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transport, the Docks and Inlar Waterways Executive are using a tall number of Garner industrial tracto made by Garner Mobile Equipmen Ltd., North Acton Road, Londo N.W.10. This machine,. althotq modestly powered by a J.A.P. 7 h. single-cylindered, air-cooled engin can comfortably haul a fully lack barge which may weigh anything up 80 tons.
• A suitably .eowlecl fan is used fc cooling the cylinder. Engine auxiliaru include ,an impulse starter on ti magneto, dry4abric air. cleaner, ZAT speed-control governor. A centrifuga type clutch takes the drive to a thre. speed and reverse gearbox, in whic the gears have extra-wide faces to col with heavy continuous work at lo speed.
The final drive includes spiral-bey gear, a four-star differential and a enclosed roller chain. Steering is worm gearing, with the refinement power assistance.
The rear wheels are equipped wit 6.00 by .16 in. tyres, and the froi wheels with 20 by 4 in. equipmer Dimensions of the Garner tractor an wheelbase 5 ft., overall length 7 ft. I in., rear. track 3 ft., and ground clea ance under axle 1 ft. Ode ig the claims made for .ti machine is that it will run under load for an hour on one gallon of ftic With drawbar carriage, 'but witho cowling and lighting equipment, 0 price is £269 15s. Lighting cos £20 5s. and cowling £30.
If fitted with 'a J.A.P. 10 h.p. tw, cylindered, air-cooled engine, the inch sive price is £345, £6 extra boil charged on both models if fitted wi a paraffin-burning engine.