Oilers Pay at Over 75 Miles a Week
Page 33
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
UfAXIMUM benefits from converting AVI vehicles to run on oil are realized only when the weekly mileage is over 75. This is the experience of Falkirk and District United Co-operative Society, who have recently published details of trials with converted vehicles during the past year.
The petrol engine of an Albion FT3 model was exchanged for a compressionignition unit, the original four-speed gearbox being retained. The vehicle was used on flour and sugar haulage and consumed 26 gallons of oil fuel per week, compared with 58 gallons of petrol. The weekly saving was £6.
A Perkins P3 engine was installed in an Austin 25-cwt. van employed on delivery services. Oil-fuel consumption at 7 gallons a week compared with petrol consumption of 17 gallons a week, and a saving of £2 weekly was realized. Success was also achieved with the installation of a P3 engine in a 2-Ion electric vehicle, it is slated.
LONDON PASSENGERS SUBSIDIZING B.T.C.?
IT was possible that London might be indirectly subsidizing the., British Transport Commission, stated Mr. S. W. Hill, a financial expert, before the Transport Tribunal, last week, at the continued hearing of the Commission's fares scheme. He was giving evidence on behalf of Middlesex County Council, one of 99 objectors.
His examination of the B.T.C. accounts, he said, showed that the amount set aside from London income for the equalization of maintenance expenditure was not indicated separately. "If there was a separate provision account for London, the amount London has previously contributed to the equalization of maintenance could be put aside. When it was faiind that maintenance charges were above 'average, that sum could become available and justice could be done over the years," he stated.
The Tribunal adjourned until April 14..
LOW-PRESSURE INDICATOR . FOR BRAKES
A DEVICE which warns a driver that ../"A the air-pressure in a compressedair' braking system has dropped dangerously low, has been introduced by Bosch, Ltd., 45 South Audley Street, London, WI. It consists of a small cylinder which is mounted at the base of the windscreen in front of the driver. Connected to a piston in the cylinder is a long arm which normally lies horizontal.
When the pressure in the reservoir falls below about 56 p.s.i. the arm starts to move and at about 42 p.s.i. it assumes a vertical position. As the pressure rises so the arm drops.
This warning device can be easily fitted to any vehicle, as it needs only to he piped up to the air-pressure line. It weighs just over 8 oz.