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Leylands Prove Value of Road Motors for Cattle

30th June 1939, Page 90
30th June 1939
Page 90
Page 90, 30th June 1939 — Leylands Prove Value of Road Motors for Cattle
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ANYONE Who dOubts that Cattle haulage is a specialized form of transport should talk to Messrs. J. Saxton and Sons, of Outlane, Huddersfield. Not cmly do the firm operate cattle trucks, but they have also built

the bodies for their machines. The rear doors of the bodies hinge at the bottom to form a ramp, which is gradual enough to be a great help when slow-moving, frightened cattle are being loaded. AU the vehicles now 'have roofs; when roofless machines were operated it was found that the cattle would try to climb over the sides.

The loading of bulls is one of the specialized jobs which they have to tackle and special means have to be taken when dealing with animals that are refractory.

Cows, naturally, form a much more docile load. Eight of them are packed, looking alternately to right and to left, across the body • of the vehicle', each separated by detachable hickory poles. Twelve can be carried by taking out every alternate pole so that three .cows occupy the space of two animals. A good average load consists of a dozen weighing 13 cwt. each. .

Sheep also form a frequent load. It is possible to stow 120 fat sheep on the two decks.. As this is the approximate capacity of three railway-truck loads, they form a more paying load than cattle. Alternatively, sheep and cattle can be carried at one time, since the floor of the upper deck on the Leyland machines can readily be removed in sections.

The firm carry between farm and farm, farm and market, market and slaughterhouse, and wherever a demand arises. On market day, the vehicles are taken to Huddersfield market, and, at short notice, receive loads for all parts of Yorkshire.

Farmers in particular prefer to transport their cattle by road instead of by rail. When using the latter they have to save money by waiting until, say, a dozen or more cattle are fat and ready for transport in one lot, Whilst it is usual practice to reckon with a loss of j cwt. in weight phr beast if a long journey by rail be involved, the farmers are inclined to think that weight is not in fact lost to anything like this extent by Leyland lorries, because road transport is faster.

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