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Straight eights

17th October 1975
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The eight-wheeled tippers assessed in this week's CM are symptomatic of the "good" which an ill wind proverbially blows—and there is plenty more to come, including the revival of a famous British contender from a Lancashire factory. With heavy tractive units hard to sell, manufacturers have intensified their plans for the eight-wheeler market or entered it for the first time. Now UK operators have a dozen or so makes to choose from, while passenger operators may soon have their choice of psv chassis widened by four makes as a result of the same spur to diversify out of difficult markets.

it is hard on the British eight-wheeler pioneers that their relatively small home market should now become so hardfought, but operators will benefit from the range of choice and competitive Pressure on development. We would like to see the market widened, too—Europe has been slow to see the advantages of the eight-wheeled rigid, but at a time when low maintenance cost, road safety and driver comfort. are at such a preMium the eight-legger's rugged simplicity, good ride and stable handling make it an attractive proposition. Manoeuvrable it is not, expensive it may be, but there's a lot to be said for a means of heavy transport which makes the words "cab nod," "jack-knifing" and "wheelspin" irrelevant.

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