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Makers blamed for GV9s
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NEWS was given at the Transport Association
luncheon in London on Tuesday by the chairman, Mr. F. L. lolly of Ackworth Transport, of three recent meetings of the association: a traffic managers' conference at Scarborough on Friday, attended by 45 members, an engineers' meeting in London on Monday, at which 28 members were present, and the pre-luncheon meeting of principals. Interchange of traffic, ways to improve co-operation between members and maintenance problems were discussed at the first meeting, and the great difficulty of avoiding qualification for 0V9 vehicle prohibition orders because of the acute scarcity of spares and the long delays in deliveries of new vehicles was reviewed at the engineers' conference.
Members noted that certain British spares were particularly difficult to obtain and that a number of members were purchasing vehicles manufactured on the Continent. These include Entress Transport of Swansea, who have acquired Magirus-Deutz lorries, Ackworth Transport, who have purchased DAFs, and another member who has bought a Scania-Vabis. One member is running 10 foreign vehicles.
A recommendation was made at this meeting that the Ministry of Transport be requested to consider standardization of semi-trailer couplings and of lighting equipment, and particular note was made that palm couplings were in general use on the Continent.
Replying for the guests at the luncheon, Mr. Derek Good, a past national chairman of the Road Haulage Association, observed that the TA had taken "a monumental step in the right direction" on the operational side of goods transport. It should be the responsibility of the TA, he emphasized, to pass on important findings to the administration group of the industry, namely the RHA.