BURY AMBULANCES ANSWER 2,256 CALLS.
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Bury Corporation ambulances responded to 2,256 calls during the year ended March 31 last, covering a distance of 12,256 miles, giving an average of 5.4 miles per journey.
• On 2.033 occasions one ambulance was out, whilst on 217 occasions two ambulances were out at the same time; on six occasions all three ambulances were out at the same time. The average cost per call was 9.5d., average cost per mile 1.9d., and average time per call 45.7 minutes.
539 Vehicles Stopped in Cheshire.
Cheshire weights and measures inspector says that considerable time has been given to weighing vehicles, with the result that 539 machines were, stopped. Of this number, 219 were weighed and os found to he overloaded.. During the quarter, cases in connection with 27 overloaded vehicles were heard.
Wingard Flexible Pipe Connections.
A recent Wingard product is a flexible pipe connection which enables a broken oil-feed or petrol pipe to be repaired rapidly and effectively,
ing only a spanner, and the flexible connection prevents a recurrence of the breakage.
They can be obtained from the usual factors or from the maker—Wingard, Ltd., 146, Station Road, Hendon, London, N.W.4.
Transporting 25-ton Loads.
The Faunwerke Co., of Nuremburg, Germany, has recently completed a mad train designed for the transport of 25-ton loads between Munich and Berlin. The outfit consists of a sixwheeled tractor fitted with an engine developing 170 b.h.p., a large semitrailer van and a four-wheeled trailer van.
The rear wheels of the trailer and two vans have twin wheels, so that altogether 20 tyres are used in the outfit. The overall length of the train72 ft.—is stated to comply with the German regulations.
Two drivers are carried, a rest comRatment being provided in the tractor. A device is fitted to amplify the noise of the horns of overtaking vehicles.
Terrine Converter on Leyland Tower Wagons.
The Leyland torque converter is proving an excellent transmission not rally an buses, railcars and fire-engines, but for tower wagons, as it enables the vehicles to creep along without straining the tower gear.
Two wagons of this type have recently been ordered by Reading Corporation and the South Lancashire Transport Co. The basis of these is the forward-control Badger, that for Reading having an Eagle three-section tower. The other is having a body built integral with the cab, and a tower by the Wood Hydraulic Hoist Co., giving an elevation of 24 ft. from ground level. A hand wheel on the platform permits it to be rotated through 360 degrees.