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30th August 1968
30th August 1968
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Power in hand

Power units will be an undoubted focus of interest at this year's Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court. Last week Ford gave a...

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The week

Disaster for bus industry, says Norman Harris From our industrial correspondent • Leaders of the Transport and General...

Bodywork defects main faults revealed in W. Midland tests

by Paul Brockington • Mr. P. Haxby, director of training, Road Transport Industry Training Board, stated last week at a...

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• Anglo-Swedish • • pact for Sept 5 •

• • The Anglo-Swedish Road Haulage • Agreement, which was ratified on August 6. comes into force on • September 5. • Under the...

Free training plus cash grants

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board announces that it is now able to accept nominations for vacancies on the training...

Lightweight 16-ton Guy has Leyland 401 diesel

• A new model is to be added to the Guy Big J range of goods chassis at the Commercial Motor Show. It is a four-wheeler for...

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Special Scammells for BRS will be standard models

• The first Scammell vehicles for several years to be bought by British Road Services were delivered last week. They are...

RHA-RTITB education convention

• An education convention for small operators is being organized by the North Western (Eastern) division of the Road Haulage...

. PIB probe for . BRS pay deal

The Government has ordered a Prices and Incomes probe into the recent pay deal for 2,500 British Road Services maintenance...

Plates too flimsy, say operators

• The Traders Road Transport Association has told the Ministry of Transport that the proposed plates for goods vehicles under...

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• A new heaVy-duty fifth-wheel coupling is to be introduced

by Hands Trailers Ltd. at the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court in September. The new unit incorporates a caststeel main...

Great Yarmouth services to Norway

• Sealord Shipping Company Ltd., 108 Fenchurch Street. London, announces that Fred Olsen and Co., Oslo, has been appointed...

First with the fixed head

Next week's Commercial Motor will feature new ranges of high-payload fourand six-wheeled haulage vehicles which are the first...

Record profits

• For the year ending March 31 last, a pre-tax increase in profits from £319,944 to £402,605—some 26 per cent—is announced this...

Heavy loads warning from Mr. Marsh

• Mr. Richard Marsh has written to vehicle operators reminding them of the requirement to give advance notice of the movement...

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New facilities for small operators

• A new maintenance depot for the IL J. Cutler fleet was opened by Maj. Gen. A. F. J. Elmslie, the Licensing Authority for the...

Gosforth test station open

• A goods vehicle testing station capable of testing up to 20,000 vehicles a year was opened at Gosforth, Northumberland, on...

Call for safer cabs

• Two directors of the Birmingham Accident Hospital. Dr. J. P. Bull and Mr. W. Gissane, who are analysing fatal accidents to...

Driving school for BRS opened

• When Mr. R. Jackson, the Licensing Authority for the South Wales traffic area, opened the BRS driving school at Bridgend...

Multi-million grants for Midland Links scheme

• Key feature of the much-needed Midland Link Motorways scheme, the multi-level interchange at Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, is...

• The annual dinner of the Public Transport Association will

be held at the Connaught Rooms. London, WC2. on November 14.

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OECD's co-operative road research venture

• Nineteen member countries of the OECD are to participate in a new co-operative venture into road research. Under an initial...

Quantity licensing course

• A one-day business course on the theme "Quantity Licensing and the Transport Manager" has been arranged by Davies and Robson...

• Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd, is transferring its

manufacturer's automotive product sales department from Wolverhampton to its new plant at Craigavon. Northern Ireland. The...

• The bridge which carries the Tilbury Docks Approach Road

over the railway near the entrance to the docks has been closed to traffic, in the interests of public safety, while work on...

Container Transport

New lined freight containers Another entirely new type of 30ft freight container, incorporating - Salwall" lining and providing...

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'Government ignored us' MPTA president

• "If one accepts that the conception of the new Authorities EPTAsl is to be one of public service run by publicly elected...

Major styling changes for British coaches

• Leading luxury coachbuilders—Plaxton and Duple—have each introduced major styling changes to their principal models. which...

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Debut at Earls Court for

36ft double-deckers b Y Derek M°ses • At least two 36ft double-deck buses designed for British operators will be shown at the...

PTA-delay appeal rejected

• An appeal to delay the setting-up of the Tyneside Passenger Transport Authority for a year which was made by Newcastle upon...

Emergency measures

• London Transport introduced emergency measures on Monday to reduce as much as possible the effect on Watford area bus...

• Duncan's Coaches. of Sawby, Hunts., have acquired the coach

business of N. S. Edwards carried on at Mill Common, Huntingdon.

Cricketing busmen

• The match for the Castro! Shield in the National PSV Undertakings cricket competition will be between Manchester City...

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Too many for too few

• There was insufficient maintenance staff to cope with the rapidly expanding business although the work was done very good....

Witnesses support day excursion

• Twenty nine of the 3,650 total population of Knott End and Preesall in north west Lancashire travelled to Manchester last...

South Shields fares increase

• ft was stated in Newcastle upon Tyne last week that the cost of two double-deck buses could not be covered by the present...

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Looking at Licensing No. 16

Loss of use by lain Sherriff REVOCATION and suspension are familiar enough terms to readers of CM. Over the years many...

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Ribble fares rise

• At the ioint sitting of the Northern and North-Western Traffic Commissioners in Morecambe on Tuesday Ribble Motor Services...

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LA warns against normal user breaches

• Two Devon haulage operators who appeared before a public inquiry to show cause why their licences should not be revoked,...

Chepstow appeal dismissed

• The Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeal of the Chepstow urban district council against the joint decision of the...

Tipper application succeeds

• Application by Mr. Joseph David Bateman, of Sycamore Avenue, Newport, Mon, for a B-licence for a tipper not exceeding 6 tons...

Objection delayed—by floods • The recent floods in the Midlands

had prevented a haulier lodging his objection in time, said his advocate at a public inquiry in Birmingham last week. Mr, J....

TRTA appoints chief engineer

Terence Goldrick, 41, has been appointed to the new post of Traders Road Transport Association chief engineer. Mr. Goldrick...

David Moody and Gordon Gregson have been appointed to the

TRTA vehicle inspection service. Mr. Moody, who has been with the Leeds City Police traffic department, and Mr. Gregson....

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Atkinson will show 8-wheeler with Velvet Ride

• Although Atkinson Vehicles Ltd. will not be featuring a completely new design at the Commercial Motor Show, the concern is...

Velvet Ride on the road

• A demonstration was staged on Tuesday of the Velvet Ride bogie suspension by the Holset Engineering Co. Ltd. A journey of...

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Rootes to fit Perkins engines in Dodge 500 Series

• From January next year certain models in the Dodge 500 Series range will have the Perkins V8.510 diesel engine as the...

New Scan/as demonstrated

by Tony Wilding • Two of the new Scania LB110 fourwheel tractive units were demonstrated to the Press in London last Friday....

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Six-wheel U P D conversions for Commer

• A new range of six-wheel conversions by Universal Power Drives Ltd. on the Commer Maxiload chassis is now available. These...

Now Turbo 360 option for D1000

• The new turbocharged version of the Ford 360 cu.in. diesel engine announced last week has been made an option to the Cummins...

Merriworth lightweight skeletal

• Among the new semi-trailers which will be seen at Earls Court in September will be a lightweight skeletal container carrier...

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New equipment

and publications Trailer-mounted loader The Rol-Loader is basically a standard HIAB loader mounted on a self-powered roller...

/ KEEPING THEM RUNNING

\ with Ron Cater/ Under the regulations which now cover tyres used on roadgoing vehicles is one dealing with tyre pressures....

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Road and workshop

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (7) • Since it is generally agreed that maintenance manpower is not our strong...

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Bird 's eye view

*Father's footsteps From Kirkmichael in the Isle of Man, which looks out over the sea to Co. Down, comes Michael Lambden,...

* Club closing

I hear that the BMC Drivers' Club is to be wound up shortly. While this seems to be a result of the BLMC merger, to the extent...

*Evidence!

The distribution manager of Standard Telephones and Cables, S. G. Christie, tells me he saw a significant and unusual load on...

*Thank you, Fred

Nice tribute to CM's world-wide pulling power in the latest issue of Kingpin, the magazine of the Hope anti-jack-knife drivers'...

*Better beds

In the same issue of Kingpin John Castle, a J. Lyons driver, has some pretty strong things to say about poor standards of night...

*Golfing challenge

The name of Bonallack, well known for bodies in the commercial vehicle field, is even more famous in golfing circles'— Michael...

*,. . . this sum of York

To get the better of the Taxman is a feat in itself. To do it with the help of the Ombudsman is such a tour de force that the...

* Hover hobby

To judge from the number of examples, air-cushion machines exert a special fascination for road transport men. One who has just...

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Ford Turbo 360 -most important power breakthrough in years

The Ford Turbo 360 truck engine is a significant step forward in the heavy sector of the commercial vehicle market. It produces...

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What's the great new money-saver from the Powerhouse?

Improved serviceability of the front brakes. Increased fuel tank capacity. Turbo 360 engine provides: 150 bhp, 349 lb-ft...

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Forward-looking design

More and more operators are appreciating the time and money-saving benefits of the 13 Series cab. And more and more drivers are...

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Janus comments

Licensing business as usual HARDLY a single protest has been made against the dismantling of the old licensing system which...

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Retrostyled and Reuolutionary

—the Leyland Series 500 diesel New Leyland in-line six-cylinder engine has fixed head to give long life and to provide for...

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Spacious new wins from Billt

by A.J.P. Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE OUT goes the LD, in comes the 350 EA. Today, BMC replaces the LD 1and 1,5ton van models with...

The two versions of the EA have the same wheelbase of 8ft 6in. and are plated

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THE BM EA UN TEST

by R.D. Cater, PETROL-ENGINED 322 CU.FT. MODEL TRIED BY CM ON test the EA certainly matched up well to the particular...

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New 1G-tonner and 32-ton unit from ERF

AIR SUSPENSION ON TWO SHOW MODELS by A. J. P. Wilding, MIMechE, MIRTE FIVE vehicles will be exhibited at Earls Court by ERF in...

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1 wonder. .

Mr. Hilditch wonders aloud about the elusive benefits of one-man operation, the potential chaos of PTAs, the restrictive...

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Management matters

Rural transport economics The provision of adequate passenger and freight services in rural areas provides a constant...

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

The next seven days August 30-September 5 MONDAY TMC Mast Lancashire) meeting: Ye Horns Inn. Goosnargh, near Preston, 12.15...

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Ci At our university we are currently doing

research into the valuation of commercial vehicles "saved" as a consequence of road improvement schemes. Of particular...

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Exam answers in note form not good enough

IN EXAMINING transport subjects I have noticed an increasing tendency in recent years for candidates to disregard English style...

Abnormal loads

FOLLOWING on from my previous articles on forward and rearward projecting loads, let us now look into the requirements for...