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What to See in the Municipal and Industrial Sections

8th November 1935, Page 190
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FOR the first time, the Commercial Motor Show embodies sections for municipal vehicles and appliances, and industrial motors. Thirteen stands comprise the former category, in which are to be seen examples of the latest developments in the design of refuse collectorsArtillyremptiers, ambulances, fire appliances and tipping lorries. Particularly interesting are the methods adopted for the compression of loads of refuse, whilst another noteworthy feature is the marked increase in the size-of refuse collectors. . .

There are only two exhibitors in the industrial section, where two stationary oil engines ex.itable for electricity generation, and a small sweeper for indoor, as well as street use, are to be seen.

Carrimore Dual-purpose Outfits and Refuse Collector.

Heading the list of exhibitors in the municipal section is Carrimore Six Wheelers, Ltd., High Road, North Finchley, London, N.12, occupying stand 170. Of particular interest is the dual-purpose outfit comprising two semitrailers for use with a Harrier mechanical horse.

In one case, the semi-trailer carries gully-emptying, cesspit-emptying, sprinkling and flushing equipment with a spring-balance jib enabling operation through an angle of 300 degrees—a facility of considerable value where work in narrow lanes has to be undertaken. If required, this apparatus may be replaced by a 10-cubic-yd. refuse-collection body, mounted upon a semi-trailer attachment.

Alongside this dual-purpose outfit is to be seen a refuse collector incorporating the recently introduced Harrier C.K.3 chassis. It has a side-loading van body with steel sliding shutters. An hydraulic underslung ram tipping gear enables the 14-16 cubic yds. of refuse which can be accommodated to be discharged with expedition.

Two Talbot Ambulances and a Special Chassis.

A large number of Talbot ambulances is in use by municipalities throughout the country, and the latest examples, produced by Clement Talbot, Ltd., Barlby Road, London, W.10, are to be seen on stand 164.

Designed especially for ambulance work, the type-AY/95 chassis is powered by a six-cylindered 20.9 h.p. engine, having a seven-bearing counterbalanced crankshaft. A four-speed pre-selective gearbox is provided, and the final drive is of the spiral-bevel type with a double-helical reduction gear for each wheel. A feature is that the Luvax shock absorbers are controlled from the steering column.

This chassis is also on view equipped with a two-stretcher ambulance body. The equipment includes two fixed stretcher platforms on tubular pedestals, two special stretchers and hot-water heating apparatus.

The final exhibit is the type-AY 75 ambulance, the chassis and body details of which are similar to those of the larger model, the six-cylindered power unit having a lower h.p. rating.

D36 Commer Vehicles Suitable for Municipal Work.

Visitors Should not miss the fine display of vehicles specially suited to municipal purposes, to be inspected on stand 173 of Commer Cars, Ltd., 13iscot Road, Luton. The first exhibit is a 7-cubic-yd. refuse collector with a steel-lined body having steel sliding covers. It is equipped with B. and E. underslung twin-ram hydraulic tipping gear, and is powered by a 3.04-litre six-cylindered engine.

Another interesting machine is a Commer-Eagle 750gallon gully and cesspool-emptier. A cylindrical tank is provided for clean water and there is a large sludge compartment. The power unit is a 60 b.h.p. six-cylindered engine, the bore and stroke of which are 78 mm. and 106 mm. respectively.

A two-stretcher ambulance may also be inspected, the coachwork of which, incorporating the Hurst patent stretcher gear, has been built by Lambeth Motor Body

WorkS, Ltd. The'vehicle' is poweredby a six-cylindered side-valve. eogirie, the four-speed gearbox haying synchromesh mechanism for the top and third ratios.

The exhibit is completed by a hand-operated end-tipping lorry with Spenborough gear, having as its basis the type-N2 4-2-ton. chassis, and the Cornmer N5 4-5-tonner, which is: equipped with 'an Anthony patent all-steel body and tipping gear; the latter incorporates a shaker device.

Dennis Appliances in Wide Variety.

Five specimens of the popular machines expressly built for municipal requirements by Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, comprise the exhibit on Stand 157. Primarily intended for use as a gully-emptier, but convertible for other purposes, there is a 600-gallon machine, having a 9-ft. 6-in, wheelbase and four-cylindered engine of 100-mm. bore by 120-mm. stroke. The front portion of the tank carries clean water, and the rear, sludge.

A new Dennis product is a rubber moving floor, which is exhibited in a rear-loading refuse collector, having the 'makers' all-metal body. The floor is controllable from either side at the front, and, in its design, care has been paid to the 'elimination of Stress from the belt, Accommodation for four men is afforded, and there are lockers at the sides. The rear door can be opened or closed from the front of the body.

Four examples of fire-fighting equipment are on view; one, a six-cylindered 550-800-g.p.m. outfit, another a firebrigade canteen van, the basis of which is the Ace forward-control chassis, and the third a portable fire-engine of 80-100 g.p.m.*capacity. A trailer pump is also on view.

Finally, there is a lawn mower capable of cutting to widths of 24-36 ins. It has a single-cylindered engine.

Dodge Shows Refuse Collector and Gully-emptier.

On the opposite side of the Empire Hall two examples of the Dodge range of vehicles are on view. on Stand 161. The first is a forward-control short-wheelbase edition of the 4-ton model, equipped with an end-tipping body and hydraulic gear* by Anthony Hydraulic Hoists, Ltd. The machine is powered by a six-cylindered 23.3 h.p. side-valve engine, and the wheelbase is 9 ft. 4 ins.

The second .exhibit is a 2-ton, long-wheelbase model (-quipped with an Eagle gully and cesspool-emptying appartus. Good-capacity compartments are provided for clean water and sludge, and there is a large discharge door at the rear. These vehicles are the products of Dodge Brothers (Britain), Ltd., Kew Garclens, Surrey.

Refuse Collectors and Gully-emptier on Eagle Stand.

Crossing over to Stand 160, the visitor will find a representative selection of the municipal appliances manufactured by that well-known specialist, the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Eagle Works, Warwick. • One's attention is immediately attracted by a Karrier C.K.3-type refuse collector with an Eagle patent Pactum body of 10-cubic-yd. capacity.

Loading is effected through two-section covers on each side, that at the rear being for primary loading and that at the front for main loading operations. The covers aue equipped with Windguards and are mechanically operated by a vacuum servo.. Compression of the load is carried out by means of an hydraulic rant fitted at the top of the body and carrying a forked compressor, beneath which is a loading: grid.

Equally interesting is the Eagle-Bedford combined .gully and cesspool-emptier of 550-gallon. capacity, with accommodation for 200 gallons of clean water and 350 of sludge. Officials of the smaller municipalities will find much of interest in the Eagle-Thornycrott dual-purpose refuse collector, which can also be used for the collection of 250. gallons of night soil. The top of the 7-cubic-yd. refusecollection body, is detachable to enable the night-soil container to be placed inside the existing body.

A New .Hardy Railcar Chassis on View.

Visitors to the 1933 Commercial Motor Show will no doubt remember the Hardy railcar, which was exhibited at that time. On this occasion Hardy Motors, Ltd., A.E.C. Works, Southall, Middlesex, is displaying a new twin oilengined railcar chassis on Stand 171. Two A.E.C.-Ricardo six-cylindered oil engines, each maintaining an independent drive to one bogie, are employed, the power being transmitted hydraulically to a five-speed preselective epicyclic gearbox. At the rear of the gearbox is a reduction gear which can be varied.

Road-rail Tower Wagon in Karrier Display.

A road-rail tower wagon is the salient exhibit of Earlier Motors, Ltd., Biscot Road, Luton (Stand 172). It is expressly built for the overhead repair work involved by tramway systems which include sleeper-track routes. The construction of this unique vehicle, which is one of two built to the order of Liverpool Corporation, enables it to be operated with equal facility either on roads or on rails. The wheels are shod with 38-in. by 7-in, pneumatic tyres on the outside, whilst standard steel rail tyres of the Davis type (32-in, tread diameter) are mounted on pressedsteel disc centres inside the road wheels. When in use on the road both these wheels revolve concentrically and the drive is transmitted to the outer equipment.

When the vehicle is run on rails the drive is disconnected from the pneumatic-tyred wheels, and these are lifted by all ingenious mechanism, in which position they are retained. There are also displayed the concern's well-known R.S.C. sweeper, sprinkler and collector; and a new Karrier municipal appliance—a low-priced refuse collector. It is seen as a normal refuse collector with sliding steel covers and as a van with a Principality moving floor. In addition, an example of the Bantam low loader, with alternative types of bodywork, is displayed.

Three Fire-engine p Amongst Leyland Exhibits. • The municipal appliances of Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, Lanes, can always be relied upon to afford an interesting study, and the display on Stand 166 is no exception. D31 The exhibit comprises three types of fire-fighting appliance, an hydraulic tower wagon and a single-engined hydraulic traction unit for railcar work.

Mounted on a Badger chassis, the tower wagon has a van body, above which is an elevating platform—a product of the Wood Hydraulic Hoist Co., Ltd. The fire-engines are representative of the latest practice in this sphere. There is a new 500-g.p.m. machine, which is displayed as a chassis. Accompanying it is a limousine-type appliance built for London Fire Brigade, which has a 700-g.p.m. pump and incorporates accommodation for equipment, such as breathing apparatus, etc. The third is a Leyland-Metz all steel 100-ft. turntable escape.

The traction unit incorporates a six-cylindered directinjection oil engine. Coupled to it, as a unit, is an example of the railcar-type hydraulic torque converter.

Three Examples of Morris-Commercial Municipal Machines.

A popular make of vehicle amongst municipal operators is the Morris-Commercial, a product of Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Adderley Park, Birmingham 8, and on Stand 158 three examples of particular interest are available.

Two of the exhibits comprise refuse collectors, the first having as its basis a 2-ton forward-control chassis. The body has an interior length of 10 ft. 6 ins., and it is equipped with an hydraulically operated end-tipping gear.

The second machine has a van-type refuse-collecting body of 13-15-cubic-yd. capacity. It is based on the concern's well-known 4-ton chassis, the four-cylindered power unit being rated at 24.8 h.p. A feature of this machine is that it is equipped with a Principality moving floor.

The final exhibit is an ambulance designed for two stretcher patients and five sitting patients.

Thornycroft Exhibits Refuse Collector and Gully-emptier.

A few yards away a refuse collector and a gully and cesspit-emptier are shown by John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., Basingstoke, on Stand 165. The former has a capacity of 3 tons and the large-capacity body is mounted upon a Dandy chassis. It is equipped with the FB4-type petrol engine, which develops 50 b.h.p. All-steel construction is adopted in the bodywork, with the exception of the Eagle patent dustless covers, which are composed of aluminium sheet with ash framing. These covers are in four sections on each side, and are actuated by foot bars. As the basis of the gully-emptier, a Beauty chassis is employed, in which is installed the improved FB4 engine, Which has a Ricardo cylinder head and a power output of 55 b.h.p. The 800-gallon tank has two sections.

New Transport Moving Floor.

Municipal engineers should not leave the Show without visiting Stand 155, where Transport Engineering, Ltd., 561, Old Kent Road, London, S.E.1, has four exhibits worthy of close attention. Three comprise -vehicles incorporating the Transport steel moving floor, whilst the fourth is a new lightweight moving-floor unit of special interest.

Dealing first with the vehicles, there is a dual-purpose DS lorry incorporating the new Bedford 2-ton long-wheelbase chassis, upon which a body suitable for general haulage, as well as refuse collection, is mounted. It has a Transport hand-operated rustless-steel moving floor.

Mounted upon a Dennis low-loading chassis is a I rausport standard refuse-collection body with steel moving floor.

Thirdly, there is an Albion 4-ton moving-floor lorry for the transport of builders' materials, The moving-floor unit is built in the form of a metal box structure, • to which bodybuilders may attach any desired superstructure. The floor is constructed of rust-proofed steel slats of the company's patent hollow section, linked together in such a manner that the greater the load imposed upon them the tighter the seal between each joint.

The unit is enclosed between two longitudinal steel channels, and the floor is mounted on roller-bearing shafts at the front and rear, and driven by means of roller chains. Hand operation is provided for, there being a reduction gearbox affording two speeds.

The floor is divided at the centre in order to reduce the unsupported span, and is complete with cross-bearers, etc. It is offered at a price of £80.

Five Bedfords on View.

A good array of Bedford municipal appliances are to be seen on Stand 168 of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton.

There is, on the first-named, a short-wheelbase mechanically operated three-way tipper of 3 tons capacity, the price of which is £320, whilst a tower wagon, mounted on a similar chassis, is attracting considerable attention. It affords a lift of 17 ft. above the ground and costs complete, as shown, £598. One of the new Bedford 2-tonners, in short-wheelbase form, is displayed with a hand-operated end-tipping body.

Two examples of the concern's ambulances are shown, a Bedford de luxe model costing £440 and a Vauxhall ambulance priced at £677. The exhibit on this stand is completed by a 7-cubic-yd. refuse collector with a 2-ton long-wheelbase chassis as its basis.

Two A.E.C. Industrial Oil Engines.

Turning his attention to the industrial-motor section, the visitor finds on Stand 163 of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., Southall, Middlesex, two examples of industrial oil engine. The first is a six-cylindered 85 h.p. unit mounted in conjunction with tri English-Electric typeA.C.B. 15 55-60-kilowatt compound-wound generator. A smaller four-cylindered unit of 47 h.p, may also be seen in conjunction with a B.T.H. 28-kilowatt generator.

A New Lewin Sweeper-collector Outfit.

To be seen for the first time, an interesting universal hand-controlled sweeper and collector outfit is displayed on Stand 154. It is a product of Lewin Road Sweepers, Ltd., Jack Lane, Leeds, 10. The machine is suitable for all classes of sweeping or collecting work, either inside buildings or in streets where manual labour would normally be employed. The motive power is provided by a Villiers aircooled two-stroke engine.


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