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Opinions differ over Molts
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• Reedley, Lancashire magistrates ordered defence costs to be paid out of public funds after dismissing a charge that haulier Simon Rusden of Facit, near Whitworth, had used a semi-trailer in a dangerous condition. Rusden, who trades as F.lworth Garage, had denied using the triaxle tipping trailer when the Li-bolts on the third axle were loose and likely to muse danger.
Vehicle examiner Robert Stewart said he had examined the artic during a spot-check. He detected the fault when he hit the U-bolts under the axle with a hammer, not because they sounded wrong but because they moved. He could also see evidence of the axle moving.
In reply to John Backhouse, defending, Stewart said he had not taken measurements but he concluded the looseness mild constitute a danger. Ile couldn't say how far ahead that was.
Rusden, a qualified fitter, said the immediate prohibition had been varied to allow him to travel at a slow speed to his Whitworth base. lie was so worried about the suggestion the defect was immediately dangerous that he called out a consultant engineer to examine the trailer. Ivan Sanderson, the consultant, said he could not tighten the nuts.
Although when struck hard with a hammer there was some movement, in his opinion it was not in any way dangerous. The mono-leaf spring fitted into the saddle welded to the top of the tubular axle: there was no possibility that it could become displaced. The saddle was located by a radius arm which held it in position and the spring was designed to move in relation to the axle. The Ubolts would stretch due to the twisting movement when turning a trailer but that did not mean they were loose or dangerous.
Sanderson said that even with a new C-bolt he could obtain movement after two journeys if he hit it with a hammer.
Backhouse said the copy of the prohibition had not been marked `S' or for prosecution, though the original was later marked in this way. Rusden hadn't known when it was first handed to him that it was safety-related and would lead to prosecution. He had not ought
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