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Siddie C. Cook Succeed in Gaining New "Artic"
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ANapplication, by Siddle C. Cook, Ltd., Consett, to substitute a new articulated vehicle of 131 tons for a vehicle of similar weight on an A licence, was granted at Newcastle upon Tyne, last week, by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority. A previous application was adjourned when it was discovered that the original vehicle was specified. on the licence at only 10 tons
8 cwt. • At the earlier hearing, in April, Mr. S. C. Cook stated that his company purchased the vehicle as an articulated unit in 1953, from a local haulage company. I-1c licensed it as a tractor and trailer, but, because of steering difficulties, again converted it into an articulated vehicle. A mistake was made when the licence was renewed, and the company paid for a licence for a vehicle at a heavier weight. To enable further Information to be obtained, an adjourn ment was granted.
Last week, Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for Cook, told the Authority that his clients had been in touch with the manufacturers of the vehicle. They confirmed that the chassis and cab weighed 6 tons 8 cwt. when it left their factory. It was specified as 4 tons 13 cwt. on the licence.
In evidence, Mr. .Cook said that the company obtained the . vehicle as a tractor and they had fitted a ballast-box to it. It was inspected and weighed, under police supervision, in December, 1956, and found to weigh a total of 13 tons.
Mr. Hanlon said that the vehicle had been specified on a licence application dated January, 1957, at 10 tons 8 cwt.
Mr. Cook said that it was definitely wrong and could not account for the discrepancy. "I raised holy steam when I discovered the muddle," he added. Continuing, Mr. Cook said that he had always paid £235 for a licence, and there was no question of the vehicle being stripped down for weighing.
• The vehicle had been disposed of in April this year, and the replacement was waiting to be licensed, said Mr. Cook. Since that date the A licence had been short of an articulated vehicle and semitrailer.
Granting the application, Mr. Hanlon said that he was satisfied that there had been no fraud by Mr. Cook or his company. Taking into account the fact that the vehicle had been off the road since April, he felt that there was no need for any further action.