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LA opens new workshops for Worksop haulier
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• A 75 per cent utilization of mechanics' time is the target of J. T. Hunt (Worksop) Ltd compared with the normal average of about 40 per cent. The new Worksop premises of the company were officially opened last Friday by Mr C. M. Sheridan, chairman of the Traffic Commissioners and Licensing Authority of the East Midland traffic area. Maintenance plans were based on the BP Fleetcare system and, as mentioned by Mr Sheridan. the premises are
qver-capacity for the maintenance of the 39 artics and four rigids in the Hunt fleet; BID is co-operating with Mr John T. Hunt in developing a form of the Fleetcare system that will enable maintenance facilities to be offered to smaller operators in the area who cannot afford to establish the kind of up-to-date workshops that are now necessary to maintain vehicles to the standard required by the DoE.
The BP Fleetcare serviceplanning-and-record chart enables Mr G.
Hammond, the Hunt transport engineer, to see at a glance the maintenance requirements of vehicles in the fleet. There is also a range of supporting documents that are used in conjunction with the chart.
A three-tier workshop included in the installations essentially comprises two inspection pits, connected by the middle tier at pit-floor level, and a workshop at a lower level to which major components of a vehicle can be lowered for overhaul. Other installations include two fully equipped conventional inspection pits, a two-post hydraulic lift that is adjustable to accommodate different sizes of vehicle and is particularly useful for the replacement of springs, a Laycock roller brake tester incorporating load-simulation rams, a weighbridge and a canopied fuel-dispensing island. A high-pressure washer will later be augmented by an ultrasonic washer.
All the tractive units in the Hunt fleet are Atkinsons of 24and 32-ton-gross ratings while the trailers comprise Crane Fruehauf and York vehicles. The four rigids are ERF 16-ton-gross machines. The Atkinsons and ERFs are powered by Gardner diesels.
Representing a new venture for Hunt, an articulated tipper will be used for the carriage of peas in bulk. The tipper was designed by Seadyke Freight Systems Ltd, of Wisbech, in conjunction with Hunt and is a drop-sided vehicle tipped by Edbro twin front rams. It is based on a Crane Fruehauf chassis and the body is raised by a lifting frame of [-beams with a depth of 12in.