; Tons for Rigid Tankers Only ?
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'HE Minister of Transport's proposal to raise the maximum gross weight of eight-wheeled tankers from 24 tons to 28 tons, with an axle-weight lit of 9 tons, at present applies only to rigid vehicles. His original letter the subject to interested organizations made no reference to this fact, . he has since said that he will consider extending the concession to iculated vehicles.
!, matter will be discussed in ngham next Tuesday by the bulk Is group national committee of the Haulage Association. It is thought they will press for any increase to ade applicable to articulated as well id vehicles.
5 possible that the Association might that the greater laden weight should tended to cover all goods vehicles, he recommendation would have to from the national executive corn:, who do not meet until late next
.ly this week there was confusion ghout the industry concerning the :ations of the proposal. Some secthought that the Minister was conig himself with rigid tankers only. s had the impression that a Ministry acnt—following the original letter erested organizations—which invited ientations on a weight increase for lated tankers, meant that the matter letermined for all bulk-liquid trans-s.
Invidious Distinction
. F. J. Reynolds, director of Crow ing Co., Ltd., told The Commercial r that it would be invidious to dislate against articulated vehicles. shall do everything in our power to ace the Minister that the increase I be made applicable to articulated Lgid tankers." he said.
:re were no complaints, however. Mr. C. Excel!, director and general ger of Bulwark Transport, Ltd.,
• enham. His company operate only vehicles.
3thcr executive who was happy with ituation was Mr. Harold Wood, managing director of Harold Wood and Son, Ltd., Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. I4e was confident that negotiations to achieve parallel treatment for both types of vehicle would be successful.
"A line of demarcation between rigid and articulated vehicles would be nothing short of disastrous," said Mr. D. H. Joyce, supplies and transportation manager of Shell-Mex and B.P„ Ltd. "There is no technical reason why any line should be drawn between the two types, and in the interests of productivity the rigid and the articulated tanker should be treated equally in the event of any proposal to increase the gross weight of tankers becoming law. The reason why two types of tanker are used by operators is purely a matter of economics."
BREAKDOWN NO EXCUSE
1–%. A HAULIER who used a B-licence vehicle outside its 10-mile authorized radius, when his A-licence vehicle had broken down, was fined a total of £35 and ordered to pay £9 costs by Walsall magistrates last week.
Mr. M. P. Pugh. who was prosecuting for the West Midland Licensing Authority, said that Frank Edgar Peale, trading as F. Peate and Sons. Walsall, twice sent the vehicle to Gloucester, also to Coventry and Wrexham.
A second vehicle involved in the charges was used on three dates for local collection and delivery for British Railways, outside its authorized scope, said Mr. Pugh.
Mr. J. Foley Egginton, for Peale's. explained that no additional competition had been caused, because had the A-licence vehicle been running it would have done the work.