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OF the 250 exhibitors at the Public • Works Exhibition which opened at Olympia on Monday and closes to-morrow, only six are showing refuse collectors and other municipal vehicles. Most of the mobile units featured are earth-moving appliances mounted on well-known makes of tractor.
Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, features on Stand 123 its Paxit Major refuse collector which has an unladen loading height of 4ft. 2ins. In general principles the body closely follows the design of the present machine, but in the latest version the loading plate is powered on both sides instead of only in the centre. A compensating device is incorporated to equalize the pressure on the compressing plate: this provides for uneven loading.
The Dennis chassis on which it is mounted has a six-cylindered oil engine. which also supplies the power, through a take-off, for the hydraulic pump.
Six vehicles are staged by the Eagle. Engineering Co., Ltd., Eagle Works, Warwick, on Stand 109. A Thames 10-cwt. chassis forms the basis of a 2-cubic-yd. end-tipping refuse body, the tipping gear of which is manually operated.
At the other end of the scale is a Comprcssmore 12-20-cubic-yd. body mounted on a Bedford 5-ton longwheelbase chassis with crew cab, and forward-control conversion. •A second Bedford 5-ton chassis forms the basis of a 750-800-gallon gully and cesspit emptier. Other exhibits include a Bedford 3-ton chassis with Eagle 7-cubic-yt end-tipping refuse body, and a three-stage tower wagon.
Glover, Webb and Liversidge, Ltd., 561, Old Kent Road, London, S.E.1 (Stand 59), has an attractive refuseCs
collection semi-trailer of 22-cubic-yd. capacity. It has a low-loading height and provides accommodation for a crew-of six.
An example of the Transport 15-cubic-yd. moving-floor refuse-collection body is shown as a working exhibit on a Karrier Gamecock chassis. Visitors are able to watch the operation of the overload clutch device, which enables the moving floor to be used for packing as well as for discharge.
On a Karrier Bantam chassis is a 10-cubic-yd. refuse body, the complete machine being characterized • by its compact design, which enables it to operate in restricted areas.
Karrier Motors, Ltd., Luton, occupies Stand 69. on . which are shown five machines. A feature that will be appreciated by drivers is the improved visibility afforded by rear corner lights in the cabs of the Bantam and Gamecock models.
The Bantam is shown with a 7-cubic-yd. refuse body and the Gamecock with one of 10-cubic-yd. capacity. A Gamecock chassis also forms the basis of the Karrier-Yorkshire 750-gallon gully-emptier. Other vehicles on this stand are a Karrier Transport Loadmaster refuse collector and a Karrier-Yorkshire RSC sweepercollector.
It is the first time that Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, Hens (Stand 121), has made its 1,100-gallon cesspit-emptier and 800-gallon gullyemptier available with a Perkins P6 oil engine, and both these machines are shown with this power unit. A third exhibit is a fore-and-aft tipper in which the load is trimmed by tipping the body forward.
The S.D. Freightlifter, a heavy-duty fork-lift truck, is shown for the first time. Its capacity is up to 18,000 lb. and it can stack to a height of 20 ft.
Included in the exhibit staged by Lewin Road Sweepers, Ltd., Victoria Works, West Bromwich, Staffs, on Stand 106. is the latest version of the S.S.C. Mark VII sweeper-collector with a container capacity of 80 cubic ft. For narrow-width sweeping there is the 3-cubic-yd. mechanical orderly, and for flat surfaces in or out of doors there is the pedestrian-controlled universal sweeper with either a petrol engine or* battery-driven electric motor.
Only two makes of electric vehicle are exhibited, one being the Manulectric pedestrian-controlled refuse truck made by Messrs. Sidney Holes Electric Vehicles, London Road, Withdean, Brighton, 6 (Stand 261). Its light-alloy side-tipping body is of 2-cubic-yd. capacity: full-load range is 10-12 miles.
The Harborough Construction Co., Ltd., Logan Street, Market Harborough, Leics. (Stand 144), is also showing battery-electric vehicles in the form of a pedestrian-controlled street orderly, and a 1-ton electric truck with manually operated hydraulic tipping body. It has sliding covers for dust-proof loading.
On Stand 138, David Brown Tractors, Ltd., Witham, Yorks, shows the Track master 50, the most pov-2:ful crawler tractor in the range, a Trackmaster 30 crawler, and a Taskmaster industrial wheeled tractor. Blaw-Knox earth-moving equipment is shown on both the Trackmaster machines.
Amongst the Fowler-Marshall tractors shown on Stands 76 and 94 is the new Challenger 4 150 b.h.p. oilengined tracklayer. It has a Meadows 61131 970 engine which gives a drawbar pull exceeding 30,000 lb. Starting is by an auxiliary petrol engine and the gearbox provides six forward speeds and four reverse ratios.
Other exhibits by the group include a Challenger 1, of 50 b.h.p., a Challenger 3, with 95 b.h.p. engine, a Fowler Mark VF and a Field-Marshall 40 b.h.p. single-cylindered oil-engined wheeled tractor. The companies concerned are Marshall Sons and Co., Ltd., Gainsborough, Lines, and John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., Hunslet, Leeds, 10.
Continental Tractor (Great Britain), Ltd., Faggs Road, Feltham, has three machines on Stand 64. Shown for the first time is the CD 9,000, powered by a Berliet five-cylindered oil engine.. It is a tracklayer and it is capable of working a 9-cubic-yd. scraper.
The CD 7,200, also shown, is a medium-range model and is powered by an A.E.C. six-cylindered oil engine of 78 b.h.p. A Perkins P4 unit is employed in the CP 36 tractor, the smallest in the Continental range. Respective maximum drawbar pulls are 20,000 lb., 15,900 lb. and 6,000 lb.
Two crawler tractors are dis played by the " International Harvester Co. of Great Britain, Ltd.. 259, City Road, London, E.C.1 (Stand 151). These are the TD-14-A which has a 76 b.h.p. oil engine, and the TD-24 powered by an oil engine producing 180 b.h.p. Ruston-Bucyrus equipment is shown on both these machines.
H. Leverton and Co., Ltd., Spalding. Lines.„ occupies Stands 114, 115, 116 and 117, On which Caterpillar tractors and BirtIcy earth-moving equipment are displayed. The new Caterpillar DW.21 225 b.h.p. wheeled tractor is shown for the first time. A Caterpillar D8 with Birtley angle dozer and scraper • is also on view.
On Stand 122, occupied by Jack Olding and Co., Ltd., Hatfield, Herts. there arc six Vickers VR 180 tractors. each shown with modern earth-moving equipment. The VR180 has a RollsRoyce six-cylindcred supercharged oil engine which develops 180 b.h.p. at the belt. Servo steering, electric starting and a lighting system for night operations are amongst the features of this machine.
A new version of the Chaseside 3-cubic-yd. dumper is shown by the Chaseside Engineering Co., Ltd., Station Works, Hertford, Beds, on Stand 43. This dumper is made in two forms, one with forward drive and the other with the driver facing the load. A stronger chassis, a flexibly mounted engine and gearbox unit, and servo brakes and clutch are among the improvements made to this model.
Two examples of the new Chaseside shovel are also displayed. One is of 1-cubic-yd. capacity and the other of 1-cubic-yd. A hydraulically assisted winch control provides greater operating comfort for the driver.
Both the trucks exhibited by R. A. Leyland units are used in the Carlisle Model 200 grader, which is exhibited ,by Messrs. John Blackwood Hodge, Hunsbury, Northampton (Stand 99). A Leyland six-cylindered oil engine supplies the power, which is transmitted through a clutch, gearbox and final drive unit-mounted with the engine.
Among the machines exhibited by Aveling-Barford, Ltd., Invicta Works, Grantham, on Stand 72, are an AvelingAustin 99-H grader, a 41-cubic-yd. dumper and another of 1-cubic-yd. capacity. On the grader, all wheels are driven and steered, and all controls are hydraulically operated.
Two-way steering and a gearbox providing four speeds forward and in reverse are incorporated in the larger dumper, which has a 54 b.h.p. oil engine. The smaller, machine is a three-wheeler powered by a petrol engine of 24.6 b.h.p.
The dumper shown by Motor Rail, Ltd., Simplex Works, Bedford (Stand 52), has a truck capacity of 3 cubic yds., the safe working load being 4 tons. It has a 28-b.h.p. engine.