IN YOUR OPINION

25th September 1964, Page 139

25th September 1964

Page 139

Page 139, 25th September 1964 — IN YOUR OPINION

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‘nother Maker-up

FINI The Commercial Motor dated August 28 you listed a 'Buyers' Guide to Sheets and Tilts. We would mention hat Factory and Farm Supplies (Gloucester) Ltd. have )een making lorry sheets and have been operating a hire ;ervice and repair service for some nine years. Our subidiary company, The Emlyn Canvas and Cordage Co., of VI-oderator Wharf, Kingsway, Newport, Mon., also have .he same service. The latter company are successors to -2. D. Phillips Ltd., who have been established in Newport or almost 100 years.

The reason that we make the point is that we have some tundreds of customers throughout the West Country, and hey might have the wrong impression if our two corn3anies were omitted.

Gloucester. H. K. FISHER, Director,

Factory and Farm Supplies (Gloucester) Ltd.

(As stated in our Buyers' Guide the firms listed were those -tamed in the Membership Trade Directory of the Canvas 5oods and Made-up Textiles Association Ltd„ as supplying lorry covers and tilts—En.]

Roping and Lateral Stability

R EFORE we leave the subject of sheeting and roping 1.."7! Commercial Motor, August 28) might I stress the importance of front and rear cross-roping from the point of view of lateral stability? A rope simply thrown over the load and hitched down tight to an opposite hook adds little to the stability of some materials, particularly glazed carboard cartons. On a 27-ft, trailer I have often found it desirable to put a crossed rope half-way back through the load whilst loading.

I once displayed a newspaper cutting showing a photo graph of a B.R.S wagon with its load resting against a free, as a horrible warning to my drivers—underneath was the caption " Wot, No Crossed Ropes? "

To be serious, I am afraid that quite a lot of corpses would be alive today if more transport men realized the importance of this procedure. An involuntary swerve, a bad camber,. a bend taken just a little bit too fist on a strange road, then the load slides and control is lost.

Exeter, Devon PETER MARK.

The "64" Group

A T a recent meeting of the 64 Group it was agreed that more details of the Group should be released and I can now give some information regarding its composition.

Membership of this Group is purely personal—members do not represent their companies as such. The chairman is Mr. Sydney R. Hunwick, of Ansells Brewery. Other members include Mr. G. Webster, of George Mason Ltd.; Mr. G. Hughes, of British Waterways; Mr. H. Lyons-Jones, of British Oxygen; Mr. W. G. Cunnington of Midlands Electricity Board; Mr. R. B. Williams, of Simplex Electrical; Mr. R. H. Thornicroft, of A.E.1.; Mr. C H. Jennens, of Jennens Bros; and Mr. C. Gupwell, of Gupwell Transport.

At our last meeting there were some reports of what appears to be an excess of zeal or officiousness on the part of some M.o.T. inspectors. We also 'discussed roadrail integration, including the French Kangaroo system, the new Construction and Use Regulations—and some harsh words were said about spare parts shortages.

We meet about every two months and our members seem assured that the Group will more than justify its existence in the future by mutual assistance of one kind or another.

Sutton Coldfield. Warwicks.JAS. R. FERRIDAY, Hon. Secretary, "64" Group.