Not Enough Work for Manchester Tippers
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BIG tipper operators in the Manchester area have a working agreement for interchanging traffic, and there are 120 vehicles available in the pool. This was pointed out to Mr. I. R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, when a building and demolition company asked for a new B licence, last week.
M. J. Duffy, Ltd., Manchester, sought
building and demolition materials, plumbing goods and rubble within 50 miles," for three vehicles. Mr. Howard Robinson, for the applicants, said they had nine vehicles on C licence—seven tippers and two vans. Many concerns had approached them to deliver goods to and from sites and for similar work, because of transport difliculties.
Questioned by Mr. J. A. Dunkerley, for seven private objectors, Mr. F. Chadwick, the applicants' manager, said the C-licensed fleet was not fully utilized, and_ they required a B licence for more economic operation.
A representative of a building concern said that there had been a shortage of tippers in the Manchester area since the war, and it was frequently impossible to obtain them at short notice. Mr. S. Hancock, a partner in Thos. Hancock, Stretford, one of the objectors, replied that they had 13 tippers on B licence and one on special A licence. Despite the pool system, his company had 53 vehicles idle on different working days in June. They had never had to refuse work, but normally 24 hours notice was needed.
Mr. Dunkerley said the attitude of the builder witnesses was that their own vehicles should have the bread-andbutter work, whilst hauliers should have tippers available for urgent work at a moment's notice.
Refusing the application, Mr. Lindsay said the evidence was insufficient, and it had been amply rebutted.