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saving special Bedford
• Vauxhall Motors Ltd. special installation division and the Scottish Gas Board have co-operated to produce a vehicle which it is estimated will save the customer £46,000 a year. Mr. G. L. Steele, the SGB transport utilization officer, recommended that 7-ton platform lorries used by the distribution section should be replaced in a number of areas by much smaller vehicles.
Mr. Steele approached Vauxhall with his problem and, as a result, the manufacturer produced a Bedford KA 4.2 ton chassis downrated to 3.5 tons gross vehicle weight. This was achieved by replacing the twin rear wheels with single wheels, changing the original radial tyre equipment to 7.00-16, 8 ply and reducing the weight of the front springs.
The chassis cab was built into a six-man crew cab and a channel for carrying 10ft sections of copper pipe was constructed between the longitudinal chassis members. The vehicles will be used to carry pipes, spoil, reinstatement material, to tow syphon units and gully cleansing equipment.
The cost, said Mr. Steele, was much less than £2,000 per vehicle and the road fund tax is £180 less than that payable for a 7-ton vehicle. The board plans to put about 100 of these into service in the next year. The first is working in rural Dumfries and because of its
weight it need be specified on an operator's licence, nor need a transport manager be named at the station at which it is based.
One feature with which Mr. Steele is unhappy is the lack of windows in the crewcarrying section. The Customs and Excise commissioners advised him that side windows behind the driver would make each vehicle liable for £400 purchase tax.
This is not a production-line vehicle but a spokesman for Vauxhall said this week that if demand justified it the vehicle would be put on the production line.
New Midlands depot
• Scottish hauliers McCall and Greenshields Ltd.. of Kilmarnock, opened a new distribution depot at Long Eaton in Derby last week. The 2,500 sq. ft. warehouse is to be used for the transhipment of loads to and from the Midlands on long-distance vehicles. A regular trunk service between Long Eaton and Kilmarnock is to be started in the near future and will be operated under the name M and G Cargo Express.