THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR
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Answers to Queries.
Prices of American Lorries.
[2553] (City).—American-built lorries are usually dearer than English-built machines, unless bought in America.
An Introduction to Heavy Motor Lore.
[2554] (F.J.P.).—We recommend you to buy the Motor Manual in the first instance, price is. 9d. post free, from Temple Press Ltd., 7-15, Rosebery Avenue, E.C. Although this does not deal specifically with commercial motors, it helps on many matters connected with internal-combustion engines and motorcars.
The Girling Receivership.
[2555] (ParceIcar).—The Receiver to the New Girling Commercial Cars, Ltd, (in liquidation), was appointed in November last, The name and address is, Mr. C. L. Sixsmith., 13, Finsbury Circus, E.C. Inquiries concerning these parcelears should be addressed to F.I.A.T. Motors, Ltd., 36, Long Acre, W.C., as regards sales and delivery.
Only Trained Men for the A.S.C., M.T.
[2556] (Margate, Rugby, and Bath).—We note that you wish to enrol yourself as a driver in the A.S.C., M.T. If you apply to the nearest recruiting offices you will be. accepted. The principal condition, which must be fulfilled, is that you should have had at least two years. actual driving experience, and must pro. duce a written proof from your employers that suph is the case.
Railway Officials: Names Wanted.
[2557] (Contractor).--For the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway: Mr. J. A. F. Aspinall, Manchester, general manager ; Mr. G. Hughes, Fforwich, locomotive superintendent ; and J. Waring, Manchester, stores superintendent. For the London and NorthWestern Railway: Guy Calthrop. Euston, general manager ; J. C. Bowen Cooke, Crewe, locomotive superintendent ; and F. D. Jones, St. Helen's Junction, Lanes., stores superintendent. Yes ; we have in our possession the names of officials of all English, Colonial and Foreign railways.
Traction-Engine Regulations Compared with those for Heavy Motorcars.
[2558] (Coventry).—A traction engine is allowed to haul three wagons. behind it, and on special application to the local licensing authority a water tank as well. For ordinary loading the maximum weight of each trailer truck is 9 tons 6 cwt. gross, inclusive of the truck, which must for that limit be mounted upon springs. There appears to be no sliding scale for wheel diameters under the 1898 Locomotives Act. An anomaly is provided by the concession to owners of traction-engine plant, when they are dealing with a load on one truck which consists of a single block of stone, boiler, piece of machinery, plate, or other article of the kind, that they may, if the single-unit load is 16 tons or more in weight, carry that unit without any maximum weight imposition upon them. and without any additional provision in respect of wheel dimensions. From the road-maintenance point of view, when such a heavily-loaded single truck is mounted on wheels of only 2 ft. in diameter, or even less, the damage to many a highway surface is considerable, but perhaps you are not considering that aspect of the ease. You are correct in your surmise that if more than one trailer is used the combination comes under the traction engine regulations. The present maximum axle-weight for a tractor is four tons under the Heavy Motor Car. Order.
c16 Securing Back Loads.
[2559] (Manchester).—We are glad to hear that you got a back load. We find from experience that it is better that such arrangements should be made direct, as we have once or twice involved ourselves in difficulties as agents by reason of our willingness to help.
One Ton Per a 28 h.p. Daintier Car-chassis.
[2560] (MiIls).—We have had pleasure in mailing_ a. copy of our standard costs sheet, free of charge. We presume that you geared down the Daimler car to which you refer, and that you do not allow your driver to take it along the highway at more than 20 m.p.h. at any time, and preferably at lower speeds? On these assumptions, we have pleasure in recommending you to fit it with KT. tires, as supplied by the Commercial Tyre Co., Ltd., 22, Albert Embankment, S.E. They are .a, compromise between solids and pneumatics.
Steam Lorries and Tractors at Work.
[2561] (Data).—No very reliable information is obtainable from the steam-lorry people. They are most secretive. From data which they did very reluctantly give to us when the Editor was getting up the case for the reversing of the valve motion to be reckoned as a brake (issue of this journal for the 11th July, 1912), we were able to show that, whereas there were only a few hundred steam lorries in the country before the Heavy Motor Car Order was passed at the end of 1904, the total of those lorries and small tractors, both of them technically heavy motorcars, had increased to about 2500 by the middle of 1912. Output has been well maintained since then, and we think that you might add another 1200 machines to aate net, giving a net total anywhere between 3500 and 4000 at the present time.