Three Artics Sought, Two Granted
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application by G. Reyner Ltd. was ;I:flail); successful at Manchester veek, when the company was d two articulated vehicles on A , by the North Western deputy ing Authority, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe. e company, Mr. A. W. Balne said t wanted three vehicles but one replace a B-licensed unit which :sent was used for maintenance ;es. If the application were d this B licence would be tiered. Until 1962 the applicants ieen a clearing house and had three transport companies, but ions had been ccosolidated. The rticulated outfits were needed to obtain greater flexibility from the fleet. It was becoming more difficult to obtain sub-contractors and some customers had been complaining of consignments being delayed, said Mr. Balne.
Mr. G. Reyner, junior, produced operational figures and said that the company did a certain amount of civil engineering work. Evidence was given by 10 customer witnesses who wished to use the new vehicles.
Mr. Jolliffe said that Reyner obviously wanted to be considered more as hauliers than a clearing house. After granting the two vehicles he said that one should be used for maintenance purposes and a record must be kept of its activities.