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What Scarborough Has to Offer
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Bulk Refuse Vehicle with Moving Floor and Light-alloy Body Shell : Oil Engines Made Available Even in Smallest Types of Chassis .
AMONGST the refuse collection vehicles that will be seen at the 57th annual conference of the Institute of Public Cleansing to be held at Scarborough from June 14-17, will be a new type of barrier-loading machine, built by Liverpool Corporation (The Commercial Motor, May 20), and what is believed to be the largest bulk refuse vehicle in the world—the Transport 45-cu.-yd. vehicle, built by Glover, Webb and Liversidge, Ltd.
The vehicle exhibition and demonstration, which form the highlight of the conference, will be held at the Burniston Road car park on Wednesday, June 15.
An unusual feature of the Liverpool Corporation vehicle, which is of 21-cu.yd. capacity, is that the wheel-arches, which normally protrude into the body, retract when the load is being tipped, to give an unobstructed floor. Although the floor has been brought to a low level, this has not been achieved by using small wheels and tyres with which, of course, go small brake drums. The basis of this vehicle is a modified A.C.V. doubledeck bus chassis.
The Transport 45-cu.-yd. refuse vehicle to be shown has been specially designed for transferring refuse to disposal points remotely situated from the collection areas. Fitted with the Transport all-steel rust-proofed moving floor, maximum legal loads can be carried and discharged without strain on the chassis and without risk of overturning on soft ground at a tipface, both of which contingencies are possible with tipping gear fitted to sO large a body. . .
The vehicle to be shown is one of a fleet to he operated by A. Pannell, Ltd., for the Borough of St. Pancras. A moving floor will also be fitted in the Transport 18-cu.-yd. rear-loading refuse collector, which is to be shown on a Dennis 12 ft.. 10 in.-wheelbase municipal chassis. This machine is a standard model, of which a large number has been produced during the past few years. Other vehicles to be demonstrated by Glover, Webb and Liversidge. Ltd., 561 Old Kent Road, London, S.E.1, will be an 18-cu.-yd. Dual-Tip refuse collector based on a. Karrier Gamecock chassis, a 10-cucyd. Derby-type side-loading body, mounted on a Karrier Bantam chassis, and a 15-cwt. low-loading salvage trailer,
A 22-in, two-way snow-plough and a • tractor-mounted sweeper-collector, will form two of the machines to be shown by Messrs. William Bunce and Son, Ashbury, Swindon. The length of the blade of the snow-plough is 10 ft., its angle being such that it gives a clearance width of 7 ft. 6 in. It has been designed for fitting to vehicles of the 30-cwt. to 3-ton class.
The Bunce tractor-mounted sweepercollector to be demonstrated, has been developed from the original design and fits almost any tractor having a hydraulic lift, three-point linkage and a power take-off.
Hydraulic Loading An example of the Nash and Sherren Mark V hydraulic refuse collector will be shown by Commercial Motor Garage and Repair Co., Ltd., 255-265 Kingston Road, Merton Park, London, S.W.19. In this design, the refuse bins are elevated and tipped into the vehicle by hydraulic mean. The normal capacity of the body is about 16 cu. yd., but by the use of the trimming and compression plate, with which the body is fitted, a total of 5 tons to 6 tons of refuse can be loaded without recourse to manual labour. The Nash and Sherren body will be shown on a Dennis Pax chassis.
R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., DursIcy, Gloucester, will show the larger version of their power loader. This appliance is based on the use of a moving platform, which is driven through suitable gearing by an electric motor. It has a 16-ft. track, a maximum delivery height of 12 ft. and weighs 7 cwt. This loader is so balanced ihat one man can move and place it for correct loading and delivery.
Five examples of Karrier municipal vehicles will be exhibited by Karrier Motors, Ltd., Luton, Beds. They will all be refuse collectors, varying in capacity from 7 cu. yd. to 25 cu. yd. The smaller type will be shown based on a Karrier Bantam chassis, the all-steel side-loading body being equipped with end-tipping gear. A 12-cu.-yd. refuse collector, with all-steel body, will be shown on a Karrier Gamecock chassis. This machine is also of the side-loading type and has semi-circular sliding covers in three sections on each side. The cab has seats for three.
The Transport 18-cu.-yd. Dual-Tip refuse-collector body is to be shown on a Karrier Gamecock 3-4-ton chassis. This body is of the rear-loading type and provides for ground loading without manual trimming, the refuse being packed and consolidated by tipping the body forward as may be required.
A fourth vehicle is the Karrier Transport Loadmaster, which can accommodate 20-30 cu. yd. of refuse. The Loadmaster provides for compressing the refuse, the compression mechanism being hydraulically operated and fully automatic in action. This Karrier chassis is powered by the Commer TS3 two-stroke oil engine.
The remaining vehicle is a Karrier Yorkshire R. S. C. road sweepercollector, mounted on a specially designed chassis powered by a Perkins P6 oil engine. This appliance embodies a 72-in, curved road brush, elevator gear, servo brush-lifting gear and beveldriven rotors. The tipping body has a capacity of 2 tons.
Battery-electric vehicles will be shown by the Harborough Construe tion Co., Ltd., Harbilt Works, Market Harborough, and Messrs. S:dney Holes Electric Vehicles, Withdean Works, London Road, Withdean, Brighton, 6. The latter concern will be showing examples of their Manulectric Model 4 street-orderly truck, which is a pedestrian-controlled machine having a capacity of 2 cu. yd. It is fitted with hydraulic tipping gear and has a range on a Single charge of from 10 to 12 miles with full load.
Shelvoke and Drury, Ltd., Letchworth, Herts, will have five of their well-known vehicles on view. There will be two examples of the S.D. W-type 16-18-cu.-yd. foreand aft -tipping refuse-collection vehicle, one of which has an open-back body and the other has the rear of the body arranged for dustless, loading. This body is of the type in which the load is trimmed and consolidated by raising the rear end. Tipping is performed in the normal way through twin hydraulic ram tipping gear.
The S.D. container bulk loader, another vehicle to be shown, provides a method of collecting refuse from blocks of flats, hospitals, etc., by means of If-cu.-yd. circular and I-cu.-yd. elliptical containers. It will be demonstrated that the same vehicle may also
be used for collection from ordinary household bins.
There will also be an S.D. W-type Freighter, with 13-cu.-yd. side-loading Chelsea body and an S.D. 1,100-gal. gully emptier.
Examples of Eagle equipment will be demonstrated by Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Eagle Works, Warwick. The largest refuse collector to be shown is the maker's 12-20-cu.-yd. Compressmore. The body will be mounted on an Austin forward-control petrol-engined chassis. It has a special coach-built cab, with double compartments, fitted out to the design of the Birmingham Salvage Department.
There will be three other refuse collectors; two 7-cu.-yd. machines, one mounted on a Bedford 3-ton chassis, the second having an Austin Series III 2-ton chassis as its basis, and the third vehicle, of 12-cu.-yd. capacity, is to be shown mounted on a Bedford 4-ton chassis, converted to forwardcontrol and fitted with a Neville crew cab. There will also be an Eagle 500-gal. cesspool emptier mounted on a Dodge 3-ton chassis and a second machine of 1,000-gal capacity, having a Bedford 7-ton chassis as its basis. D7 The Gibson Pendulum Packer body, which has a normal capacity of 13 cu. yd., can accommodate up to 20 cu. yd. with the load compressed, This body, which will be shown by John Gibson and Son, Ltd., Jameson Place, Leith, Edinburgh, can be fitted to all types ()I chassis. The method of compressing the load is by arranging the rear door to swing. The refuse is emptied over the barrier at the rear into a hopper, and when the. lids are closed, the whole of the rear portion is caused to swing inwards under the action of the hydraulic ram.
The Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dagenham, will have five different vehicles for demonstration. The smallest will be the Thames 2-cu.-yd. refuse collector, with an Eagle body mounted on a Thames 10-cwt. chassis. The body is capable of being tipped to an angle of 45 degrees through manually operated screw gear.
A 7-cu.-yd. refuse-collector body by Tuke and Bell will be shown on a Thames 3-ton chassis, whilst a third refuse collector will be an Eagle 12-20cu-yd. Compressmore body, exhibited on a Thames 5-ton chassis, with a
Perkins P6 oil engine. The Eagle crew cab provides seats for the driver and five to six loaders. The bodywork of the 750-800-gal. combined gully and cesspool emptier is also by the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., and will be shown on a Thames 5-ton chassis, also with a Perkins P6 oil engine.
The remaining vehicle to be shown will be an 800-gal. cesspool emptier, with bodywork by Alan Taylor (Engineers), Ltd. In this case, the Thames 5-ton chassis, which forms the basis, is powered by a V8 petrol engine.
Six pieces of equipment will be staged by Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford. The refuse collection models ranging in capacity from 6-7 cu. yd. to 20 Cu. yd.
The Vulture 20-cu.-yd. machine has an underfloor mounted oil engine. Loading is carried out at the front and accommodation for the loaders is provided at the rear of the vehicle. Amongst the other Dennis vehicles to be shown will be a 15-cu.-yd. barrierloading refuse collector, a 15-18-cu.-yd.
dual-tip rear-loading machine and art example of the Paxit II 16-cu.-yd. collector with coach-built cab and rearloading body.
The sixth Dennis exhibit will be a 600-gal. gully emptier which, being based on a 7-ft. 6-in.-wheelbase forward-control chassis with a turning circle of 32 ft., provides a high degree of manceuvrability.
Three examples of the Yorkshire gully emptier will be shown by the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., Hunslett, Leeds, 10. All three models are of the piston discharge type, that to be shown on' an Albion Claymore chassis being or 800-gal. tank capacity with discharge apparatus for two-man operation. The gully emptier to be shown on a Karrier Gamecock chassis is also of 800-gal. tank capacity, but in this case the gully-emptying mechanism can be operated by one man.
The third machine having a tank capacity of 750 gal. will have a Karrier Q3/Q4 chassis. A feature of one of the 800-gal. gully emptiers, that known as the Universal, is that it has been designed to fit onto any make of suitable chassis as a separate unit. This is made possible by arranging for the Yorkshire apparatus to be driven by an independent engine—in the case of the model to be shown, a Petter 8 h.p. oil engine—which is mounted between the cab and the lank.
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton, Beds, will have four machines for inspection, the bodywork in all cases being or Eagle manufacture. The refuse -collectors will range from a 7-cu.-yd. sideloader, with a Neville cab, using a Bedford 3-ton petrol-engined chassis as a basis, to a Compressmore 12-20cu.-yd. vehicle. The body, in this case, will be mounted on a Bedford 5-ton oil-engined chassis.
The intermediate capacity vehicle will he a 10-cu.-yd. side-loader, with an easily detaChable body and gully-ccss.
pit emptying attachments. This vehicle can thus be used for either duty.
The fourth machine will be a 750800-gal. gully-cesspool emptier, having a sewer flushing attachment. This will have a Bedford 5-ton oil-engined chassis as a basis. A 9-cu.-yd. refuse collecting vehicle will form the exhibit of Albion Motors, Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow. The chassis will be the Albion Claymore, powered by the maker's four-cylindered 60 b.h.p. direct: injection oil engine, and the tipping body will be of the Edbro-B. and E. 2LN single-ram type.
Lewin Road Sweepers,. Ltd., Victoria Works, West Bromwich, Staffs, will have three machines at the demonstration. The Lewin mechanical orderly, which has been designed for use in narrow thoroughfares and confined areas, has a sweeping width of 4 ft. 9 in. and a sweeping speed of from 3 to 10 m.p.h. It is powered by a Perkins P3 oil engine.
The other two machines will comprise an S.S.C. sweeper-collector, the sweeper of which can be adapted for full-width or half-width sweep, and an example of the Universal sweeper-collector, which is available with a petrol engine or in battery-electric form.
An 18-cu.-yd. dustless self-loading and packing refuse collector will form the exhibit of Shefflex, Ltd., Rutland Street, Sheffield, 3. In the.Shefflex body the mouth of the bin is sealed under pressure against the face of a shutter during the period of discharge from the bin into the vehicle.
There are no mechanical moving parts in the shutter or compacting devices or inside the body. As the bin is given a high angle of tilt and there is always a clear area in the body beneath the bin, the refuse is freely discharged.
With a Compressmore-Paladin.refuse collector it is claimed that two men cans load, by mechanical means, 60 container loads in a day, equivalent to 10-12 tons of refuse. The example to be shown by Walkers and County Cars Ltd., 76
Grove Park Road, Chiswick, London, W.4, will have as its basis a Bedford 7-ton oil-engined chassis.
The British Rotary Snow Plough Co„ Ltd., Mitre House, 177 Regent Street, London, W.I., will have for inspection two types of machine. The Model A66 Mark 11 will be seen mounted on a Land-Rover with the plough driven by a separate air-cooled petrol engine of 30 b.h.p.
When travelling from one site to another the plough can be raised by hydraulic means, the controls being arranged beside the driver. Attachment to the Land-Rover is quickly carried out, and although a special auxiliary gearbox is fitted to give the proper forward speeds for snow clearance, this in no way interferes with the normal use of the vehicle.
A pedestrian-controlled snow plough will represent the exhibit of Pearson Phillips Ltd., Parway House, 194-196 Finchley Road, London, N.W.3. Known as the Snow Boy, the machine is fitted with a 10 b.h.p. petrol engine and it is claimed that the clearance rate is 18,000 Cu. ft. per hour It can load a 5-ton truck in five minutes. The distance over which it can eject the snow is 33-50 ft. It can take various auxiliary attachments.