Cushion Tyres on Lancashire Roads.
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A KONG users in Lancashire who tthave considerable fleets of motor chicks in daily service, that of :ntwisle and Kenyon, Ltd., of the wellnown Ewbank works at Accrington, as many points of distinction. The ompany have seven lorries in use, 'filch convey their special products over insdistances. The vehicles are re uli'edto run to regular time-tables for he convenience of their agents at the irge centres and also fpr the replenish-lent of the supplies of raw materials squired at the works. The company's ommercial vehicles include a 5-ton laudslay with.a 20-ft. 6-in, platform— Ii unusually long body—two Lancias, 1-al one each of Daimler; Garner, Pageeld and Ford manufacture. These are aainly employed running in the North ,nd Midlands, and a fairly frequent
journey is that to Leicester and back, which is done in the day by the Mendslay vehicle—a very good performance Considering the cobble stones of Lancashire, the congested traffic around Manchester and the switchback highway of the Peak district.
As the loads on the outward journeys generally consist of light castings it is essential that smooth running of the vehicle should be guaranteed. To that end the company, after studying the behaviour of various types of special tyre, adopted towards the end of 1.919 the N.A,P. tyres as produced by Chas. Macintosh and Co., Ltd. The vehicles shod with this equipment have given no tyre trouble whatever; satisfaction has been as constant as the running of the vehicles over the bad roads with all their loose nails, spikes and other litter associated with Lancashire roads, to say nothing of the surfaces about Eclenfield and some of the secondary roads between Accrington and Cottonopolis.
The fact that, this particular type of tyre gives a wide contact with the ground ensures its safe and easy travel over holes and other inequalities of the road. Its non-puncturable quality is also a feature which commends it. to commercial users who seek dependability of running.
Ue have previously referred to the growing use of this N.A.P. tyre on motor coaches, and experience in Lancashire centres this season has proved its serviceability to those owners who have set out to secure the regularity of the services and the repeated custom of their patrons, who are quick to detect any increase of comfort.