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rowing with the industry

Like the Transport Holding Company's annual report, the yearly statement from the Transport Development Group is regarded by...

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Tyne PTA: allegations of bias refuted

from our Parliamentary correspondent • An allegation that the Government had organized membership of the new Tyneside...

Minister rejects BRF road proposals

• The chairman of the British Road Federation, Lord Chesham, said at the week-end that he was profoundly disappointed by the...

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rench pact sets 6,000 quota limit

Am agreements between Britain and intended to facilitate road transport en the two countries were signed at the in Office on...

7k-up in Pnsport 'ucation?

;peciai correspondent common education policy for road On is closer than many people realize, ay involve joint syllabuses at...

Germany's vast roads programme

The day after Mr. Richard Marsh had announced his plans for road developments in England in a Green Paper (CM last week) the...

Rural subsidy

• Hexham Rural District Council, Northumberland, has agreed to subsidize a bus service between Bellingham and Newcastle upon...

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Foodstuff regulations too onerous says MoT

• Delegates from 23 European countries and the USA discussed international commercial road transport problems at the 28th...

New training group in Manchester

• Another group training scheme is to be started in Lancashire next month. Seven companies have formed the Manchester...

Group training for removers

• A group training scheme designed for furniture removers is being prepared by members of the National Association of...

Pre-MoT test centre at Leighton Buzzard

• A pre-MoT test centre for commercial vehicles has been opened by Luton Commercial Motors at Leighton Buzzard which is one...

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DG to depreciate 3hicles faster

le Transport Development Group Ltd. .roduced a new basis for depreciating :s and trailers, increasing the rate of iation and...

Essay competition for hauliers

• The Road Haulage Association is offering a first prize of 50 guineas and a gold medal, a second prize of 30 guineas and a...

Residential courses

• A one-week residential road transport managers' course will be held from May 1116 in Warwickshire.. The course, to be...

ting operators to pallet-pool talks

Ministry of Transport will be inviting d Haulage Association and the Freight irt Association to discuss proposals for : pool...

York OK for h.g.v.

• No revision of its artic driver courses will be necessary because of the requirements of the h.g.v. driving licence scheme,...

• Loughborough Technical College will be holding a residential course on road haulage management from April 14-17.

Included in the curriculum will be: choosing vehicles and replacement policy; vehicle maintenance; utilization of vehicles;...

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Crow's new nest

by lain Sherriff • As reported briefly in CM last week, Crow Carrying Co. Ltd. has moved into a new depot in East London. The...

Dual-purpose bulk tippers

• The interest displayed by operators in a dual-purpose bulk tipper exhibited by Locomotors Ltd., Andover, Hants, on a Seddon...

• Trailers worth more than £260,000 have been ordered by

the National Freight Corporation from York Trailer Co. Ltd., Corby, Northants. Three types of trailer are involved, including...

WCB buys Sudlows

• White, Child and Beney Ltd., parent of the WCB Group, Stalybridge, Cheshire, has acquired the Salford haulage company,...

BRS purchase

• British Road Services Ltd. has acquired Leeds Car Collection Service Ltd., a company operating four car transporters. Mr....

Pre-test in Halifax

• A comprehensive pre-MoT vehicle test depot was opened on March 19 at Halifax Motor Co. Ltd., Saddleworth Road, Halifax. The...

• The Essex-based Purle Group will have an initial 15

per cent interest in Purle Waste Disposal (South Africa) Pty. Ltd. which has just been established in partnership with United...

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ommon sense )Out mtainers

I could prove that containers saved y and I could prove with equal ease that were more expensive; each traffic must , nsidered...

container plan

SALS for a £50m Britain-New I container service have been announcfour British Shipping Lines involved New Zealand Shipping...

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Consolidated C and U regulations

• New consolidated C and U regulations, including all the amendments made since the last consolidated publication in 1956,...

Tipping load indicator

• A dial gauge that records the pressure in the hydraulic rams of a tipping gear is incorporated in a device, evolved by...

British Leyland at Belgrade

• Three trucks, a bus and two diesel engines will be exhibited by British Leyland Truck and Bus Division at the Belgrade...

Double-drive Volvos

• To meet continued requests for doubledrive tractive units Volvo has now introduced double-drive versions of the 88 Series...

Thermo fans for Fords

• Thermostatically controlled cooling fans designed to maintain engine temperature at the optimum figure for efficient...

Money in the bank

• The accounts accompanying the annual report of the Freight Transport Association (the first under its new name), contain...

Blackwall re-opening

• When the old Blackwall tunnel re-opens on Friday (April 4) an electronic signalling system will help to prevent over-height...

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oach operators cleared by court

immonses against three operators ad run supporters to Wembley withroad service licence in May 1967 Barrow had reached the rugby...

vehicles we 35 miles

ris (Holmes Chapel) Ltd., a holder of a licle contract and a one-vehicle B was granted a new A licence in Manon Monday subject...

Minister dismisses fares appeal

• The Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeals by Wakefield Corporation and 1B other local authorities against the...

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• • New RHA licensing support

• A uniform licensing scheme is being • • drawn up by the RI-IA to meet the new • situation created by the Transport...

• In a written decision the North Western deputy LA.

Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, has refused an application by Mr. F. Sharpies of Nelson to vary his B licence by adding a three-ton flat....

Yorkshire feeder for Lancs operator

• At a resumed sitting in Leeds last week, the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioner granted Sandown Tours (Burnley) Ltd., a new...

A's and D's cost more

From May 9 the price of Applications and Decisions issued by the Licensing Authorities will be raised from 1s to 2s 6d....

Yorkshire

APPLICATIONS March 26 1969 G. Wilkinson Sons and Co. (Leybum) Ltd., Leyburn. New B lic., 1 veh. (61). Limestone and coated...

Western

APPLICATIONS March 25 1969 W. Rolls Ltd., Croscombe. New A hr.. 1 veh. (9t 10c). Round or sawn British grown timber within 150...

North-Western

APPLICATIONS March 28 1969 T. W. Cook, Congieton. New B lic., 1 veh. 151 1 '0. Straw, provender, manure, roadstone,...

West Midland

APPLICATIONS March 27 1969 R. W. Green, Dudley. New A lic„ 1 veh. (41t). Furniture. livestock and g.g. within 160 miles....

East Midland

APPLICATIONS March 26 1969 F. C. Bennett and Sons Ltd., Kingston Blount. A var.. add. 1 veh. (50. Agric. products, building...

South Wales

APPLICATIONS March 26 1969 J. E. and W. G. Richards, Abergavenny. New B lic., 1 veh. 1451. Animal feeding products, fertilizers...

Metropolitan

APPLICATIONS March 27 1969 N. J. Othen, Leytan, E10. New B lic., 1 T (6t 9c1. Building and road-making mats., scrap metals,...

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BC engineering changes

od, chief engineer of South Wales Transport d.. has been additionally appointed chief H . of Thomas Bros. (Port Talbot) Ltd.,...

Ray Quinn has been appointed manager of Crane Fruehauf Trailers

Ltd.'s new Barking depot which is to be opened late this month or early May. Mr. Quinn's previous appointments include general...

E Simpler form •

• • • At a private meeting between the • Licensing Authorities and Ministry • • officials at the Ministry of...

ions IT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION—BournePoole and district area: E. White chairman:

ighton vice-chairman A. E. Spinney secretary. npton: E. W. Michell chairman: F. J. Webb, as vice-chairmen: D. R. Wools...

International transport guide

Next week's issue of Commercial Motor is a big special number devoted largely to international road transport. Entitled...

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Tomorrow's World today'

by Derek Moses • Opening the new operating centre of Leicester City Transport on Thursday of last week, Mr. Neal Carmichael...

Scottish PTA opposition resisted

• A Government spokesman last week resisted demands that PTAs should not be set up in Scotland in the face of local...

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ather £1 m worth ktlanteans

ders worth more than lm were placed Leyland Motors Ltd. for Atlantean -deck bus chassis during the past All from British...

N o PTA takeover of N BC companies?

• While it was envisaged that ownership of all municipal fleets in the area of a Passenger Transport Authority would be...

dispute settled

peace formula to prevent threatened id strikes by bus inspectors and depot has been agreed by Newcastle upon :orporation and...

New chief for 9-group Sheffield

• Under a complete local government reorganization planned by Sheffield City Council, nine new "groups" will replace the...

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Steerable trailer is

45ft long by Ron Cater • A 45ft-long semi-trailer with a folding and extensible fifth-wheel and a two-position, steering...

Perkins 'ready for turbine'

• "We have not made the perfect engine, but then I doubt if anyone has", said Mr. J. H. L. Parish, sales training manager of...

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Most important breakthrough in years

The Ford Turbo 360 is a significant step forward in truck engine concept, design and engineering. It combines increased power...

Ford has more experience of this class of turbocharged engine

than any other manufacturer in the country: Ford Industrial Engine Division has been producing a turbocharged diesel for the...

Thoroughly proved, thoroughly reliable

The Turbo 360 has been exhaustively tested under actual operating conditions, not only by Ford engineers but by many operators...

The cylinder head for the Turbo 360 is considerably stiffer—with

an increased box section at the top deck—than the cylinder head on the naturally aspirated 360. Also, a stiffer block is...

The Holset Turbocharger is mounted on the manifolds. Exhaust gases

drive the vanes of the turbine, thereby increasing the flow of fresh air to the engine. This provides more complete combustion...

Engineered for supreme strength

The crankshaft utilises the latest technological advances, incorporating more manganese chrome molybdenum steel.

the inlet valves use the latest heatresistant materials. Pistons have

a castiron insert in the top compression ring groove for greater durability. Piston bowls are of 'Gothic arch' design to speed...

The connecting rods have a thick section and large small-ends

to provide maximum durability. Increased utilisation of fuel means increased heat so

More payload, more profits

The total weight of the Ford Turbo 360 is between 245 and 335 lb less than that of major competitive engines. This means that...

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)PA pumps show up uell on Dutch Leylands

Increased service life and reduction in first t have led to progressive adoption of :ributor-type injection pumps on Leyland...

Road and workshop

Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (38) by Handyman II This article is the last in my series in Nhich I have set out to find...

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AEC Marshal 24

-gross eight-wheeler AN INDICATION of the lack of interest that manufacturers have shown in eight. wheelers in the past few...

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Bird's eye view

he third man ifford, who has held every elected in the RHA at area and national as made a life member of the AssociaJanuary....

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CAMPING BY

A LANCASHIRE OPERATOR PROVIDES A UNIQUE SERVICE OF CONTINENTAL COACH HOLIDAYS FOR CAMPERS WITH CAMPING becoming more...

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iro lyn H ya ms

8-Buxton brence at the two ps pioneered peration teen tipper ators AS READERS of Commercial Motor will know, tipper operators...

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gers burned

he pundits have been forecasting since any days of intermodal containerization, rs are bound to be burned. Almost every ir of...

3ritish casualty

:GOND casualty is uncomfortably nearer a. Sealord Shipping Co. Ltd. who, only over a year ago joined the growing ranks Drth Sea...

Bell rings the bell

ONE group of road operators who are on a • good thing at the moment are those who haul containers for Bell Line and...

Switch to steel forecast

CHANCES are that in the container world of the future hauliers may have to accept even lower rates—unless they watch the...

Hush-hush exhibit for IFF

VISIIORS to this year's Ports and Terminals exhibition at Belle Vue, Manchester, will be interested in a late entry by...

Getting that extra cube

LATEST to switch over to the Egft-high container are Integrated Container Services Inc., the international container leasers....

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Janus comments

Sound and fury NOISE is relative, according to the Minister of Transport. It is not difficult to understand what he means....

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L Cornish road haulier's Iroductivity challenge

CORNWALL last week I had the lite experience of "sitting in" on a proivity deal as it was put to the staff of Falmouth...

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my technically minded motorist or !river of a petrol-engined van

is aware the octane number of a gasoline tes the knack rating of the fuel and I high-octane fuel should be used in ase of a...

'rem time to time in the technical 'ress leading engineers

have fore!hat the gasoline engine will make a -back for heavier commercial es. It has been stated that the r life of a diesel...

lecause the diesel is inherently more ifficient than a gasoline

engine a sr proportion of the heat of combus s wasted and in total less heat has conducted away from the combustion )er to the...

Q I am employed as a driver on a 1959

tipper. This vehicle should have been tested and plated by last Monday and this has not been done. Can I be prosecuted for...

Q As a C-licence holder, when operator's

licences are introduced later this year will I be able to use two trailers with one tractive unit? With one would operate in...

Q I operate on a Contract A licence and

have been told by the other party to the contract that I must purchase my fuel from his pumps. Can this be enforced? I can buy...

/ understand that the Training Board

has recently been altered in scope. Do the changes affect road hauliers' position concerning levies and grants? A Road...

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B us speedos I read with interest the "0 and A" Bureau. (CM March 21) reply

to the query regarding whether it is legal for a bus to be operated on the road without a speedo meter. CM's reply quoted from...

Wall charts I would like to respond to the article by J. P. B. Sherriff (CM March 7),

May I take, in the first instance, the comments re wall charts. A properly constructed chart, working on a time-and-mileage...

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he transport manager's licence in perspective the need for long-term view

UCH of the discussion which is being :reasingly focused on the transport mager's licence (TML) has been concerned th details....

BY LES OLDRIDGE, A.I.R.T.E., A.M.1.M.I.

'esting of vehicles (AVE ALREADY dealt (CM September 6 58) with the police powers to test vehicles ler Section 67 of the Road...

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ate holder

dual-purpose plate holder, icially designed to display Ministry of Transport VTG6 te either inside a cab or on , chassis of a...

il lifts

lifts capable of raising loads ler newt are now being ?cl to BMC 350 EA vans by A. Neaverson Ltd., of ;ester. 'roduction of...

Self-contained washer

C. P. Equipment Ltd. has introduced the C-power 500, a robust high-pressure/low-volume mobile power washer for washing down...

Fuel oil additive

From Applied Chemicals Ltd. comes Kleen-Flame--a product claimed to break down sludge and thus enable emulsified water in fuel...

Metal machining oil Big improvements in metalmachining properties are claimed

by United Lubricants Ltd., a member of United Guarantee (Holdings) Ltd. group, for its new Aerosol-packed lubricant SI idex....

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Boltless shelving

Dexion Ltd. has brought out a boltless shelving system known as Impex. Side-frames are preassembled at the factory, while...

Sparking plug

For those concerned with obtaining the best from petrol engines without expensive tuning equipment, a new type of sparking plug...

Radial remoulds

Vacu-Lug has extended its range of truck bead-to-bead radial remoulds. Three new patterns— types ZZ. L and B--closely follow...

Tubular fan

A tubular ventilator fan from Hella, available in 6, 12 and 24V versions, is adjustable in all directions and places airflow...

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ork-lift trucks

( models—from 3,000 to DOOlb capacity—of a new lge of fork-lift trucks are ing introduced by Conveyancer d have been...

KEEPING THEM RUNNING

with Ron Cater ) cut or break a lighting cable cidentally when working neath a vehicle can result in rious injury or even death...

Pressure gauges

UCC Filters (Hydraulics) Ltd., has introduced two Bourdon Tube-type pressure gauges for use with hydraulic and industrial...

Adjustable seat

From Willibald Grammer (UK) Ltd. comes an addition to its range of seats. Known as the OS 21 B, it is a fully adjustable...

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3rry cleaner

iquid detergent to clean up the Jerside of commercial vehicles been developed by Walkers ntury Oils) Ltd. (nown as Century...

vdraulic cylinder

ange of compact linear move it hydraulic cylinders – /erline—now available from

Industrial mirror

A conwex industrial safety mirror of 34in. diameter from Volumatic Co. extends its existing range of wide-angle safety...

Paint cleaner

Facelift is a liquid vehicle body rejuvenator developed by Halts Products Ltd. with the aim of restoring the original gloss...

Engine paint

The engine paint recently introduced by Porzelack is now to be made available in aerosol packs. The paint is available in...