Blower? No one asks for that, says 20-year bulk-tipper man
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ELEVEN Yorkshire hauliers successfully objected in Bridlington on Tuesday to the addition of a bulk tipper to a farmer's licence. Mr. G. Robinson, of Hutton Buscel, near Scarborough, applied to York shire deputy LA, Mr. M. Gosnay, for a 7+-ton tipper to be used in conjunction with his present six-wheeled tipper with blowing equipment.
Mr. P. Penny said increasing demand on the present vehicle for ordinary bulk-tipper work meant that customers requiring the blower were unable to get transport.
For the objectors, Mr. R. E. Patterson maintained that the original grant had been based on an undertaking that the vehicle would do mainly blower work. Mr. Robinson said there had been no agreement with objectors in that respect.
Work had been abstracted from other firms—but Mr. Robinson said he had never canvassed for the work.
Mr. W. M. Young, regional manager of Agricultural Central Trading Ltd., said that besides delivering feedstuffs to members, ACT had formed a subsidiary company to market barley and required Mr. Robinson to handle this additional 1,500 tons in the next nine months.
Mr. R. Midgley, of James Stockdale Ltd., said that Mr. Robinson had a special container for carrying potatoes in bulk. He complained of non-availability of vehicles: "We can phone up to 30 haulage people and still not get the vehicles we want". He would he happy to support any haulier's application.
-Provided they would accept your rates", said Mr. Patterson.
Mr. P. J. Fisher, of P. J. Fisher Ltd., objecting, said that the 50s-a-ton rate for potatoes to Scotland would not warrant the purchase of a special container.
Mr. G. E. Smith (chairman RHA, Malton sub-area) was permitted to make representations as a B-licensed operator. He said that if the application succeeded he would have to delicence a vehicle.
The "countrywide recession" meant more vehicles were available, said Mr. F. Jackson, director. S. A. Bell Ltd. In 21 years no one had ever asked him to put on a blower.
Refusing the application, Mr. Gosnay said that the earnings showed the vehicle was not fully employed. Evidence of difficulties had only come from Stockdale but it was using Robinson's new vehicle on its C-hiring margin. A grant would have caused abstraction because of the general decline in haulage work.
PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS (WHITBY) was granted a new B licence for six vehicles to carry water and its waste after use from three customers drilling for gas and potash in Yorkshire. Mr. Gosnay said he was satisfied that even though use would be spasmodic the vehicles were required for this specialized operation.