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Giant Wheeled Bulldoze May be Built Here
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THE largest four-wheeled bulldozerao be seen this country arrived last week from Ameri It is a Michigan 380 Tractor-dozer. and has b imported by Michigan (Great Britain), Lt 3, 4 and 5 Charles Street, London, S.W.1, demonstration purposes It will be engaged 4
all classes of muck-shit ing work to establi whether there is a mark in Britain for equipme of this size. Being a fou wheel-drive machine, it claimed to be able work faster than tracked vehicle.
The 380 Tractor-doz is powered by a Cummins NFT-6-1 375 b.h.p. turbocharged oil engine. 'Th drives through a Clark 3 : 1 torque co verter and Clark four-speed powe 'engaged gearbox. The drive is normal to the rear wheels, but front-wheel-dri, can be engaged for heavy work. TI front" axle has a self-locking differentk and the rear wheels steer—they ha, hydrattlic assistance and give a turnit circle of under 60 ft.
The machine imported has a 1441 wide bulldozer blade, but blades of up 1 .20 ft. can be Flitted for coal handling ar similar light ruses. The blade is hydrauli ally controlled ,and can be elevate, tipped or tilted from ,side to side. Base on the same chassis ,is a bucket'bade Which has a 112-eu.-yd. [Irma et.
The 380 Tractor,dozer has 33.5-334 tubeless -tyres which can be filled wit water to gain additional traction. Thi equipped, the machine weighs 35 ton At present Michigan Tractor-dozers from 100 b.h.p. to 250 b.h.p. are bein built in this country by All Wheel Driv, Ltd., Camberley. Surrey. If there sufficient demand for the 380 model will be built .here, using American axic and transmission components and Britisl built Cummins engines. The inmorte vehicle was driven from the Surre Docks to Camberley. Its maximum spec is about 25 m.p.h.
L320 FINE FOR ILLEGAL HAULAGE
A MAXIMUM fine of 1320 can no be imposed in Eire on persons col victed of illegal haulage work. This one of the clauses in the 1958 Transpo Act. Another clause makes it possib for pirate " vehicles to be seized by th authorities immediately a second offem is committed—previously vehicles wet forfeited only when offences came withi two years of each other.
A licence will now be required I import unladen vehicles into the countt besides laden ones, hut it is understoc that the only object in this move is I stop vehicles entering the country to used for illegal haulage activities.
The Act also grants concessions people engaged in agriculture who at now allowed to use tractors to haul livi stock for hire or reward.