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Industrial Trucks Prove Their Value
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I NDUSTRIAL efficiency has developed in every direction
in recent years, and the rapid transport of materials, by means of the industrial truck, has done much to reduce handling charges and speed up production. The sphere of employment for this type of goods vehicle does not, however, end with internal works organization, and it has been put to a wide variety of uses, special machines having been developed for numerous purposes.
Both in the factory and on the road this type of machine is proving its value in providing speedy transport at a minimum of cost. Both the electric and petrol-driven classes have the advantages of ease of control, manceuvrability and adaptability, and both types are giving good service in many spheres. The petrol-driven truck has made great strides and is being used more extensively for internal transport. Although its exhaust gas may be slight, it is, perhaps, more suitable for work out of doors. The electric machine has also developed and it is now possible to obtain a truck that will transport and elevate loads up to 25 tons. This particular machine is a six-wheeler, four being trailer wheels on tandem axles.
The low platform of the industrial truck makes for easy handling of the load, and a popular type is the elevating-platform model, in which the machine is run under a portable platform, which is automatically lifted, permitting it to be carried to the desired position, where it is automatically lowered. This system reduces the amount of intermediate handling, and by facilitating storage of materials on portable platforms reduces handling charges to a minimum.
Electric trucks have proved particularly useful at railway termini for the transport of luggage. Such machines are produced by Nelco, Ltd., Auto-Electric Works, Shalford, Surrey ; Gillespie Partners, Ltd., Cecil House, Holborn Viaduct, London, E.C.1, which markets the ElwellParker ; Greenwood and Batley, Ltd., of Leeds (Greenbat) ; Messrs. H. C. Slingsby, Kingsway, London, W.C.2 ; Ran somes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., Orwell Works, Ipswich, and Wingrove and Rogers, Ltd., 188 Strand, London, W.C.2. (B.E.V.).
Gravel and sand are other commodities requiring shortdistance transport for which the industrial truck has proved particularly suitable and several makers market models with high-sided tipping bodies specially designed for this purpose.
Petrol-driven trucks, marketed in a wide variety of types for different classes of work, are manufactured by William Douglas (Bristol), Ltd., Kingswood, Bristol; Messrs. H. C. Slingsby, Kingsway, London, W.C.2 (Slingsby Brett) ; The Laycock Engineering Co., Ltd., Victoria Works, Millhouses, Sheffield (Lodemore) ; R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., Dursley, Glos.; Milan Machinery Co., Ltd., Pinners' Hall, London, E.C.2 (Tructractor) ; Reliance Trucks, Ltd., Vale Works, Heckmondwike, Yorks ; The Ross Carrier Co., 56, Deanwood Avenue, Cathcart, Glasgow, and Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, Herts.