New Inquiry into B.L.T. Transfer
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THE North Western Licensing Authority is to hold a further public inquiry concerning an application by Bulk Liquid Transport, Ltd., to transfer an articulated vehicle from special A to public A licence. At the original hearing in Manchester (The Commercial Motor, June 5), Mr. F. Williamson, the Licensing Authority, granted an A licence for three articulated vehicles, but reserved decision concerning a fourth, on which he sought additional information.
Questions asked were:— (a) What type was the original vehicle—DEB709 (later replaced by SWY380)—assigned? A letter from the Road Haulage Association in June, 1957, described it as a rigid fourwheeler, whereas in the Bulk Liquid Transport application of June 21, 1958, it was referred to as articulated.
(b) In what respect was DEB709 "mechanically unsuitable" when it was so described in applications on August 22, 1957, and June 21, 1958?
(c) What was the type of trailer assigned in February, 1958, by Hunt Brothers, Ltd., and what was its unladen weight at the time of Bulk Liquid Transport's application dated March 31, 1958?
(d) What was the present registered unladen weight of the articulated vehicle SWY380?
The objectors to the original application, including B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., A. S. Jones, Liverpool, and Harold Wood and Sons, Ltd., having received notification of the replies given to the Licensing Authority on behalf of Bulk Liquid Transport, now seek to press their objections.
The application, so far as it relates to SWY380, will be relisted in November at the same time as Bulk Liquid Transport's application to add 14 special-A vehicles to the A licence already granted.
INJECTION EQUIPMENT SERVICING
TO assist the smaller garage to take up the servicing of oil-engine injection equipment, Leslie Hartridge, Ltd., Buckingham, have introduced a scheme whereby garages may be supplied with a " package" of specially designed lowcost test equipment. This comprises an injector cleaning unit, a nozzle tester, an injector dismantling rig and a fuel-pump test bench.
The cost of this equipment is £272, whilst Hartridge offer also a prefabricated dustproof room in which to house it. The scheme is backed by free training for mechanics and after-sales service.