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24th February 1961
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Tipper Triumvirate

T 1PPING vehicles are playing an important part in national economies both here and abroad. No other section of the road...

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Sir Regine arson

Men Who Make Transport W HICH is better to devote a lifetime to one firm, or to change around a little? It is a question very...

Bird's Eye View By The Hawk

Want a Sputnik? P ROVIDED my price was satisfactory, was assured by Mr. M. V. Nesterov, chairman of the U.S.S.R. Chamber of...

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Licence Applications Particularly Difficult • in West Midland Area

S UPPLYING proof of need in an application for an A licence is particularly difficult in the West Midland area. The only...

Steel Bodies in Kit Form

A STEEL body, in the form of a " do-it-yourself " kit, for a tipper or platform body is being offered by the Carter...

Page 51

Arnold Decision: Tribunal Tell L.A. to Wait

W HAT seems to be an unprecedented step was taken last Friday by the Transport Tribunal when they granted a stay of proceedings...

" Could Upset Licensing System"

R1 EFERENCE to the Merchandise and Arnold decisions was made by Mr. J. H. Turner, a national vice-chairman of the Road Haulage...

Seeking Peace in the Motor Industry

From Our Industrial Correspondent QUMM IT talks to probe the unhappy industrial relations in Britain's motor industry have...

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Netv Vauxhall Chief

MR. PHILIP W. COPELIN, chairman and managing director of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., since 1955, is resigning to become manager of...

Men in the News MR. A. C. GIBSON flew to

Ceylon on Monday to take up duties as resident Leyland Group representative on the island. MR. PETER F. WOOD has been...

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A.C.V. Investment in Spain

ESS than three weeks after the board of Associated Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., announced that agreement in principle had been...

When Does Workers' Service Become Contract Journey?

HE question of whether or not a road service licence is required when a firm, at present paying their workmen a travelling...

RURAL TRANSPORT ONCERN at the reduction of pas senger transport

in rural areas is expressed in the annual report of the Transport Users Consultative Committee for the East Midlands. They...

PROPANE FOR GAS-OPERATED TRUCKS

1DROPANE instead of butane fuel will I in future be supplied by Calor Gas (Distributing) Co., Ltd., to the majority of its...

HOW LONG ... ?

rA A BUS driver who was involved in an accident whilst towing a Liverpool Corporation bus to a Chester scrapyard was given an...

Page 54

Buckmaster's Lose Appeal

T HE appeal lodged by Buckmaster Garages, Ltd., of Leighton Buzzard, against decisions of the East Midland Traffic...

From Westminster

Fewer London Taxis L AST year London had fewer taxis than before the war. Mr. Dennis Vosper, Minister of State at the Home...

Page 55

Traffic Congestion Beat Newcomer

'TRAFFIC delays at Newport, Mon, were blamed for the failure of a Cardiff haulage contractor's business, when he appeared in...

Old Folk Prefer Door-to-door Tours Service

QPECIAL tours restricted to people over 55 were the subject of an application k-) heard before the Yorkshire Traffic...

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No New Legislation on Exhaust Fumes

From our Parliamentary Correspondent T HE Minister of Transport last week rejected a suggestion that he should introduce...

Resistance to One-man Buses in London

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT was to be put into a common bonus pool f or all busmen. This suggestion failed, but early in...

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Traffic Strain Hits Drivers, Says Cousins

NCREASINGLY congested traffic con ditions were intensifying the strain on bus drivers, so that men could not be expected to...

Wet or Dry Coach Trips?

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TrilE proposal that excise licences should be available to long-distance coach operators who...

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Lighting for Priority. Vehicles T HE carriage of distinctive lamps on

certain emergency and priority vehicles is being considered by the Minister of Transport. Details are set out in the draft Road...

Taskers Open Stock and Showroom

A RECENT extension to the premises PA of Taskers of Andover (1932), Ltd., is a building, with some 9,500 sq. ft. of floor...

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New " Drive-on " .Ship Launched

A " DRIVE-ON,. drive-off" ship, the " Cerdic Ferry," was launched at Troon, Ayrshire, last week. She will carry up to 100 road...

The Loading Ban Menace

RR OAD users must be warned against accepting too readily proposals to restrict their movements in a particular town or...

I.R.U. MEETING . IN MUNICH

BB ULC_;AR1A and Finland, as well as the United Kingdorn, are this year to join 13 other European countr;es in recognition of...

Page 62

TV Sells Coach Holidays

by Kenneth Bowden I S television a worth-while advertising medium for the coach operator? There is little doubt that this is a...

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An Up-to-date Approach

"E LEVEN hours or I0?" One factor all sections of the road transport industry should surely keep an eye on is the comparison,...

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Fewer Delays at Leith

Movement of Goods at Leith Docks Depends on Road Transport. Almost All Hold-ups Have Been Eliminated by G. Duncan Jewell...

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New Edition of "Who's Who"

T HE 1961 edition of Who's Who in the Motor Industry was published by Temple Press Ltd. on Wednesday. This work is a complete...

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LESSONS

Political Commentary By JANUS A STRANGE obtuseness seems to prevent building and engineering contractors from realizing that...

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HOW SHAL TIP?

4 Review of Tipping-gear Types ind Makes, and of the Problems Encountered by Both Manufacturers md Operators in Fitting...

Page 81

Electrically Controlled Fan

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE applica tions of their Thermomatic engine cooling fan have been introduced by Kenlowe Accessories and Co.,...

Small Size Inspection Lamp N OW available from CLM, 21 Waverton

Street, London, W.1, is an inspection lamp with a diameter of 2 in. (plus hook) and a length of 9+ in., which make it ideal for...

Improved Batteries H IGH-CAPACITY batteries with tubular cells, have recently been

introduced by Crompton Parkinson, Ltd., as complementary to the standard specially armoured ranges. These batteries are said to...

Shaft Seal for Oil or Water A NEW mechanical shaft seal

has been introduced by Crane Packing, Ltd.. Slough, a 'member of the Tube Investments Group. There are two versions of this...

Lightweight Cutting Blowpipe

HE Firefly, an ultra-lightweight hand cutting blowpipe from the British Oxygen Co., Ltd., is now generally available. The new...

Additions to Ford Elgine Exchange Plan THE Ford Motor Co.,

Ltd., announces that factory-reconditioned engines .and clutch components for Thames 10/12cwt. and 15-cwt. vans are now...

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Match Tipper Payloads to Vehicle Characteristics

-SAYS COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF 162-STRONG HOVERINGHAM FLEET O PERATORS of all types of heavier vehicles throughout the country...

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Terra tyred Traders

F OLLOWING development worit in 'conjunction with All Wheel Drive, Ltd., .Camberley, the Ford Motor Co., I td have announced...

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RAYON, NYLON

OR • STEEL? by JOHN F. MOON, A.M.I.R.T.E. An Examination of Tyres for Tippers NY operator of tipping vehicles who is hoping...

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Give The Bodybuilder A Chance!

Alan Havard A.M.Inst.T. S 0 YOU have taken delivery of your new tipper! Since it represents a substantial investment, the...

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Tendering for Bulk Delivery

Operating Costs for an Eight-Wheeled Tanker, a 5-cu.-yd. Tipper, and a 11-litre Staff Car A NORTHERN operator asks for advice...

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Refuse-collecting Vehicle

P ATENT No. 854,472 (Dempster Brothers, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.) refers to improvements in refusecollecting...

DOUBLE-RANGE PUMP GOVERNOR

A PNEUMATICALLY operated injection-pump governor can become rather unstable in the idling range, and to overcome this is the...

AIR SPRINGS FOR HEAVY VEHICLES NAEANS of preventing roll 'when

/VI cornering are shown in patent No. 857,039. The scheme is illustrated as it would be applied to a twin-wheeled heavy driving...

ROTARY-DISTRIBUTOR INJECTION PUMP

A N injection pump, claimed to be reliable in use in spite of its small size, is shown in patent No. 856,598. It employs...

IMPROVED STEERING

A STEERING mechanism shown ii patent No. 858,526 is claimed tt enable a heavy vehicle to be steered with out power assistance...