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R.equireint at of Special Bodywork,
The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
[1569] Sir,—Your answer to Query No. 2785 in the issue of 2Sth October has given the impression to several of our clients that we aye unable to accept any further orders at present. The inquiry to which your reply refers was, however, quite out of our line of business, and could hardly be classed as bodywork [Garbage and tip wagons.—En.]. Although we are executing Government contracts, we are, at the same time, in a position to fulfil orders for commercial bodies of all types, and shall feel obliged if you will kindly mention this in your next issue.—Yours E. and H. HORA, LTD., Peckham Road, S.E. A. W. RALL, Secretary.
C.M.U.A. and the Tariff: An Official Denial.
The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
[1570] has come to my knowledge that
rumours are in circulation, particularly in Coventry, to the effect that the Commercial Motor Users Association took some action to influence the Chancellor of the Exchequer in respect. of his abandonment of the proposed import duty of 331 per cent. ad valorem upon commercial motors and parts thereof. I wish to ask space in your journal to give a flat. contradiction to these rumours. They are baseless..
The Committee of this Association, whilst exertirg itself, and successfully, to obtain for commercialmotor users a rebate of 50 per cent. of the new petrol tax, specifically abstained 'from taking any action whatsoever in regard to the duty on imparted chassis and parts.--Yours faithfully, For the Commercial Motor Users Association (Incorporated),
• F. G. BRISTOW, Secretary. 83, Pall Mall,
Roller-bearing Universal Joints.
The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
[1571] Sir,—In reply to the letter dealing with roller-bearing universal joints, which appeared over the signature of "Bramco, Ltd.," in the issue of the 4th inst., this entirely overlooks the point which was raised in the previous correspondence to the effect that wear was likely to take place on the pins carrying the rollers, and that provision was not made for taking this up. It has also been proved in practice that the tendency with taper rollers in for them to be pressed outwards immediately the joint begins to take up the load, awing to the wedging action.—Yours faithfully, JOHNSON. Putney.
Tractors and Adhesion.
The Editor, Tins COMTEERCIAL MOTOR. • [1572] Sir,—I noticed your footnote to Mr. Fryer's letter to you which you published, concerning the apparent lack of adhesion on the hind wheels of the tractor in the photograph which you reproduced in your issue of the 21st October.
Passing down Clerkenwell Road one day last week I saw a Foden wagon hauling a loaded pantechnicon as trailer, and this combination had met with a remarkable mishap. Going down the slope towards Farringdon Road, the loaded pantechnicon had pushed the back of the Foden right round, and the final position wasthat the steamer rested exactly crosswise on the highway, whilst the trailer had pushed its tail very nearly into the front of a publichouse. Action of this kind is always liable to occur in six-wheeled combinations, let alone on a steamwagon and trailer. On greasy asphalt or other treacherous surfaces, there is a very grave risk in
this direction.—Yours faithfully, PEDESTRIAN..