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"WE HAVE to use a forging; I suppose Ford could do it successfully with a couple of pieces of bent wire." Five years ago some...
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Ministry of Transport Regulations.Code of Practice requirements. Goods Vehicle Testing. The Transport Bill ... Wow, But one...
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from 6cwt payload to 28 tons gross ESCORT THE Escort is made in two van versions —with capacities of 6cwt and 8cwt—and these...
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MANY features of the Ford full-size p.s.v. chassis are based on the D-Series range of goods chassis. This applies particularly...
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by P. A. C. Brockington, MIMechE Since 1963 Ford's Special Vehicle Orders department has catered for the individual...
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"YOU'LL LISTEN to a lot of good horse sense. That's what we are here for. To be shot at by the operators. To learn. And...
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by J. P. B. Sherriff, MITA Pictures by Dick Ross 1. Where survival demands fitness WHEN the late Charles French bought his...
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"HE TOOK a chance and it came off." How often have you heard this said of a success ful businessman? This implies that luck...
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ARTICULATION can offer advantages in many transport applications but in no field is the gain so great as where journeys are...
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What a wonderfully heartening contrast to the currently rather woeful atmosphere in the haulage industry is presented by the...
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from a special correspondent • The IRU (International Road Transport Union) holds its formal Congress only every second year....
by John Darker • When A. Packham Ltd. introduced a newly devised productivity scheme towards the end of February this year the...
• The Government has opened its campaign on the Transport Bill in the House of Lords by honouring some promises made in the...
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in its introduction", said Mr. Packham. "We set up productivity committees at each of our depots and these committees, all...
PRAISE FOR POSITIVE APPROACH TO ROAD SAhhl' flr olIowitig rnessage ha hoco rock:Iv3d cv Co/ ftorg :a intcr of 1...
• A highly efficient system of testing and servicing commercial vehicles has been introduced by L. F. Dove (C.V.) Ltd., BMC and...
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by Tony Wilding • Operators in South Wales demonstrated their concern at the implications of the Plating and Testing...
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but road haulage delivery pattern is likely to persist by John Darker • Detailed comparisons of road/rail operating costs for...
• The present method of assessing vehicle licence duty on the basis of unladen weight is unsatisfactory, the Transport...
• The first Volvo chassis equipped with tipping bodywork in the UK has recently gone into service with the Kettering...
• Cope Allman International has now finalized the reconstruction of its transport division. A new company has been formed...
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far and LIDOV wide by Ashley Taylor • Inevitably in Lancashire, the Fleetwood round is overshadowed by the big entries at...
• There's no doubt about it, the Irish love a fight-a fair fight and just for the sport. The most recent example of, this trait...
by Ron Cater • At Southall on Sunday Ted Teer and his organizers excelled themselves-one of the country's biggest entries was...
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by John Darker • In sultry weather at Newcastle-underLyme, 146 entrants were dealt with efficiently on the corporation's...
by lain Sherriff • Impossible, unbelievable, unbeatable- j ust how does one describe it? In class H at Glasgow last week...
again by C. Hyams • The television cameras were there to record Chris O'Reilly's double. The Leeds champion and runner-up for...
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• Lightweight stressed construction in hightensile steel, eliminating the need for side stiffeners, gussets or cross-members,...
were 'employed' by Sam Buckley • For the purpose of calculating the amount of training levy payable, the remuneration of...
report continued from page 116 zation of passenger transport services to Passenger Transport Authorities; for such a system...
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• Mr. Dennis Le Conte, RHA Northern area secretary, has lately been busy dealing with local members' questions regarding the...
'No quantity licensing before election' from our political correspondent • No quantity licensing before a General Election....
• When the Conservatives are returned to power they will not introduce an enormous Transport Bill but simply some short, sharp,...
• Confectionery and sweet manufacturer, Needlers Ltd., Hull, is disposing of its local delivery fleet of eight Bedford 5-ton...
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• The appeal by Tovey Transport Ltd., Happisborough, which the Transport Tribunal heard on Tuesday was allowed. The appeal,...
• Even after a haulier had reduced his application for additional A-licensed attics from six to three, Mr. J. Else, West...
• Two associated Liverpool companies were granted additional A-licence facilities by the North-Western deputy LA, Mr. A. H....
• Inconvenience to the court and objectors caused by the non-attendance of an applicant was described by Mr. J. Else, West...
• Of the two vehicles owned by the Bootle firm of T. Regan, one had been scrapped last September and the other had disappeared,...
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Tribunal will still hear appeals • While to most hauliers public inquiries are old hat, the own-account men have little...
• An application to substitute for a smaller vehicle a larger capacity one was contrary to a Transport Tribunal ruling (CM...
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• An application by .a plant hire company to enter the waste disposal field in the North East was thwarted when its application...
• He had considerable sympathy with the applicant and it was with regret that he had to refuse the application, said Mr. A. H....
• An appeal against the granting of a B licence by the Metropolitan deputy LA to Frank Evans Film Caterers Ltd. was dismissed...
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• Two North Western municipalities have just taken delivery of the first examples of Leyland Panther /MCW single-deckers...
by Tony Wilding • As expected, deletion of the groundclearance requirement in the new p.s.v. regulations which came into...
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• The setting up of Passenger Transport Authorities as proposed in the Transport Bill is viewed with "grave concern" by the...
T. W. H. Galley has been re-elected chairman of the Public Transport Association. Mr. Galley, chairman of the Tilling...
• Speculation about a possible take-over of Edinburgh Corporation bus services by Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. was revived by...
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Longer hauls likely in refuse disposal by Ashley Taylor • In time social pressures, and technical and financial...
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• Special note will be taken of facilities for commercial vehicle repair during inspections for a new system of garage grading...
• Many of the county and area Shows nowadays seem to attract quite a number of commercial vehicle exhibits, even models which...
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Portable washer Washing equipment developed by Dowding and Plummer Ltd. for wall cleaning will also have application to...
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by Handyman Vehicle recovery: tricks, trucks and tactics (21) • We have looked at the head-on collision from the personal...
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Under water sleight of hand HALF a century ago a favourite subject for debating societies was the case for and against a...
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by John Darker FOR several decades de-casualization in the docks was anticipated with zealous longing. On both sides of the...
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Bookings are still coming in strongly for the Commercial Motor Fleet Management Conference at the London Hilton Hotel on...
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*Cold feet I have just discovered, after a lot of wearying phone calls to Ministries, that when the Home Secretary "dropped"...
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Part 1 Suspension by R. D. Cater AMInstBE THERE are currently some 70,000 Rubery Owen R type suspensions of single, tandemand...
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by J. P. B. Sherriff, MITA THIS is the era of the demonstrators, be they students, racialists or politican fanatics. During...
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THE FIRST driving instructors' (heavy goods vehicles) training course conducted by the Road Transport Industry Training Board...
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and testing of goods vehicles, and what are the fees to be charged? A As announced on April 25 by the Minister rm of...
be derived by a reduction in unladen weight resulting from the fitting of tubeless tyres? A First, as regards any savings in...
A According to the MoT Standard Lists for Ford commercial vehicles the gross weight for this vehicle is 12. 5 tons as standard...
fire brigades as regards Plating and Testing Regulations. Where can I obtain official confirmation as to the types of vehicle...
steer a vehicle which is being towed, irrespective of its unladen weight. A A person under 21 who is not the holder of a...
on the technicalities of coupling a tractive unit with a three-line braking system to a semi-trailer having a two-line system,...
car is being towed by another private car, a dual-purpose vehicle or a commercial vehicle? A All towed vehicles must be taxed....
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THE DESCRIPTION and intentions of the National Freight Corporation outlined last week form part of a wider concept for the road...
REGULATION 75(l) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966 lays down that every motor vehicle and trailer...