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Highland tipper men consider co-operation

14th September 1973
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• Steps to form the North of Scotland Tipping Association into a private limited company were brought a stage further at Inverness, when about 20 local haulage contractors met to hear an address by Mr Kerrill Spencer, the Road Haulage Association's tipping group co-ordination officer.

Mr Spencer said a local office should be established with an independent transport manager to run it.

"The directors would then be well advised to leave the manager to get on with the work and not all try to get in on the act. The manager should not be crippled at the start but given a fair chance to build up the business — and if he fails, get rid of him," advised Mr Spencer.

He talked to the Association on rates and vehicle operating costs, mentioning the pitfalls and successes in the formation of similar tipper groups in England engaged in muck shifting and quarrying work required for motorway construction.

Mr Donald McCuish, newly appointed transport chief of the Highlands & Islands Development Board, was asked how best the new company could help in the construction of A9 from Inverness county boundary northwards.

Mr McCuish said members should make their aims and objects known to the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors and then simply scan the Press for announcements from the Secretary of State as to the names of the civil engineering contractors who were successful in tendering for the various sections of the new route.

When this information was revealed for each section it would then be the responsibility of the transport manager to act immediately by making himself known to the contractors for the necessary work. Mr McCuish felt that a well-organized group could go a long way towards helping the contractors.

The local chairman, Mr David Ritchie, of Carrbridge, read out important points from the draft memorandum and said that a "Minute of Agreement" was being prepared for the protection of members.


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