Motor Exhibits at Next Week' s Royal Show.
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The number of entries in the implement section which are of direct interest to all readers of this journal this year constitutes a record, and by far the mostremarkable feature is the large number of agricultural motors propelled by internal-combustion engines which various makers propose to send to Norwich. In addition to machines by the already well-established oil-tractor builders, such as Marshall, Petters, Saunderson, and Ivel, there are several newcomers, including Clayton and Shuttleworth, Daimler, Fowler, and the Ideal. Ruston and Proctor's also have produced a serviceablelooking machine propelled by an oil engine, but it will not be sent to Norwich, and, at the time of going to press, it is doubtful whether one or two of the exhibits. named will he finished in time to reach the Show before the opening day. The following are the stands at which our readers will find exhibits of direct interest to them.
Allchin (Stand No. 81).
One steam wagon of the locomotive type, with enclosed engine situated over the barrel of the boiler, and of slightly-different construction to that shown by the same maker last year, will be sent by William Allchin, Ltd., of the Globe Works, Northampton.
Aveling and Porter (Stand No. 182).
Among its exhibits of ploughing and road-haulage engines. Aveling and Porter, Ltd., of Rochester, in tends to show one of its latest type of steam tractors, and a rubber
tired three-ton over-type steam wagon. The boilers of both machines have Belpaire fire-boxes, and the cylinder castings are provided with flat bases which are bolted d■iwn to platforms which are attached to the boilers. The valve chests are situated outside the cylinders, so that the valves are readily accessible from each side of the engine. The three-ton wagon is callable of taking its maximum load at a speed of 12 miles an hour, and is of the type which is now meeting with great favour among very many important wagon users. The tractor may easily be converte.d into a small road roller, and we reproduce a photograph on page 324 showing the machine thus converted.
Barford and Perkins (Stand No. 53).
Messrs. Barford and Perkins, of the Queen Street Ironworks, Peterborough, intend to include among their exhibits a new Hight-type motor roller, which they have en tered as a new machine, in competition for the Society's silver medal, but it is now extremely doubtful whether they will have it ready in time. This roller is of quite novel design, and is intended for rolling grass land of all kinds and for light-land barleys. In this new machine there are two leading rollers and one back roller, which latter is also the steerer. The engine is situated between the two leading rollers, and the construction is such that the machine will be a very sturdy one, and its weight should not exceed 30 ewt. One of Barford and Perkins's " E2P" motor rollers with paraffin carburetter and stone hopper will be shown, as well as one of their " .D3" pattern rollers.
Burrell (Stand No. 58).
In our issue of the 20th April last, we illustrated and described a new over-type steam wagon of quite original design, which had been built by Charles Burrell and Sons, Ltd., of Thetford. We are pleased to note that one of those machines will be exhibited at Norwich, and its novel features should not fail to command the attention of a large number of visitors. It will be remembered that the differential shaft of this machine is carried by the fire-box horn plates, and the drive thence to the final-drive pinions is taken through two side chains of the Morse silent type. The two final-drive pinions are carried on a perch bar, and they mesh with internally-toothed rings on the hind wheels. One of the Burrell gold medal tractors for five-ton loads, of precisely the same type which was so successful in the R.A.C. Trials of 1907, will also be shown by this maker. Clayton (Stand No. 116).
Two wagons will constitute the exhibit of Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd., one of which is a standard three-ton " Karrier Car" fitted with a canopy ; the other is a flat five-ton machine which has been built to the order of the Great Central Railway Co., and is the third repeat order for that concern. This heavier machine will closely resemble the wagon shown in the accompanying illustration, except that the wheels will be rubber shod, instead of being fitted with steel stropes ; the wagon here illustrated was built by Clayton and Co. for a Mexican mining corporation.
Clayton and Shuttleworth (Stand No. 181).
The machine which will attract most attention on the stand of Clayton and Shuttleworth, Ltd., of Lincoln, will without question be the new and improved oil tractor, which the company intends to exhibit. This tractor has been primarily designed for use in districts where only heavy oil is obtainable, and very little water ; we are informed that the quantity of water necessary for a hard day's work varies from 10 to 13 gallons, according to the atmospheric conditions. This tractor has a fourcylinder engine with magneto ignition and forced lubrication. A powerful governor is fitted, so that the engine may be used for driving threshing machines, dynamos, pumps, or for other purposes. The main clutch is a very simple one, all the gear wheels are of cast steel, and there is independent transmission of power to each of the main driving wheels. Two speeds and a reverse are provided, and all the control levers are conveniently arranged for operation by one man. Another exhibit on this stand will be a new design of compound steam tractor, in which all the latest practice in engines of that type are embodied. Among the many improved features of its construction special attention is drawn to the Belpaire type of fire-box, the method of mounting the cylinder on a steel seating which is riveted to the boiler, the enclosing of the change-speed gear, the provision of two or three speeds as required—all actuated by one lever, provision to lock the differential from the footplate, and many other practical features which the company has proved to be absolutely sound during its many years of experience in the building of steam road locomotives and portable engines.
Daimler (Stand No. 99).
Two new agricultural tractors, which have been built by the Daimler Motor Co., Ltd., of Coventry, and which were illustrated and described in our last week's issue, together with a Daimler road train, will constitute this company's ex hibit. The design of the larger tractor is so revolutionary, so far as oil tractors are concerned, that it is bound to arrest the attention of visitors. We believe it is the first machine of its class to be fitted with a high-speed engine. It has been produced specially to meet South American requirements, and the carburetter is "tuned" to consume a type of fuel which may be obtained in all parts of South America. The fuel tanks have a capacity of 98 gallons, and there is a small auxiliary tank provided for lighter spirit which is needed for starting purposes. The weight of the larger tractor is 11 tons, and it is stated to have a draw-bar pull of 12,000 lb. on the low speed, which is a direct drive. Fodens (Stand No. 123).
Fodens' " Champion " wagons will be represented by a couple of machines—one standard five-touner with steel-tired wheels, and one
three-tonner on rubher tires. It will be remembered that, for two years in succession, fleets of Foden wagons have been successful in the competition for THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR challenge cup in the parades
which are organized by the Commercial Motor Users Association. In the last parade, on Whit Monday, out of a total of 399 entries, 62 were for vehicles of Foden manufacture.
Foster (Stand No. 115).
At the Gloucester Show, a couple of years ago, William Foster and Co., Ltd., of Lincoln, introduced what was, in tractor design, a new method of spring suspension, but which system was the obvious one to the minds of motor-vehicle designers. Tradition had previously so firmly bound tractor and traction-engine builders to one par
ticular groove, that the TrittonStarkey arrangement, with springs above the axle and outside the hornplates, was regarded with a considerable amount of interest by tractor users, because it tended to greatly-increased stability of the machine. A large number of Foster's " Wellington " tractors with that spring suspension system has since been placed in service, and one of the latest developments will be exhibited at Norwich, together with a representative collection of the same maker's road engines.
Fowler (Stand No. 281).
An entirely new departure in oiltractor design will be shown by John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd. It is fitted with a 50 b.h.p. engine which has four cylinders each 6i in. in diameter, with a 7 in. pistonstroke. The design differs from others commonly made inasmuch as the engine is horizontal, and the cylinders, which are cast in pairs, are opposed ; the engine is mounted on a frame somewhat like a locomotive boiler of the type used on steam tractors. The side plates of the fire-box are extended to take the engine and the barrel forms a fuel tank, engine, capacity of which is
sufficient for three ordinary days' work. The gearing is carried in the space occupied by the fire-box of a steam engine, and is thus completely protected from dust. The power is transmitted through a friction clutch, and the changespeed gears are actuated by a lever from the foot-plate. The final drive is transmitted through spur pinions to internally-toothed rings which are secured to the two wheels. The usual type of tractor steering gear, powerful brakes, a winding drum with large fair leads, and all the usual fittings of a tractor are provided. The change-speed gear provides for three forward speeds of three and six miles an hour, and there is one reverse speed. The weight of this tractor in working order is about six tons.
Garrett (Stand No. 282).
A five-ton compound superheated steam wagon, of which the maker has supplied a large number to users in different parts of this country and abroad, will be one of the principal exhibits of Richard Garrett and Sons, Ltd., of Leiston. Apart from the interesting application of the superheater to this vehicle, it should be noted that its firebox is of very special design, and of a type that has been used by Garrett's for a great number of years. The roof has deep corrugations, which greatly stiffen it and dispense with the need for roof stays ; further, the corrugated plate presents a greatly-increased heating surface to the fire-box, as compared with one of the ordinary hat-top type of box. The wagon shown has been built to the order of one of the best-known brewers in the Eastern counties, viz., Tollemache's Ipswich Brewery, Ltd., and it was ordered as the result of the excellent performance of a similar wagon supplied to Messrs. Cobb°Id and Co., of the Cliff Brewery, Ipswich.
Green (Stands Nos. 86 and 246).
As usual, Thomas Green and Son, Ltd., of Leeds, will divide its exhibits into two classes, situated in different parts of the ground. Stand No. 86 will be occupied by a couple of water-ballast motor rollers, one weighing three tons when empty, and the other weighing five tons when empty. These rollers are offered at £205 and £300 respectively. A steam tractor, with side-by-side compound engine, will also be shown on this stand, whilst, on Stand No. 246, will be exhibited a number of the motor lawn mowers for which this company has earned such an enviable reputation.
Hall (Stand No. 78.
A newcomer to the Royal Show will be J. and E. Hall, Ltd., of Dartford, which company will send two of its Hanford machines, one a five-ton chassis, and the other a four-tonner fitted with a generalservice lorry body. There are no finer petrol wagons on the English market than these Dartford-built machines.
Ideal (Stand No. 85).
One of the machines entered for the Society's silver medal as a new implement is an agricultural motor of rather novel design, which the Ideal Agricultural Motor Co., Ltd., of 6, Market Place, Coombe Lane, Kingston-on-Thames, hopes to have completed in time for the Show. This machine is designed to work : as a self-contained motor plough, capable of cutting three to six furrows according to the nature of the land ; as a motor mower ; as a portable power plant ; and as a tractor for hauling wagons, binders, hay-making machines, etc. The transmission system is worthy of note ; provision is made for driving either of the back wheels singly, driving both together through a differential gear, or both together through a locked differential gear. Its four-cylinder engine is intended to run on paraffin, but we learn that demonstrations will be given during the Show with the Pearce system of compressed coal-gas fuel, which system was fully described in our issue of the 29th April, 1909. Such a system might profitably be employed by contractors or others who work their machines over a fixed route along which supplies of gas could be stored in cylinders ; the cost of compressed gas fuel is considerably lower than that of any kind of liquid fuel. The gas is carried in steel cylinders.
Ivel (Stand No. 115).
A couple of three-wheeled agricultural motors will be shown by the Ivel Agricultural Motors, Ltd., of 45-0, Poland Street, W. Both these motors are fitted with 18-20 h.p. engines, and can be run on petrol, paraffin, or alcohol. With the exception of one or two slight detail improvements, they do not differ from the machines which participated in the R.A.S.E. Trials at Baldock in August last.
Lacre (Stand No. 76).
The Lacre Motor Car Co., Ltd., of 78, York Road, King's Cross, N., will send two examples of its productions from the Letchworth factory. One of these will be a two-ton, four-cylinder 30 h.p. chassis, which will be so arranged aslo demonstrate the engine, transmission and brake systems under its own power ; a four-speed gearbox, presumably open for inspection, will also be shown. This company's third exhibit will be one of its 18 h.p., two-cylinder 30 cwt. chassis with tilt-van body. Leyland (Stand No. 75).
A very large exhibit is expected from Leyland. Motors, Ltd., of Leyland, Lanes., and it is hoped that this will include : (1) a London and North Western bus of the new 30 h.p. type with worm-driven back axle, specially built to meet the regulations of Scotland Yard, and to all intents and purposes precisely the same as the chassis employed by the London Central Omnibus Co. ; (2) a 35-40 h.p. fiveton petrol wagon built to the order of C. T. Faulkner and Co., Ltd., carriers, of Manchester, which is intended for the carrying of cotton and cloth, and is of a type for which the makers have about 40 on order for various Lancashire cotton manufacturers, dyers, bleachers, etc. ; (3) a threeton van for Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd., the well-known carrying company, which company placed its first order for Leyland machines at the Newcastle Show in 1908, and since which date it has taken delivery of 22 vehicles, whilst, at the present moment, it has 18 more on order from the same maker ; (4) a steam wagon for W. Simpson and Co., Ltd., mineral-water manufac, turers, of Walkden, near Manchester.
Mann's (Stand No. 77).
The new steam tractor for agricultural purposes which is shown on this page is the latest development from the works of Mann's Patent Stearn Cart and Wagon Co., Ltd., of Pepper Road Works, Hunslet, Leeds. It will be remembered that a machine of a similar type, with two broad back wheels, which were arranged to form a sort of roller between the main members of the frame, competed in the
R,.A.S.E. Trials at Baldock. In the new tractor, it should be noted
that the wheels are slightly narrower, and are mounted outside the main frame, the latter being narrowed to permit of the change. One of these new tractors will be shown at Norwich, and, in addition, there will be two Mann steam wagons for loads of five and three tons respectively, a steam tipping cart to carry five tons, and a small patching roller for road-repair work. It will be interesting to note that the steam wagons are of Mann's latest pattern, with overtype engines and chain drive to the live back axle—a striking departure from the practice to which this company has adhered for so many years. The five-ton wagon has been built for Liptons, Ltd., whilst the tipping cart, which, by the way, has gear transmission throughout on account of its shorter wheelbase, has been built for Mr. Alban Richards, Contractor, of Pen tre, Glamorgan ; the patching roller is for the Shanghai Corporation.
McLaren (Stand No. 87).
Amongst a host of ploughing tackle and traction engines on the stand of Messrs. J. and H. McLaren, of the Midland Engine Works, Leeds, will be a steam tractor, such as was successful in carrying off the Society's gold medal for the Agricultural Trials at Baldock, in August last. This engine is a compound, and is fitted with a sensitive high-speed governor; it is further provided with a simple feed-water heater, as well as the McLaren improved steam superheater. This engine is specially adapted for light road haulage, as well as ploughing by direct traction, threshing, reaping, etc.
Marshall (Stand No. 110).
Two oil tractors of the Colonial type, of 16 h.p. and 32 h.p respectively, will be shown by Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., of Gainsborough. These engines are specially adapted for all kinds of farm work, such as direct-traction ploughing, cultivating, hauling, mowing, and reaping, and for driving threshing machines and other farm machinery. The excellence of design of Marshall tractors has been the subject of comment in this journal on many occasions, and we have no hesitation in advising Colonial visitors on no account to neglect a visit to this company's stand. Although the engines are rated as only 16 h.p. and 32 h.p., as a matter of fact the smaller engine is capable of developing from 30 b.h.p. to 35 b.h.p., and the larger one from 60 b.h.p. to 70 b.h.p. Both machines are fitted with a single speed of 21 miles an hour— the most-suitable speed for ploughing purposes. Two-speed tractors are, of course, built by this company, but they will not be shown. We should have liked to have seen one of the new Marshall steam tractors at the Show, but, evidently, pressure of work in other directions has prevented the company from considering the matter of sending one of these machines.
Petters (Stand No. 22).
The bulk of the exhibits on the stand of Petters, Ltd., of Nautilus Works, Yeovil, consists of fixed and semi-portable Petter oil engines, but the exhibits which will appeal most forcibly to our readers are two oil tractors. It has long been the practice of this company to fit single slow-speed oil engines to its tractors, which, to all intents and purposes, are gas engines on wheels —sturdy, and capable of very hard service. One of this type will be exhibited, and a full description may be found in our issue of the 30th March last. An entirely-new type, however, is its light tractor, weighing approximately three tons ; it is fitted with one of Petter's new vertical pattern 18-20 b.h.p. two-cycle engines, with which remarkably-low fuel consumption results have been obtained. On this new machine, the
transmission to the intermediate shaft, which carries the differential gear, is by means of a Renold chain, and from the intermediate shaft to the driving wheels the power is transmitted through machine-cut steel spur gears. The driving wheels and the intermediate shafts are provided with roller bearings. Ransomes (Stands Nos. 48, 288).
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., of the Orwell Works, Ipswich, is another company which divides its exhibits into two distinct classes. On stand No. 48, among various agricultural exhibits, it will show a 4 n.p.h. light compound steam tractor, which is spring-mounted over both axles ; it will be complete with governor, injector, feed pump, two water tanks, and all the usual accessories. This engine is of the mostmodern design and construction throughout, and is the result of its makers' many years' experience in the construction of road engines. On its other stand (No. 288), situated in the open space in the Show grounds, a number of motor lawn mowers will be exhibited.
Saunderson and Gilkins (Stand No. 79).
During the past six months,. Messrs. Saunderson and Gifkins, of Elstow Works, Bedford, have more than doubled the capacity of their works, and have installed a new machine shop, which is fitted with upto-date tools to facilitate production on a large scale. They are building four models, and these are finding a ready market, particularly in Canada. These four models are fitted with engines giving 7 h.p., 15 h.p., 30 h.p., and 50 h.p. respectively. It will be remembered that one of each of these machines was sent to Baldock during the trials in August last, and the two larger ones competed in the various tests, but, unfortunately for their makers, they had been finished so hurriedly in order to reach Baldock in time for the opening of the trials, that they had not been " tuned " up to the work, and it was not surprising, therefore, that they failed to secure the Society's award. The 15 h.p. Saunderson, at £195, is capital value ; it is sufficiently powerful to haul a 7 ft. self-binder, a threshing machine, two mowing machines, or a three-furrow plough on light stubble land.
Tasker (Stand No. 118).
The maker of the "Little Giant" steam tractor, W. Tasker and Sons, Ltd., of the Waterloo Ironworks, Andover, will show a B2 type compound steam tractor, the back axle of which is mounted on Hoare's patent spring gear with oil-bath. A standard trailer for five-ton loads, and one of the latest-type five-ton "Little Giant" steam wagons will also be sent to Norwich. In general detail, the wagon follows the lines of that shown by the same maker at last year's show, at Liverpool ; the distribution of weight, however, has been slightly altered, and the driver now occupies a position behind the fire-box instead of on the off-side, as in the former model.
Wallis and Steevens (Stand No. 80).
It will be remembered that one of the steam tractors in the Baldock trials was built by Wallis and Stecyens, Ltd., of Basingstoke, and that it put up a remarkably-good performance, whilst its workmanlike appearance drew favourable comment from many of the farmers who attended those trials. One of these machines will be shown at Norwich. A five-ton steam wagon with patent compound over-type engine and chain drive to the back axle, similar to those which this maker has supplied to Pickford's, Ltd, will also be exhibited on this Hampshire builder's stand.
Yorkshire (Stand No. 122).
A steam wagon with a very-practical form of mechanical lifting gear, to carry six tons on its own platform, and to haul r. fin ther four tons on a trailer, with various fittings to render the wagon particularly suitable for agricultural purposes, will be shown by the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., of Vulcan Works, Pepper Road, Hunslet, to compete, as a new implement, for the Society's silver
medal. This wagon is fitted with one of the maker's standard, vertical, compound engines, with a single chain drive to a live back axle, and with a transversely-arranged return-tube boiler. A similar machine, with flat lorry body, will also be shown, and it is hoped that one of the company's new 1525 cwt. petrol-engined chassis will also be completed in time for the Show.
Portableand Semi-Portable Internal-Combustion Engines.
There will be a very large collection of serviceable small power plants on the various stands at Norwich. Some of them are worthy of very close attention. It is impossible to deal with them individually in the short space at our disposal in the present issue, but we hope to treat the more iniportant ones at some length in our report of the Show. The engines by J. W. Brooke and Co., Ltd., of the Adrian Works, Lowestoft (Stand No. 37), Messrs. E. and H. Bentall and Co., of Heybridge, Malden (Stand No. 54), 'Blackstone and Co., Ltd., of Stamford (Stand No. 95), Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., of Warwick (Stand No. 20), Fair
banks, Morse and Co., Ltd., of 87, Southwark Street, London, S.E. (Stand No. 42), Hayward-Tyler and Co., Ltd., of 99, Queen Victoria Street, E.O. (Stand No. 290), and R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., of Dursley, Gloucester (Stand No. 89) should on no account be overlooked by prospective purchasers.
Accessories and Supplies.
As usual, there will be a number of representative companies exhibiting useful stores and supplies for motor and machinery users, including liquid fuels, lubricating oils, greases, hand tools, steam and water fittings, etc., etc. Among the reputable concerns which will be showing are the following, the stand numbers in each case being given in parentheses : AngloAmerican Oil Co., Ltd. (357); W. and T. Avery, Ltd. (82); British Petroleum Co., Ltd. (329); Consolidated Petroleum Co., Ltd. (333); The Electric and Ordnance Accessories Co., Ltd. (229); Fastnut, Ltd. (74); Kirkstall Forge Co., La (25); Palatine Rubber Co. (267) ; Palmer Tyre, Ltd. (21); Price's • Patent Candle Co., Ltd, (36) ; Tangyes, Ltd. (40); and W. H. Willcox and Co., TAd. (155).