Still doubts on tyres
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• The Western vehicle maintenance advisory committee still feels that not all the problems concerning the correct use of tyres on commercial vehicles---a matter that it raised about two years ago—have been solved. This is made clear in the chairman's report presented to the a.g.m. at Taunton on Monday.
The committee had approached the Tyre Manufacturers Conference on the need for clear and commonly accepted markings on tyres, particulartly to avoid the indiscriminate mixing of radials and conventional types. The views about this, and the lack of informative literature, were presented forcefully at a meeting with the TMC, one result of which has been a TMC leaflet on the use of radials. But the committee has told the Ministry that it feels some of these problems remain and hopes the Ministry will press this view with the tyre manufacturers.
The chairman, Mr W. H. Sage, points out that if a radial is paired with a conventional tyre on a twin wheel this is as dangerous as fitting a new tyre alongside one which is 50 per cent worn.
Two technical advisors appointed by the committee are available, for a fee, to give guidance to operators on repair and maintenance. Over 92,000 of the committee's vehicle inspection forms have been distributed.
Mr. J. F. Cox remains a joint secretary of the committee, but Mr. T. J. Barnes has been
succeeded by Mr. W. E. Foster, who is Mr. Cox's RHA colleague in the Devon and Cornwall area.