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2nd May 1922, Page 19
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WORK BY LORRIES IN INDIA.

WE HAVE had evidence in the past of the call which is often made upon motor vehicles to. convey exceptional loads. Instances are regularly brought to our notice from Glasgow, where the authorities, with monotonous regularity, hold. those engaged in the transportation of heavy loads responsible for damage done to .roadway setts.

The transportation of exceptional loads is, newever, by no means restricted to any one country, and we publish on this page illustrations of A.E.G. lorries in India engaged in the haulage of a Lancashire boiler weighing 35 tons. This boiler had been lying in one Of the main roads of Calcutta for some time, anthas Many as 500 coolies,. together with numbers of bullock carts and blocks and tackle were em

ployed•to move it, but without. success.

The authorities were, in fact, at their wits' endto know what "to do, when Messrs. Walfiard and Co., in their capacity as agents for A.E.C. vehicles, offered assistance.

They tackled the lob by employing four A.E.C. lorries, each of which was separately coupled, by means of a 5-in.

rope, to the truck carrying the. boiler. Over 1,000 yds. of this repel. had to be employed. By these means the boiler was successfully moved to its destination, a distance of some four miles.

The feat clemonetraterl the power of the lorries to haul Maids far greater than their estimated carrying capaci4, and also provided evidence of theiriadapta bility to special services requiringvery low speed and adequate adhesion of the driving wheels.

Furthermore, it is evident that the job could not have been successfully performed unless the vehicles were made to work truly as a team, pulling steadily together. This is the sort of job in which one would expect the flexible steam-engine to succeed where the internal-combustion engine tvould he handicapped by reason of inability to develop full power at low speed and to apply that power sufficiently gradually.

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Locations: Glasgow, Calcutta

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