Low-loader appeal
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• The Transport Tribunal on Wednesday reserved its decision on an appeal by F. C. Targett and Sons Ltd., Southampton, against the South Eastern LA's refusal to substitute a heavier articulated semilow-loader for one already on its 8 licence. For the appellant, Mr. R. M. Yorke said that on numerous occasions loads carried for Pirelli Ltd., its main customer, had exceeded the maker's recommended payload, though illegality could not be proved.
The LA had thought it necessary for a Pirelli witness to give evidence, but Mr. Yorke contended that if this were the case it would mean that all licences were for a precise type of vehicle: operators would have to produce evidence and witnesses for the slightest variation.
For the respondent. Mr. M. U. Jackson-Lipkin suggested that the appellant had been carrying heavier loads than he should, and was, in effect, attempting to put his house in order.