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IF the British Gypsum driver of the Cummins E290-powered 401 on the left were to climb behind the wheel of this 301 he would need to change his driving style entirely.
The all-new Cummins LT10, 10-litre engine, around which Seddon Atkinson's "Mighty Middleweight" was built, is no lugger; it gives optimum performance at relatively high speed, and yet is flexible enough to pull hard at low speed when this is called for. It is indeed a mighty interesting engine which has helped to quickly put the 301 near the top of many operators' shopping lists.
To learn more about the 301 tractive unit and how it performs at 32 tons gcw over 736 miles, read Tim Blakemore's five-page road-test report. In CM. Next week.
For two more articles with the driver in mind, David Wilcox is looking into both temporary drivers and seat comfort in the cab — next week. Some of our other features are on the following topits: • Opinion: "The road transport industry must be tempted to wish that Peter Walker were once more in charge of its destinies, instead of being Minister of Agriculture. For there is no doubt that he has shown himself an energetic defender of agricultural interests." Agree? Read Topic by Janus. Next week. In CM.
• Most fleet replacement policies are based on the fact that as maintenance costs increase annually, the capital depreciation costs of the vehicle decrease. The decision to replace is taken at a point where the sum of these two costs is at the lowest. This is Frank Woodward's starting point for his monthly article next week. He asks: Should the vehicle be replaced now in the expectation of a high maintenance cost in 1983? Read Woodward's Way for the rest of the argument. Next week.
• As every operator must know by now, to run at 38 tonnes requires five axles. What is not fact but merely opinion is just where this extra axle should go. Interested so far? Then read Graham Montgomerie's From the Drawing Board for more. In CM. Next week.
• Does your experience, perhaps, lead you to take a "cautious" view of proposals for union reform? Then you may enjoy Brian Chandler's cartoons illustrating a feature by Douglas Ainley. For precisely what the Government's Green Paper, Democracy in Trade Unions, proposes, read CM. Next week.