New Variations on the Land-Rover Theme
Page 62
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
ANOVEL fire-appliance version of the Land-Rover and a trailer gully-emptier designed for use in conjunction with a standard model were shown last week by the Rover Co., Ltd., at a display of Land-Rover variants and special auxiliary equipment.
Known as the Redwing, the fire appliance was developed mainly for export by Carmichael and Sons (Worcester), Ltd., The Butts, Worcester. It carries a 75-gal. tank, inbuilt pump and two 750-ft. lengths of 21-in, delivery hose. A suction hose and an aluminium extensible ladder are mounted on the plastics-panelled roof. Provision is made for a Coventry Climax F.W.P. pump. which reduces crew accommodation from five to four.
The gully-emptier is a two-wheeled appliance with a total capacity of 420 gal. Manufactured by Allan Fuller, Ltd., Chepstow, it is intended to appeal to local authorities who employ equipment with manual pumps for cheapness. A Cooper-Stewart air pump at the front of the tank is driven from the Land-Rover's power take-off.
The tank is divided into two compartments; one of 300 gal. being stepped for containing sludge, and the other carrying 120 gal. of fresh water. Besides providing a vacuum for gully-emptying, the pump can flush drains with fresh water, and transfer clean residual water from the sludge container to the water compartment. The trailer is mounted on Bramber Fkxitor independent rubber suspension units. Fully equipped with lights and mudguards, the appliance costs £500.
Among the auxiliary equipment on show was a Rover hydraulic recovery winch which provides a line pull of 4,000 lb. Smith's Jacking Systems, Ltd„ Edgware Road, London, N.W.2, exhibited a power pack comprising an electrically driven plunger-type hydraulic pump operating at 1,500 p.s.i. Various kinds of compressor were displayed by Alfred Bullows and Sons, Ltd., Long Street, Walsall, Atlas Copco (Great Britain), Ltd., Wembley, Middx., B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., High Wycombe, and Laurence Edwards and Co. (Engineers), Ltd., Kidderminster. The Edwards unit was described in The Commercial Motor dated March 20 and the B.E.N. last week.
Farm implements were demonstrated controlled by the three-point linkage evolved by the Adrolic Engineering Co., Ltd., Milngavie, and Messrs. J. B. Howie, Salford Priors, Evesham, showed the Dale snowplough attachment and angledozer (illustrated in the January 23 issue).
C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., 46 Grosvenor Street, London, W.1, exhibited a Land-Rover equipped for greasing vehicles and intended for servicing site lorries, and Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd., Cromer Road, Norwich, a recovery vehicle with demountable crane. Also on -display were a two-stretcher ambulance by Messrs. Pitchers, 314 Kingston Road. London, S.W.20, and a low-loading semitrailer by B. Dixon-Bate, Ltd., Bridge Works, Chester.
Of possible interest to agricultural contractors and local authorities, a Simon hydraulic platform with a capacity of 250 lb. was demonstrated mounted on a Land-Rover pick-up. It has obvious uses for trimming hedges and lopping trees The platform is made by Simon Engineering (Midlands), Ltd.. Queen's Cross. Dudley.