Four New Small:Trucks : Three Electric, One Petrol
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THREE new battery-electric 'vehicles and one new 1 petrol-engined truck are. on view at the Second National Factory Equipment Eibibitiort, which was opened by Lord Rochdale at the Royal Horticultural Society's Halls; London, S.W.1, on Monday, and closes tonight.
The electric . trucks are manufactured by Brush Coachwork, Ltd., Loughborough; and include. a I-ton low-loading three-wheeler, with fully flame-prodfdd .equipment, expressly designed for use in combustible atmospheres.
Another is a three-wheel-drive tractor having a gross train load capacity of b tons at 5.4 m.p.h. The drive is supplied by two 2.3 h.p. motors connected differentially, and the worm-drive rear axle also has a differential.
The third new truck is a 25-cwt. Pony with sprung front wheel and parallel frame. The front suspension comprises two semi-elliptic springs and hinged arms pivoted to the frame.
Geest Industries, Ltd., Spalding, I.incs, are exhibiting a three-wheeed l-ton low-loading industrial truck with Villiers 11, b.p, 120 c.c. petrol engine and Burman three-speed-and-reverse gearbox.