AXLE WEIGHT CALCULATION
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Standardized Methods *reed
accurate assessment of laden Axle Lights for passenger vehicles is of :anee. in deciding tyre sizes but can t some difficulty, writes A. A. in. A full set of suitable weights resent the passengersis.not always )le and must be accurately`disposed results. of direct weighing are to value. There is also the problem tnging them so as to avoid damage interior of the vehicle, particularly .new.
se factors were no doubt in mind t consultations between tyre manu:rs and public service vehicle ing organizations under the es of the S.M.M.T. which have led tandardized method of calculating den axle weights from the figures
e unladen vehicle. Briefly, the tie is one of assuming a weight Ih, to be placed 6 in, forward of ckrest of each seat to represent the gers and taking moments about .ont axle to compute the total ger weight acting on the rear axle. assenger weight on the front axle ten be taken as the remainder. ds of simplifying the calculation
by dealing with the seats in blocks are indicated.
Further information can be obtained from Mr. A. G. Bateman, Technical Officer, The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd., Forbes House, Halkin Street, London, S.W.1.
• AUSTRALIA. DOUBLES ITS
SPENDING ON ROADS
AUSTRALIA will almost double it rate of spending on roads in the next five years. Y.AI,080 million have been spent on roads in the past 10 years and in the next five EA950 million will be spent.
At the annual Australian Road Transport Federation conference at Terrigal, New South Wales, Mr. Opperman, Federal Minister for Shipping and Transport, said that in the past 16 years the number of commercial road transport vehicles had increased from 333,000 to 845,000.
It was now estimated that road transport carried more than 75 per cent. of the total tonnage of goods moved annually in Australia.