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TYRE SHORTAGE: NOT ENOUGH BEING DONE?

8th August 1947, Page 28
8th August 1947
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Keywords : Rim, Demurrage, Vehicle, Tires

A TTENTION was called recently by /-1Mr. R. B. Stockdale, principal of Motor Carriers, Ltd., and chairman of the road transport section of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, to the serious situation which is developing because of the shortage of tyres.

Warning has beea given by the National Road Transport Federation, he said, of the danger of a serious collapse of the road transport industry, to which the Board of Trade replied . there was no such danger, and the manufacturers announced a shortage of carbon black and of cotton fabric.

"In my opinion," declared Mr. Stock' dale, "the statement by the Board of Trade is gravely misleading, whilst that of the manufacturers is colourless and serves no useful purpose."

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution exhorting the manufacturers to resort to extreme measures in an effort to avert a serious collapse of road transport during next winter.

ACTION TO CUT DOCKSIDE DELAYS

THANKS have been sent by the road transport committee of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to the NorthWestern (Western) Area of the Road Haulage Association for calling together representatives to discuss the delays in the dikharge of vehicles at the docks. The R.H.A. has put forward a number of suggestions to overcome the trouble.

The proposal that there should be a demurrage charge when vehicles were delaY'ed has been dropped. Mr. E. A. Whitehead, secretary, pointed out the difficulties. Demurrage, he said, was a claim arising "ox contractu," whereas the cause of the delay might be the acts or omissions of some third party.

MATE KILLED BY SPLIT RIM

A CURIOUS accident that emphasizes

the importance of ensuring that wheels with split rims are free from defects, and that the rim is properly housed, occurred recently.

At an inquest at Rugby last week, it was stated that a driver's mate died as a result of injuries received when a rim flew from a wheel and struck him. The tyre had been inflated to a pressure of 60 lb. per sq. in., which was lidow the normal 'pressure, and the wheel was then rolled across the road to the lorry. Suddenly the rim flew off.

A tyre distributor who examined the tyre and wheel said that there was a split across the rim. His opinion was that the rear section of the rim became detached and allowed the flange to fly off.

CARS CARRY LIVESTOCK?

LIVESTOCK carriers in the NorthWestern Area complain that sheep, pigs and calves are being carried in private cars, under ordinary Road Fund licepces, for hire or reward and suggest that the police should be required to make periodical checks at the local markets. They also consider that a ruling should be given on the authorized weights of trailers that are permitted to be towed behind private cars.


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