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25th January 1912
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Our readers will be informed by the Editor on any points connected with the construction or use of commercial MOIOPS. Where a direct reply is desired, a stamped and addressed envelope shoed oe enclosed if a request for privacy is 5,1 spe-ctally made, any query and answer may be published. Some replies, owing to pressure 01 Our space, are held several weeks. N apterous requests reach us for lists of Pnotorcab and commercial.vehicle owners ; These we never supply. Our adverttsemeni columns are open to thosc who desire to make announcements to oicuers for the purposes of trade.

.Expert Advice.

[1,926j " VANCOUVER, B.C.," writes :—" Kindly give Me your Expert, Advice Bureau scale of charges.. Also, please inform me as to addresses of makers of types of motorbuses which yotrbelieve most desirable, US proven from commercial tests, for power and traffic passenger) services under most exacting conditions-as to capacity, reliability, upkeep, and efficiency. " Upon receipt of valued reply, I trust to make use of your Expert Bureau."

A XSwER. Our advertisement pages contain the ,liinouncements of the leading makers of proved types. You could not do better than coruxnunictite with the undernoted British manufacturers:— Albion Motor Car Co., Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgew.

Boma Motors, Ltd., Avonmore Road, London., W.

Clayton and Co., Ltd., Huddersfield. Commercial Cars, Ltd., Cambridge Circus, London, W.C.

Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, Surrey. Halley's Industrial Motors, Lid., Yokes', Was:40w, X.B.

Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland Lancashire. Milnes-Daimler, Ltd., 132, Long Acre, London, -W. C.

Sidney Straker and Squire, Ltd., Nelson Square, Blackfriars, London, S.E. John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., Caxton House, Westminster, London, S. W.

We make no charge for expert advice, unless a considerable amount of work has to be undertaken. It is necessary for you to put specific questions before we can answer in specific fashion.

The Declaration of Registered Axle-weights.

[L,927] " WILTSHIRE " writes:—" May we ask your assistance re axle-weights of our motor delivery van ? We enclose herewith copy of entry in register of the Wilts. County Council [Not reproduced.—En.] on will notice that the weight unladen of delivery an .is that of the two axle-weights added together : the weighbridge tickets give weights of axles of van unladen. This, as we understand the law, does not allew us to carry any load at all. Is not the registered .axle-weight the limit of weight of van and load 1 Please inform us what our registered axle-weight should be.

•• You will be interested to know that we have had us particular van in regular use for ilia last 18 months, registered by the Wilts. County Council as .a motorcar, weight 2 tons 15 cwt., and to this day have not had axle-weights or speed permissible painted on van. It was only by hearing of a convict ion for not having axle-weights so painted on a van that we wrote to the Wilts. County Council. They then wrote us to the effect that they would re-register it, and that, as the fee had already been paid, they would make no further charge. ". We shall be glad if you will reply by letter, as • rlie matter of complying with the law is of some importance as we send the van into other counties than Wilts." !Letter was sent.—En.] ANSWER.— The registration does not give the parmolars that are required by law, although such omission is apparently the fault of the owner, who has to declare what his maximum axle-weights will be. Ti • is on the basis of these declarations that the registra Lion of axle-weights is made. The axle-weight figures are only required in connection with the maximum imposed load. You ' will, therefore, see that these particulars must be inclusive of the maximum load which the owner intends to carry. The maximum limit for a heavy motorcar is five tons tare, or eight tons laden axle-weight on any one axle. Vehicles with a laden axle-weight of not more than six tons, if shod with rubber tires, can proceed at 12 miles an hour. As your machine is used as a commercial vehicle solely—and we presume, in this connection, that you do not require a stage-carriage licence to ply for hire in respect of the passengers which you convey, you must have painted on the side of your machine the weight unladen of the complete vehicle, as well as the maximum declared axle-weights respectively for the front and back axles—i.e., the registered axle-weights.

You will undoubtedly need to have a new registration made, and in that instance to give the necessary particulars with regard to axle-weights. As we have pointed out, the fault is probably yours, in that you did not realize that the axle-weight is a matter of declaration by the owner in relation to the maximum load which it is his intention to carry. The offer of the Wilts. C.C. seems fair. They made a mistake in accepting the figures. Your view is right.

Unrestricted Admission to Railway Sheds.

[1,92M] –WAITING DLLIVERY" write :—" We are having a three-ton petrol motor trolley delivered during the next few days, and we have only just found out from the .Midland Railway Co. that they object to these wagons entering their sheds. It has been suggested by the makers that we communicate with you asking for information as to whether this is the rule t broughout the country. We understand that in Lancashire it is done to a certain extent, and also believe that the Great Central Railway have some petrol lorries of their own.

" We should be glad if you could give us definite information as to whether it is allowed in other parts of the country, together with details, and, should we have any difficulty after this information has been supplied to our Railway Co., can you suggest a forcible way of advancing our position ?"

ANSWER.—Railway companies are sometimes averse to the admiSSion of motor vehicles to particular sheds, in order that the conditions of their fire-insurance policies may be studied. Difficulties of the kind have occasionally arisen in various parts of the country, but a little pressure generally puts matters right, such as a threat that traffic will be changed, or that a communication will be sent to the Railway Commissioners if reasonable facilities are not given. We suggest that you send a communication to the Midland Railway including a paragraph couched somewhat on the following lines: "Will you be good enough to let us know the grounds upon which you object to the entry of motor wagons into your sheds, and under what, powers you seek to exclude such vehicles from your loading bays?" We think you will not get any answer to this, and we also suggest that you put the circumstances before the local chamber of commerce. You can probably only influence railway companies by letting them know you are going to press them, or to take traffic a w ay.


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