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Inside Information
H0W many hauliers take the trouble to study the
uses of the loads that they carry? One who does so is Mr. Brian Fish, managing director of Joseph Fish and Sons, Ltd., Bristol. Wherever possible, he visits his customers' works and watches their manufacturing methods.
He is thus able to learn the effects of handling on the commodities that he carries for them and to assess the importance of speed in delivery. Even more important, the customer feels that his haulier is part of the organization and that his needs are being specially studied.
This simple exercise in customer relations is to be commended. It broadens the mind, too.
"C.M." for Deaf Children
THE staff of this journal are proud of the services I that are given to the many sections of the road transport industry, but have often also been pleased to learn of people outside the industry who enjoy reading it.
Recently one of them met a reader who has a A28
young daughter at the Royal School for Deaf Children at Margate. Each week The Commercial Motor is sent to the children, who cut out the pictures of vehicles and paste them on card. The cut-outs are then placed on a diagrammatic road system and moved about to represent different situations.
Rarely has knowledge of the use of read copies of The Commercial Motor given more pleasure, and it is hoped that these unfortunate children continuea:o get a little happiness from it, thereby brightening their circumscribed lives.
Tubeless Tyre Repair Outfit
QOME of the people who have not yet fitted tubeless 14-' tyres have only vague ideas as to what happens and what should be done if punctures are experienced.
For certain makes, it is claimed that they are virtually self-sealing, but this does not mean that the tread should not be repaired, but whatever the type of tyre the attention required in the case of an ordinary puncture is slight and can be given rapidly.
British Goodyear have just issued a neat repair kit known as the Simplug for dealing with their products in this field. It consists of an assortment of small, medium and large rubber plugs, a bottle of fluid cement and a needle-type inserting tool.
In carrying out a repair, the needle is dipped into the cement and the site of the puncture probed to lubricate the hole and locate its direction, this process being repeated several times. The plug to use should be about twice the diameter of the object which has made the puncture and, the small end of this is rolled into the eye of the needle. The plug and needle end are then dipped into the cement and immediately inserted into the hole in the tyre. No great force should be used if the "push " seems to be against something solid, but the hole should be carefully felt for and the needle pushed in until the short end of the plug pops through the interior of the tyre. Following this the needle should be pulled straight out, when the plug will automatically unhook.
The finishing process is to cut the protruding portion of the plug about i in. above the tread surface • and it is then advisable to check for leakage.
This method will seal the majority of punctures but if the puncture is in the form of an irregular cut, a vulcanized repair should be made on the inner liner.
In any case, the Simplug may retard air loss to a slow leak until the opportunity presents itself to make a full repair.
Touring Booklets by Shell
COACH proprietors undertaking tours abroad and at home, will be interested to hear of new developments in the Shell-tvlex and B.P., Ltd., advisory touring service.
For touring abroad, in addition to the comprehensive booklet quoting the retail selling prices of petrol, oil fuel and Shell motor oils in Europe and other countries, a new publication lists addresses of selected Shell service stations in Europe where complete " Shellubrication "can be obtained.
Booklets dealing with all aspects of touring in 17 European and 13 non-European countries are available. Two 'others, "Bon Voyage" (containing 30 basic technical phrases for use at garages, in 15 languages), and the "BP Phrase Book" (giving similar phrases in nine languages), also include sentences for use in an hotel, restaurant or when shopping.
All tjtese publications are available, free, from Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., Shell-Mex House, Strand, London, W.C.2.
For tours organized in this country, six Shell and BP maps, covering London and South-East England, South and West England, Midlands and Wales, Northern England and Southern Scotland, and Central and Northern Scotland and Ireland, are now available at Shell and BP dealers' service stations, price Is. per section.