Roadstone Buy More Octopuses
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LIVE Leyland Octopus eight-wheelers I are to be delivered to Roadstone, Ltd., Dublin, the largest suppliers of road-making materials in Ireland. They will join a further 15 similar models now being placed in service, and together with five Hippo six-wheelers, will replace a number of American oilers.
The company already operate Comets, Beavers and Octopuses, these models comprising the majority of British vehicles in the all-tipper fleet. American lorries of similar capacity to the Octopuses return 7 m.p.g., whilst the Leylands average 9-10 m.p.g.
Comets average 16-17 m.p.g. and Beavers 11-12 m.p.g. Older Leylands in
service have covered well over 100,000 miles without major overhaul.
Roadstone, Ltd., own three ballast pits and a large quarry, and some 80 per cent. of the monthly output of about 50,000 tons of material is carried by the ancillary fleet.
Tipping bodies are erected in the company's own bodybuilding shop in Dublin from materials prefabricated to specification. All bodies are of light alloy, capacities ranging from 5 cu. yd. for the Comets up to 15 cu. yd. for the Octopus models. Pilot tipping gear is installed,