Tipper group
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SCOTTISH tipper operators have 'succeeded in reviving their tipping group and have nominated two delegates to represent them on the Road Haulage Association's national tipping service. Over 30 operators attended an inaugural meeting of the group last weekend and nominated Bill Wylie of Whitburn-based William Gritfith and George Walker of Renfrewshire-based W. H. Malcolm to serve on the national committee.
A comtnittee of representatives from Central and Southern Scotland has also been elected.
The group (CM, April 20) is steering clear of the controversial area of haulage rates in its initial deliberations. Ratecutting broke up the earlier group five years ago.
Instead, it is to concentrate on tackling a growing envi ronmental movement against tipper lorries in Scotland.
One leading operator — Yuill and Dodds — has overcome an attempt by a council to impose route restrictions around Kilmarnock, but there is a wide expectation that other controls may be proposed in other areas. It is also looking for feedback from its members on subjects of mutual interest, and to broaden the scope of its affairs it is encouraging agricultural tipper operators to join as well as the traditional coal/coke and roadstone companies. According to RHA Scottish manager Tom Brattin: "This is because a tipper is still a tipper no matter what it carries."
The group plans to meet three or four times a year, probably at a venue close to the centre of Scotland.