Pickfords Get B Licence . for Tackle Vehicle
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rLAIMING that it was essential to have their tackle vehicles on B licence because they could not carry their own equipment on an A-licence vehicle, B.R.S. (Pickfords), Ltd., last week successfully applied at Manchester for a new B licence to cover a platform lorry, The North Western Deputy Licensing • Authority; Mr. J. R. Lindsay, agreed to • the conditions, "general goods, mainly ancillary to the carriage of indivisible loads, as required." • There were no objections.
Mr. A. W. Babe, for Pickfords, said if the application were granted, the vehicle would be deleted from their C licence in the Metropolitan Area. The vehicle would operate mainly in the Noah Western Area, but it was neither practicable nor desirable to limit its radius. of operation, because of emergencies.
The application was before the court • last year, and was then refused after . opposition by Contractors Transport, Ltd. (The Commercial Motor, August 30, 1957), • Since then, similar applications had been granted in the Northern and Scottish Areas, and Pickfords now had six of these vehicle; on B licence. They . were required almost every day in • Manchester for carrying skids, winches, • timber baulks and specially trained crews. In addition, with indivisible loads of electrical and atomic machinery, there were often small pieces which had to be carried separately. Another difficulty was 1-3-ton lots left at their depot by private hauliers until customers were ready for delivery. At present such items had to be delivered by the smallest available .vehicle, a 10-ton low-loader.
Pickford's were prepared to give an undertaking that the use of the vehicle for hire or reward would not exceed 10 per cent. of its -working time. The use of the vehicle would in many cases result in a considerable reduction in costs.