Guy Kill Doubts on Eight-wheeler
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I be allowed to add to the statement by Mr. J. L. R. Croft (published last week) concerning the report ober 9) of proceedings before the Northern Licensing wily in which Guy Motors, Ltd., were mentioned. made it clear last week that, when referring to a Guy nor light eight-wheeled chassis, Mr. Croft, who was !senting McPhees (Newcastle), 1.td., was interrupted in -niddle of a sentence when attempting to explain that ht-alloy body, as fitted by McPhees, made the vehicle itable for certain types of load.
should like to add that, so far from having doubts it the carrying capacity of the Guy Warrior eight:ler, McPhees have recently bought further chassis of type.
vo other points need clarification:
Doubt was expressed about certain chassis weights lied by this company to the Licensing Authority. in these weights are entirely accurate and they relate to .thassis with cab fitted. Bodies were fitted after the 3is left our works, and we have never at any time d the weights of the complete vehicles. All the hts given by us were for Invincible Mark I heavyeight-wheeled chassis. None of them related to the Warrior light eight-wheeler.
In evidence before the Licensing Authority Mr. Croft he understood that a Mr. Block (who had apparently concerned with modification to Guy chassis) had ied to have taken part in the design of the Guy -ior light eight-wheeler. Our design staff have never Mr. Block, have never received any communication him and had never even heard of him until your -t appeared.
alverhampton. S. L. HOLLIS.
Director and Secretary, Guy Motors, Ltd.
Tackle Overloading— An Urgent Problem
FINK that the problem of overladen goods vehicles is ;ent and should be settled by legislation, although itions today are probably not as bad as they were "e the war. I have been chargehand in a maintenance
shop since 1931.. and can remember the days when lorries were advertised by the manufacturers as having 50 per cent. guaranteed overload capacity.
Nevertheless, dangerous overloading persists because of ignorance among operators and drivers of its harmful effects. Sometimes, of course, the risk of overloading is recognized but is taken as a gamble. The only solution is for vehicles to bear a plate denoting the permissible gross weight.
The introduction of such a regulation would encourage operators to equip themselves with the right vehicles for the jobs they are required to do. A vehicle that is designed to carry a certain weight is much safer than one intended for lower payloads but which, with the law as it stands, may legally take an excess tonnage.
At present those of us who want to keep the transport industry clean and safe feel helpless.
Ware, Herts. E. J. SMART.
Convert Railways into Roads
THE scheme to build stretches of road over parts of the old Midland and Great Northern Railway [The Commercial Motor, October 9.—F.D.I is one upon which Norfolk County Council should be congratulated. This is a far-sighted project and excellent roads can be made at modest cost. I hope that it will be the beginning of a wide-spread conversion of railways into roads throughout the country.
Harrogate, Yorks. A. I. WarioNsoN.
Mr. Rees Davies Back for Thanet
IN connection with your report last week on the Conser.
vative Members of. Parliament interested in road transport who had been returned in the General Election, might I mention that the president of this Association, Mr. W. R. Rees Davies, held his seat for the Isle of Thanet.
London, S.W.1. BOYD BOWMAN,
Secretary, The National Conference of Road Transport Clearing Houses.