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Fodens, Ltd., Elworth Works, Sandbach.
Stand No, 45. THE Foden wagorr is one of the best
known in the world, and thousands of these vehicles are giving satisfactory service. Three machines will be on exhibition. Of these, two, the standard lorry and the tipping wagon, are well known, but the third exhibit has not been previously shown in Londom although it was described by us when it appeared at the last Royal Show at Derby.
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It s a chain-driven vehicle capable of hauling paying loads of from eight to ten tons at 6 m.p.h. The arrangement of the tractor embodies the principle usually associated with the Foden steamer, viz., loco-typo boiler, overtype engine, and roller chain transmission. The boiler and engine utilized are somewhat larger than those used in the standard wagon, hut are identical with those fitted to the Colonial type wagon. The main girders are of rolled channel section, and support a large water tank with a fiat top, which offers accommodation for carrying additional fuel. Thus the exceptionally large capacity of these two essentials enables the vehicle to travel between 30-40 miles without replenishment of the Ater tank and, if necessary, two to three days with one supply of fuel.
The standard 5 ton steam wagon has a platform body with hinged sides and tailboard. • It runs on rubber-tyred wheels, and is intended to be run at the legal speed of 8 m.p.h. The 5 ton end-tipping wagon is similar in its essentials to that described above, but is fitted with a tipping body and hydraulically operated gear worked from the boiler feed pump.