, have replaced box vans and locally built trailers, which Clover Can previously operated on its own account Picture 4 Round the clock, seven clays a week, this ERF eight-wheeler carries milk to centres as far apart as London and Carlisle. Owned by J. 0. Treasure, Melton Mowbray, It operates under contract to the Milk Marketing Board and CWS, and has been modified to allow drivers to carry out quick maintenance.

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Organisations: Milk Marketing Board, CWS
Locations: Durham, London