B Grant For Three Out of Seven
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THREE out of seven dumpers asked I for on B licence were granted to William R. Selwood Ltd., plant hire contractors, Southampton, by the South Eastern Licensing Authority, Mr. H. J. Thom, last week. Tipper operators Hall and Ham River Ltd., W. G. Privett and Sons Ltd. and G. Haskins and Sons objected.
• Presenting his own case, Mr. R. Fabian, secretary of the applicant company, said this was not an application in respect of new traffic, but merely an attempt to regularize a position which had come about because of a change in the law. Whitlock 7-8-ton dumpers had first been placed in service in 1961 when they were registered as road construction vehicles, The Hampshire County Council had hired these on a number of occasions in 1962 and 1963, and during the period of the hire were entirely under the control of the divisional engineer. In December, 1962, a Ministry of Transport inspector informed Selwood's it had been reported to him that dumpers had been used on the public highway at one site and in his own view this constituted illegal operation. Subsequently, Mr. Fabian went on, a letter was received from the County Council to the effect that these dumpers should be registered as goods vehicles and B licences sought. In May, 1963, the motor taxation department of the Hampshire County Council informed Selwood's that the dumpers in question could no longer be registered as road construction vehicles.
There had, Mr. Fabian continued, been considerable confusion in various parts of the country on this point. His company was quite satisfied with the service given by local hauliers and, in fact, the concern from whom they normally hired had not objected to the application.
Selwood's ran no B licensed vehicles at all and had no wish to enter this field.
Mr. R. J. Bradshaw, a divisional director of Hall and Ham River Ltd., said that his company, through its predecessors, had carried materials for the County Council since 1929 and now had 89 vehicles on B licence which could cope with any request the county authority was likely to make. He referred to the relative economics of operating dumpers and conventional tippers and mentioned a maximum of two miles as being an economic distance for dumpers to operate on the highway. In any event, Mr. Bradshaw continued, there were very few sites where a modern tipper could not operate.
The L.A., in giving his decision, referred to the economics of operating dumpers as road construction vehicles ts opposed to licensed goods vehicles. He granted Selwood's three dumpers on B licence with the condition: " For work on site or sites for the Hampshire County Council where a dumper has been specifically hired under an accepted tender and which will not involve a journey of more than 1 mile from the excavation to thc disposal site."
B Licence For Six
nETAILED conditions were imposed " by the North Western deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Jaffe. when granting a six-vehicle, 8-licence application by Manchester Tankers Ltd., of Tyldesley, at Manchester on 'fuesday.
The applicants asked for the vehicles to be used for carrying bulk liquids within Great Britain. But in making the grant Mr. Jolliffe decided on extensive conditions as to use.