Light Oiler for Country Milk Round
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A FEATURE of a Trojan oil-engined long-wheelbase
vehicle recently built for J. Good and Sons, Ltd., lolyport Dairy, Maidenhead, is a rear cabinet from which irovisions are retailed to customers on the vehicle's 24-mile lelivery round.
The company have six battery-electrics, but prefer internal:ombustion-engined vehicles for their longer rural rounds. ['he Trojan has replaced a 25-cwt. petrol vehicle and at 24 n.p.g. its fuel economy is twice as great. There arc 200 stops in the round.
The cab is built to full width and has large windows. To he left of the driving seat cases of eggs and sausages may )e carried, and there is an insulated container for butter and nargarine. The battery has been placed behind the seat to illow a low entrance step to be provided. It is 14 in. hith. ;tiding doors enclose an opening 5-ft. 6-in, high and 2-ft. 1-in. vide.
The platform is in two inward-sloping sections with a aarrow division down the centre for drainage. The loading teight is 2 ft. 9 in. Three chums and 45 crates can be mrried.
A canopy extends from the cab to the sales cabinet, which as two doors with large windows. Groceries to the value A £20 can be arranged on the shelves, an amount sufficient or a day's distribution. As space is limited, goods with a nigh retail margin relative to bulk, such as tea and coffee, tre carried in preference to packets of cereal, for example.
It has been found that the vibration of the engine gives no cause for concern—an important matter for dairymen, as a combination of summer heat and vibration can turn milk into butter. 4t the customer's request, the bodybuilders, Strachans (Successors), Ltd., Wales Farm Road, London, W.3, did not provide skirt panels to the sides of the body. On other vehicles they were found to collect mud, also to impair chassis accessibility.
At the rear are two large-sized lamps containing, the stoptail lights and winking direction indicators. The vehicle was supplied by R. S. Mead, Ltd., 34 Market Street, Maidenhead.