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in 7in. mud says MoT examiner
• At an S.174 inquiry in Manchester on Tuesday, an MoT vehicle examiner told the North Western LA, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, that he had issued five immediate prohibitions to P. E. Moss of Sandbach. The case was adjourned at the request of Mr. J. A. Backhouse, appearing for the applicant.
The application was to vary, a B licence by adding a 9-ton flat with a refrigerated container to replace a 51-ton flat, adding to the conditions deadstock within 75 miles and to add to the conditions of two other vehicles on B licence the same deadstock normal user.
Mr. L. Holt, vehicle examiner of the Wilmslow area, said that on October 2 1968 he had visited the applicant's base at Smallwood and after inspecting the two vehicles present placed immediate GV9's on them both. He said that it was difficult to inspect the vehicles as they were standing in about 7in. of mud. One of the vehicles did not display a carrier's licence, its hand brake was apparently ineffective and the nuts on one of the front wheels were loose.
His second inspection took place on February 10 1969, said Mr. Holt, when he visited the Jubilee Garage in Scholar Green. Inspecting one vehice he found the main leaf of one of the front springs was broken and that the silencer was held in place by a piece of wire. A second vehicle also had a broken front spring and it was doubtful whether the hand brake would work, said Mr. Holt. Immediate prohibitions were issued on these vehicles together with a trailer with a defective hand brake.