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• Sauce for the gander

In expressing concern at the delay in introducing the type approval scheme for commercial vehicles, the Freight Transport...

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Press ahead with type

approval SAYS FTA • Introduction of a commercial vehicle type-approval scheme should be pressed ahead without delay, the...

Goods vehicle taxation in international traffic

• Foreign goods vehicles entering Great Britain will be exempt from payment of vehicles excise duty for as long as they remain...

Bishop joins anti 44-ton crusade

• The start of the campaign against the proposal to allow bigger lorries on British roads was signalled by the Bishop of...

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Parent-bore engines from Ford and other changes

• The existing 242 cu.in. four-cylinder and 330 and 363 cu.in. six-cylinder diesel engines made by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd. as...

Plaxton-bodied Mercedes at Scottish Show

• The first Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicle to be fitted with a British body will be exhibited at the Scottish Show opening...

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Transport Act will revolutionize perations

• In his presidential address to the Freight Transport Association at Eastbourne yesterday, Mr. J. F. Page (J. Lyons and Co....

NAFWR general secretary fights GLC election

• Mr. Hugh Wilson, general secretary of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers, has recently been...

Mr. Mulley at loT lunch

• The Minister of Transport, Mr. Fred Mulley, will be the speaker at the anniversary luncheon of the Institute of Transport to...

D-mark price changes

• Revaluation of the D-mark will lead to increased prices for German commercial vehicles in this country. Volkswagen told CM...

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Southampton company develops hovertrailer

• A hovertrailer with a payload capacity of 7 tons which can negotiate terrain where a conventional wheeled or tracked vehicle...

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American refrigeration units introduced by Locomotors

• Vehicle refrigeration equipment for medium-size vehicles is now being marketed in Britain by Locomotors Ltd., Barlovvs Lane,...

Training in N. Ireland

• Progress by the Northern Ireland RTITB was revealed in a report on the Board's work to date. given during the course of a...

Mann Egerton at King's Lynn

• Mr. B. S. Pickup, the home sales director of the BLMC truck and bus division, opened Mann Egerton's new £75,000 commercial...

'Transport in Flux'

• In 208 closely written pages, CM's John Darker has set out, in a new book, "Transport in Flux", to outline some of the main...

New freight transport film

• "Freight flow", a new film illustrating the latest developments in the transportation of unit-load freight by rail and sea,...

Motor industry analysed

• A mass of statistics and information are contained in the 361 pages and 112 tables which comprise the SMMT annual publication...

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Liquid carriers prominent at

Hamburg Container Show from a special correspondent • For sheer size last week's container exhibition at Hamburg would be...

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Decimalizatiori

Coventry chooses individual training • A working party set up by Coventry Corporation Transport to study the introduction of...

Brighter styles for clippies

• New-style uniforms for bus conductresses are to be issued by the Yorkshire Traction Co. Ltd., following the development of a...

£25 subsidy costly

• Dorking UDC has decided that it cannot afford a £25 weekly subsidy asked by London Transport to run a bus service in a...

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East Yorkshire chairman slams drivers' hours

• A fixed, compulsory rest day for bus crews, as provided for in the 1968 Transport Act, could not be implemented without...

Record Elm for Yeates

• Speaking at the end of the 1969 - Look in on Yeates" (CM October 1 7 , Britain's largest exhibition of p,s.v., Mr. Charles...

York Trailer management changes i

Larry M. Hotchkies, 33. has been appointed general sales manager, York Trailer Co. Ltd. Mr. Hotchkies was previously...

15,000 for transport chief

• Former civil servant Sir Richard Way, who is to be head of London Transport from the beginning of next year, will receive a...

Leamington wants small firms

• A suggestion that smaller bus operators might be allowed to operate local services if they applied to the Traffic...

Courses for bus inspectors

• Monday-Friday RTITB approved residential courses for bus inspectors have been arranged by the Poole Technical College. North...

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'No danger to St. Albans empire' says LA

• Deciding there was room in London for both big and small multi-bucket operators, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, the Metropolitan LA,...

Amended application succeeds

• An application by F. W. Powell and Sons was granted in Wrexham on Tuesday after it had been amended to meet objections. The...

Objectors withdraw from meat haulage link-up

• At the Metropolitan traffic court on Monday the deputy L.A. Mr. W. Levitt, granted an application by A. E. Robson Ltd. to...

Red House loose 13

• The Northern LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, has removed 13 vehicles and three trailers from the licences of the Liverpool branch of...

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' Costs over-estimated': Lancs objectors

• Lancashire United Transport Ltd. was granted a fares revision in Manchester last week despite the objectors' claim that the...

Record offences dismissed

• Six charges against East Riding Sack Co. Ltd., alleging failure to cause drivers to keep records, six charges of permitting...

'Heed my words', says LA applicant withdraws

• Following the announcement by the LA that he would refuse an application by Mr. G. A. Gittins, of Wrexham, for two vehicles...

Individual's protest reduces fares

• A passenger travelling on Ribble Motor Services Ltd. last week refused to pay a recently imposed penny increase. He said he...

Warehouse Keepers' conference

• The annual conference of the National Association of Warehouse Keepers is to be held at the Royal Bath Hotel. Bournemouth,...

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New tandem from BTC

• The British Trailer Co. Ltd., of Phoenix Works, Richmond Road, Trafford Park, Manchester. has a new tandem-axled semitrailer...

High-capacity Luton body from Commer

• A 500 cu.ft. van based on a Commer 2500 chassis cab is now available following a joint marketing arrangement between Rootes...

Borg-Warner/ZF European plant

• A company to develop and produce automatic transmissions to meet European needs is being formed by two leading manufacturers,...

Zenith tachographs

• Pitney-Bowes Ltd., manufacturer of postage meters and other office machinery, Harlow, Essex, has announced the conclusion of...

Rootes warranty includes vans

• Rootes new 12 month unlimited warranty for passenger cars now covers all new Hillman and Commer vans up to 22cwt payload...

Electronic Maxaret in production

• The Dunlop Maxaret Mk. IIE electronic anti-wheel-locking device is now available for fitting to tractive units, it was...

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Now a Ford D series model for 14 tons gross

• At the Scottish Motor Show, which opens next Friday, the Ford Motor Co. Ltd. will be introducing an extension to its D Series...

Cummins V-diesel range extended

• The range of Cummins V6 and V8 diesel engines made in Darlington has been extended with the introduction of the V6-155 and...

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Road and workshop by Handyman

Loads and forces (24) • Vehicles constantly used on steel traffic often have additional lashing or anchor points arranged...

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Merriworth 's new VP trailer

• The variable purpose semi-trailers made by Merriworth (Engineering) Ltd., of London Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent, have been...

Boalloy Ltd. formed after take-over

• Syd Abrams Ltd.. Vauxhall/Bedford main dealer in Manchester. has acquired all the assets of the vehicle body business of...

Young drivers problems

For some three years now I have been trying to get employment as a driver with some of the larger and better haulage companies...

Chance for 21-year-olds

While it is generally agreed that the passing of the wagon and trailer has dried up a source of supply of apprenticed (?)...

Too young

I was interested to read the letters (CM October 171 concerning young drivers and h.g.v. as I am 23 and have driven a p.s.v. of...

'Travel empire'

In "Management Matters" (CM October 24 1969) John Darker refers to ''. . . the NFC's travel empire". This was perhaps a slip of...

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Anti-lock why not?

by P. A. C. Brockington, MIMechE THE DEVELOPMENT of a form of anti-lock system which is commercially acceptable may be...

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Bird's eye view

by the Hawk *Togetherness Nobody who attended last week's luncheon of the removers in London (the BAOFR and NAFWR being in...

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Starting from scratch in the coach business

WHAT IS the minimum amount of equipment and capital with which a coach business could be started? Three old coaches and /25? I...

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Exit CA Enter CF

TODAY is the official birthday of a new range of Bedford light commercial vehicles, every one of which can operate fully laden...

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Janus comments

The money game LIKE MOTHS that fear the candle but cannot leave it alone hauliers return again and again to the subject of...

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Roads to professionalism in road transport

THERE ARE many signs that the Road Transport Industry Training Board is running into some very heavy weather. After listening...

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a I am about to start sugar beet haulage

with a lorry which has been plated at 18 tons gross. The haulage is going to be difficult to judge for weight owing to the...

Q We have had trouble with engines

boiling up. I remember that there was an article in CM stating that the by-pass hose from the thermostat should be sealed off...

Q I am an owner-driver operating an B

licence. I am wondering whether I should buy, as a replacement for my present vehicle, a 16-ton g.v.w. rigid suitable for...

a Could you supply the names and addresses of the UK concessionaires of any Continental cross-country generalpurpose vehicles?

A There are two four-wheel-drive cross country models imported into Great Britain, namely the Unimog available from...

Q I have recently started to encounter international traffic in the

course of my business and would be glad if you could explain what TIR carnets are. A These are documents which provide for...

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Trailers (3)

IN the first article of this series on drawbar trailers I pointed out that the unpopularity of this type, particularly when...

The need for a common syllabus

I MENTIONED last week that negotiations towards a common syllabus between the three "traffic" institutes were now a matter of...

NEW COMPANIES

S. H. Wilkes Ltd. Cap.: £2,000. Object: To carry on the business of haulage contractors. etc. Subs.: D. Hodgson and R. C. Keen,...

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Tappet tool

Simplicity is the keynote of a tappet adjusting tool introduced by SPQR Engineering. The tool needs no adjustment or...

Space heater •

The need to supply "spot" heating for workers in stockyards and other outside areas, and for small warehouses and stores away...

Folding pallet

HIPOPE, the tail-lift maker, has added a new folding, sidedpallet to its range of Firmitainer roll-pallets. These are designed...

Socket sets A range of colour-coded . !.in.-drive chrome vanadium socket

sets designed to provide a fully comprehensive choice of all types and sizes used in the workshop is announced by T. Williams....

Cross-ply tyre

A new Dunlop cross-ply tyre made in sizes suitable for cars and vans has a flat tread claimed to give 10 per cent more mileage....

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Riveting tool

A time and labour saving hand tool, designed to place any of three different sizes of Avex break-stem rivets, has been...

Container lift

The scope for a low-cost method of handling containers has been studied by Trispan Handling 1Whitchurchl. It now produces a...

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Spanner sets

A range of ICP-finish spanner sets from T. Williams (Drop Forgings and Tools) is claimed to be up to 50 per cent cheaper than...

Storage racking

A special bracket, designed for use with Pakshelf wall-mounted or double-sided free-standing and floor-to-ceiling shelving...

PTFE brochure

Polypenco has revised its PTFE brochure for 1969/70. This publication has been up-dated to list more clearly the properties of...

Fire extinguisher

An extinguisher utilizing low toxicity BCF as the extinguishing medium, now available from George Angus, features a simple and...

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Headlamp kits

Conversion kits suitable for vehicles with either twoor four-headlamp systems, each with high-output quartz-halogen bulbs, will...

Backlash indicator

The Steering Backlash Indicator introduced by V. L. Churchill allows rapid checks to be made of the free play in c.v. steering...

Metric convertor

A handy gadget--the Auto Metric Convertor for drivers travelling on the Continent has been introduced by Freeline. The device...

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Stop re-lining during the season

A simple electro-magnettc braking device has enabled Shearings Pleasureways Holidays Limited to streamline maintenance...