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Standards Proposed for Industrial Trucks

13th June 1958, Page 42
13th June 1958
Page 42
Page 42, 13th June 1958 — Standards Proposed for Industrial Trucks
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'TEN European countries were repre.1. sented at a meeting of the industrial truck section of the Federation Europeenne de in Manutention at Baarn, Holland, last month. Delegates were primarily concerned with standardization within the industry.

It was decided to adopt a resolution that all rider-controlled threeand fourwheeled fork trucks up to 10,000 lb. capacity should comply with the four fork-truck stability tests recommended by the American Industrial Truck Association. These tests would apply within two years from January, 1959.

Standard tyre sizes were also discussed and a measure of agreement was reached with regard to pneumatics.

A draft standard for pallet trucks was ratified for transmission to the International Standards Organization. It provided for British Ministry of Supply recommendations regarding standard controls to be followed. Recommended voltages for battery-powered trucks were agreed at 12; 24, 36 and 80.

A safety code for all industrial trucks is to be drafted by the British delegation and details of American standards applying to fork-track carriages are to be considered side by side with certain German and British proposals. The Federation is to meet at Ostend next October.

EDUCATION PROBLEM FOR CO-OP.

Ti-IE problem of educating transport employees was causing great concern, /Mr. H. M. Dick, manager of the transport division of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, told a movement conference in Selkirk last week. Students were not coming forward, and there was a definite dearth of young prospective transport men.

Since 1939, he said, operating costs had risen by 161 per cent., yet the division's charges to departments were only 115 per cent. higher. Deliveries to retail societies from warehouses were uneconomic, . but fates would not be increased so long as outgoings could be covered. It was unfair to judge transport efficiency on the basis of cost in relation to sales.

DISPUTE OVER STATION CHARGES ADISPUTE has arisen between Consett Urban District Council and several bus companies over the charges for the use of the council's bus station. The current charge is Is. per bus per day, but it is intended to raise this to Is. 41d., with a further possible increase when £3.000 extensions to the station arc completed.

The operators have suggested 'a charge of Is. lfd., .hut the council have stated that their decision is final.

100,000 BEDFORD LIGHT VANS THE 100.000th Bedford light van came off the production line at Luton on Monday. This 10-12-cwt. model made its first appearance in April. 1952, and is now being produced at the rate of 2.000 units per month.

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