Of all the problems whiCh road transport operators face, vehicle maintenance stands out as the one which is basic to survival...

RTITB HAS MONEY IN HAND • A training levy cut to only six months, and an extension of the present grant scheme until at least...

• A proven, robust semi-dumper originally designed for the West African market is now being offered in the UK by ERF Ltd. With...

from our political correspondent • Mrs. Castle has clarified her definition of a small goods vehicle which, under the terms of...

• A draft specification for tachographs to record time, speed and distance on goods vehicles covered by "quality licensing" and...

• Mr. Frank Cousin's, TGWU general secretary, has pledged his union's support for the Transport Bill. Mr. Cousins, writing in...

• A list of the bulk materials which will probably be subject to quantity licensing control was issued this week by the...

by our industrial correspondent • Hopes of a settlement to the fortnight-long unofficial strike of 7,000 Merseyside lorry...

• Complementary to the inspection service provided for the past two years, the TRTA now offers a new check system to enable...

• When six lorry drivers representing the Scottish Drivers' Campaign central committee lobbied their [VIPs about quantity...

• Judgment was reserved by the High Court on Monday in a hearing at which the British • Oxygen Co. sought a ruling that gas...

ID Fears by the Transport Salaried Staffs Association that C-licence operators would undercut rail rates with return loads have...

• As the National Negotiating Committee prepared for a vital meeting affecting its future, and in the shadow of the Merseyside...

While the Grand National was in progress last Saturday at Aintree, over at Newmarket hundreds of lorry drivers gathered to hear...

A comprehensive list of all existing automatic half-barrier level crossings throughout the country has been sent by the...

• A 5 per cent general rates increase was announced this week by the Bradford and District Hauliers Federation and the Leeds...

by J. Darker • The staggeringly high costs of distribution in Britain were given at a seminar in London on Tuesday, by Dr. B....

At the TRTA's request, Mrs. Barbara Castle met a senior deputation from the Association at the Ministry of Transport on Monday....

fault finding by Tony Wilding • Complex equipment including automatic fault-finding units, automatic-transmission systems,...

• Mr. Ray Gunter, Minister of Labour, has started a round of talks on productivity in road haulage, writes our industrial...

by lain Sherriff • The 1968 Lorry Driver of the Year Competition got under way on Saturday at Weymouth with an entry of 80...

This year's LDOY Final promises to be the toughest and most spectacular yet. The regulations sub-committee laid plans this week...

Class A: up to 16ft: 1, G. Parker (Atomic Energy Authority) Bedford, 77 Ms; 2. B. Pugh (Atomic Energy Authority) Austin, 103:...

Class Fl: Flat or sided semi-trailers with flat or dropframe, up to and including 33ft overall length: No entry, Class F2: Box...

• Attempts to raise—and lower—the weight at which vehicles will need quality licences met with no success during the Committee...

• British Railways applied to the North Western Traffic Commissioners, in Liverpool on Tuesday, to operate a stage-carriage...

• Grants to London Transport to meet its deficits are to go up by Lim in the coming year. Ministry of Transport estimates...

• There are now 32 Freightliner services running and this figure will be more than doubled by 1969. This was stated by the...

• The Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeals of Gray's Luxury Coaches against the decisions of the Scottish Traffic...

Seen below on a Commer 8-ton chassis, the C-P Coal Robot fuel body has been developed jointly by the British Fuel Co. (Parsons...

• An A licence was granted for only two years to Skelton Transport Ltd., Timperley, Cheshire, in Manchester on Wednesday; "In...

• Had a prima facie case been made out when A. J. Hill applied to the South Eastern Licensing Authority for a switch from B to...

• All five appeals made by Salkeld Brothers (Transport and Plant) Ltd. to the Transport Tribunal (CM March 22) have been...

• Following the recent grant by the Yorkshire LA of the Contract A-to-B licence switch relating to 75 tippers operated by R....

commercial vehicle activity as manager last October, has been appointed director, truck sales. Before his commercial vehicle...

by Derek Moses • To meet the requirements of the first stage of London Transport's proposed reshaping. plan, 150 AEC Merlin...

Leeds City Transport on Sunday started Teration of the stage carriage services forn erly run by F arsley Omnibus C o.Ltd. a nd...

The six-week strike at Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd, was settled last week and BOO workers—members of the National Union of...

)y our industrial correspondent ▪ Mr. Ray Gunter, Minister of Labour, saw Liverpool Corporation officials on Wednesday about...

from our industrial correspondent • Talks on a claim for rises of 24s 2d a week for I10,000 drivers and conductors in...

• A new impasse between union leaders of 77,000 municipal busmen and their employers means that the TGWU is to prevent any more...

• A magnificent new coach showroom, pictured here, was opened on Tuesday in Ashby Road Central, Shepshed (near Loughborough) by...

by Paul Brockington • A Stirling external-combustion engine was demonstrated on Monday at Stretford Technical College,...

Some tips from a Castrol specialist S When the heavy goods vehicle programme starts in July, wise operators will not risk the...

• Published on Monday by HMSO was the first part of the Ministry of Transport Standard Lists for semi-trailers. Manufacturers...

• A ceremony at Longbridge on Monday marked the completion of the replacement of AA motorcycle combinations by fourwheeled...

for Fodens by R. D. Cater • As an alternative to the reinforced plastics cabs offered on its vehicles since 1958, Fodens Ltd....

• As a result of 10 years of continuous development in the manufacture of the Bushranger two-wheeled trailer, Scottorn is now...

by W. L. Stone, technical director. Progress Floor Treatments Ltd. Ask any management if their garage is ifety conscious and...

On every occasion in the past eight years that the National Coach Rally has been held, Peter Bostock or one of his drivers has...

mong the requirements in the new tyre gulations which came into force on Monday this week is one concerning the minimum nount...

The origin and purpose of traffic law IN THIS, the first of a series of articles on traffic law, it would be well to consider...

a time not vsry long ago when a man with reasonable working knowledge of the main provisions of the Road Traffic Act could...

by Handyman Vehicle recovery: tricks, trucks and tactics (10) • Of all the many users of hauling and lifting tackle, the most...

HE increasing complexity of the motor vehicle and the nplementation of long overdue legislation which makes it nperative for...

by A. J. P. Wilding pplied Chemicals Ltd. slisbury Road, Industrial Estate, xbridge, Middx. ie name given to the steam...

by R. D. Cater OF THE COMPANIES producing brake servicing equipment, only JAR. Garage Equipment, of Birmingham, has...

by R. D. Cater ONCE it is established that the pressure system is functioning correctly, be it hydraulic, vacuum or...

12-16 Brunel Road, Acton, London, W.3. WHEN brake drums have suffered a moderate degree of scoring and are robust enough to...

P.O. Box No. 3, London Road, Daventry, Northants. A PRESSURE bleeding unit for use with hydraulic systems is manufactured by...

P.O. Box 372, Yardley, Bi rmingham. ONE of the points not generally recognized in workshop output is that of time indirectly...

comprising a hook with a substantial handle and which fits snugly over the end of the brake shoe allowing ample pressure to be...

Whitmore Street, Birmingham. TOOLS made by this company are mostly of the low-cost type and can quite often be overlooked...

P.O. Box 36, Clavelys Road, Warrington, Lancs. LOOKING at the popular S-cam brake unit manufactured by Rubery-Owen and used...

Hendham Vale, Manchester. WITH the brake shoes removed and the old linings cut off it remains for the new liners to be riveted...

VOW that braking problems have been determined, the repairs 3arried out as required and the vehicle re-assembled to the stage...

APART from the facility provided by a roller machine to check the efficiency lor non-operation) of each wheel brake...

Bridgwater, Somerset. Suitable for light commercial vehicles the Crypton-Bradbury roller tester produced by Crypton Equipment,...

Buckingham, Bucks. The Hartridge /Clayton B-20-CT Truck and Bus brake test analyser marketed in this country by Leslie...

Worcester, Worcs. The brake tester produced by Heenan and Froude Ltd, incorporates sets of rollers, the centre distance of...

First Avenue, Industrial Estate, Bletchley, Bucks. Brake fade can readily be evaluated on the inertia type tester produced by...

5 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4. An inertia type of engine-output tester, 3duced by I-19 Frichs, Aarhus, Denmark, d...

:Make Works, Bedford. Kismet markets the Universal roller/load II tester, made by H. P. Andersen Engineerof Denmark. An axle...

Newton Moor, Hyde, Cheshire. The Triangle roller tester, approved by the MoT for installation in testing stations, is a...

IN THE PAST the interpretation of maintenance regulations seems to have varied as widely as maintenance standards themselves...

kccording to boxing promoter Mike Barratt here is little difference between the "noble trt" and haulage—and who should know...

One thing Barbara's Bill could do is cut out half-hearted licence applications and trivial objections. A Northern colleague...

There is a rather crude old phrase about putting your money where your mouth is. According to the RHA's director general,...

Northern editor Ashley Taylor was puzzled by a familiar signature on a definitely nontransport letter in his post recently:...

I am amused to see that the Birmingham branch of NALGO has put forward a resolution about decimal currency for discussion at...

John Backhouse, the well-known advocate of the North Western traffic courts has two reasons to remember June 22 1967. Last...

GPO'S YEADING DEPOT HANDLES 5,500 OVE.11-1AULS A YEAR HOW MANY vehicles do you operate? If you are an operator in a...

CM's regular contributor, 'Handyman', offers practical advice on selecting men, methods and machines to put a fleet in good...

The alienated lorry driver LORRY DRIVERS are different from other people. They do not fit easily into the usual occupational...

Maintenance in practice WHERE maintenance is concerned putting first things first can mean something different from getting...

track to make sure that the rear axles are running true (i.e. that the wheel is not "crabbing") on a rigid eight-wheeler? A A...

in Great Britain and how does this compare with other road users? A As is so often the case with road trans port statistics,...

A In 1965, when there were 1.6m goods vehicles on the road. 175 passengers were killed in goods vehicles and 3,045 seriously...

A A recent Parliamentary reply gave the number so employed in England and Wales as 176,800 as compared with 22,400 in...

A It can be obtained from the Royal Society of Arts in John Adams Street, London, WC2.

What is the correct rate of pay outside the London area? A The Road Haulage Wages Council Order RH 86 reduced the basic...

ONE of the most difficult problems in teaching road transport subjects is advising students on reading. This is a chronic...