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10th September 1965
10th September 1965
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F:1-0M IMPALEDaluminiur

roducts and know-how ) make vehicle bodybuilding easier, aicker and more profitable alco-Rib—better wear, better s, less...

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Tricky Start I

N EXT week the National Negotiating Committee for the Road Haulage Industry (Hire or Reward) holds what might well be described...

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MIDLANDS STRIKE IS COMMITTEE'S FIRST TEST

'THE Road Haulage Association has this week been attempting to have a Midlands strike of lorry drivers dealt with by the...

Sale of Harold Wood t( kfords

540-TANKER TAKEOVER BY STATE COMPANY THE largest road tanker fleet in the country—Harold Wood and Sons Ltd., of Heckmondwike,...

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Warning on Artic Matching T HE TRTA says that the new

draft regulations will mean that trailers constructed before January 1. 1967. and not equipped with new-standard brakes, will...

land Sleeper

s1E.W, forced-ventilaan system will be at next week's Curt Show in an deep sleeper version ; Leyland Ergornatic me of two...

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New Rules—but Still Confusion

By the Technical Editor ALTHOUGH clouded in a considerft able haze of legal jargon and extending to some 16 foolscap pages,...

New Scammell Safety Hitch

L`ROM the end of this month all Scammell 12-ton semi-trailers and auto-coupled Fourtraks will be fitted as standard with this...

SIMMS SPRING STARTER

A NEW engine-starting device which does not require electric power to operate it was introduced by Simms Motor Units Ltd. this...

Bullens Refute Rumours

B ULLENS ORGANIZATION LTD. have refuted persistent rumours that they are to discontinue their Continental road trailer service...

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awnsend Ferries Now arry Continental reight

READY operating frequent services with their "Free Enterprise" vessels e 90-minute short sea,route between rr and Calais,...

lEAD DISTRIBUTION COSTS EXAMINED

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT GOVERNMENT SPONSORED earchlight has been turned on to ransport and distribution costs of...

Rebate for Packaged Timber r - IN Monday the Manchester Ship Canal

Co. announced a 15 per cent rebate for ship-discharging rates for timber arriving in packaged form at Manchester provided that...

Car Transporter Plans T HE announcement of plans for co-ordinating the

collection, storage and delivery of cars, involving share exchanges between British Road Services and Western Motor Holdings...

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German Expert Refutes Significance of AASHO Road Tests

FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A DAMAGING indictment of the AASHO road tests has been made by the PI German road haulage...

GPO VEHICLES IN ' DIM-DIP ' EXPERIMENT

D URING the coming winter about 1,700 Post Office vehicles in the London area will take part in a " dimdip" headlight...

Customs Documentation For Semi-trailers

T HE Customs authorities have announced their intention to continue on a permanent basis the procedure introduced...

NEW MERRYWEATHER FIRE APPLIANCES

A NEW range of fire appliances known as the Marquis Series Seven models, based on the latest AEC Mercury chassis, has been...

'YARDSTICK' JUDGE BRS COMPANY TO EFFICIENCY?

1-1 A MODIFIED, rather than abolished. carriers' licensing system, a network of goods traffic control points under Licensing...

Detailed Conditions for Inland Clearance Centres

VfORE detailed conditions for the estab lishment of inland examination centres for containerized (raffle have been announced...

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RHA COSTS 'iURVEY BEGINS

E Road Haulage Association has iked 100 members to assist in a telly survey of operating costs. The !rt members represent as...

TRTA on Geddes

E Traders Road Transport Associaion's support for the Geddes Report to allow own-account vehicles to • for hire and reward is...

Fares Dispensation For Coach Firm

N objection by a Shropshire coach operator to fares increases proposed by the West Midland Traffic Commissioners led to a...

Myer Training Board Urged

HEN representatives of 15 C-licensees met in London on Wednesday for the :vening meeting of the new Association idustrial Road...

No Customer Support—No Grant

W LTSHI RE haulage contractor applying for extra vehicles to haul Tial from Staffordshire to Westbury. ;hire, was without " one...

London Haulier Loses Vehicle from Licence

W HEN Huntingdonshire police stopped a vehicle recently and asked the driver who owned it. a chain of events was started which...

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Essex Operators Resent Tipper 'Invasion'

A N invasion' of Hampshire tipper operators, all sub-contractors to Mid Southern Tipping Group Ltd., applying for short-term B...

Haulier 'Unaware' of Restriction

A FELIXSTOWE haulier, Mr. William Stokell, was called before the Eastern, deputy Licensing Authority last week to explain why...

NORTHERN

APPLICATIONS (September 1, 1965) G. T. Barker, Birtley, B var., add I T. (410. Also vary conditions on all veh. to read: Plant...

NORTH WESTERN

APPLICATIONS (September 3. 19651 W. T. Lynch. Manchester. new A tic.. I veil. (810. Building mats., scrap, solid fuels,...

WEST MIDLAND

APPLICATIONS (September 2, 19631 Curbiabley Bros.. Uttogeter, new A tic., 3 veh. (1550 (includes 3 cont.. 50. Livestock, as...

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UTH WALES

APPLICATIONS (September 1, 1965) F, Boot. Cardiff, new A lie., 1 veh. goods For British Oxygen Co. Lid,. Coates and Co, Ltd....

The Co-operative Wholesale Society ltd. have appointed regional transport managers

as follows: Mr. R. Wills, South Wales; Mr. I. R. Cullum, South Western; Mr. L. Keen, Eastern. Mr. S. Vickers has joined the...

Obituary

WE regret to record the deaih of Mr. T. W. Hesiop. Mr. Heslop was traffic controller for the Co-operative Wholesale Society's...

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Cymru Coastliner

T HE fast, limited-stop, Cymru Coastliner express coach service was introduced by Crosville Motor Services Ltd. along the North...

NEW DESIGN FOR FLEETLJNE SINGLE-DECKERS

'rWO municipal bus undertakings have -L placed orders for extended-wheelbase Fleetline chassis to form the basis of new...

LTB Fleetlines in Service This Month

STRIKING NEW SINGLE-DECKERS COMING T EN years too late? The first of a batch of Daimler Fleetlines (above) due to enter service...

NEWS IN BRIEF More for Middlesbrough Inspectors?: Middlesbrough Corporation transport

committee has recommended a regrading that will give 16 inspectors pay increases of between £50 and £60 a year. This, if...

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New Type of 'Mixed' Engine Being Developed

SS OM E details of a new type combustion engine were given by Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Meurer of MAN, Germany, at a Press conference...

nternationars Loadstar Range for UK

LL production of International Harvester Loadstar goods chassis ady built in the USA) will start at Carr Hill Works, Doncaster,...

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Brakes Have an Easy. Time with the New Kim

!der By R. D. CATER DIGGER demands on braking systems, 1 - 1 being made daily by worsening traffic conditions, higher road...

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NEW RUBERY OWEN 20-TON BOGIE GEAR

A NEW 20-ton running gear will make its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Manufactured by Rubery. Owen and Co. Lid.. at its...

tOAD AND WORKSHOP by HANDYMAN

Grinding Equipment Part 2 nding for accuracy and finish. 21 speed plays an all important though when referring to wheel should...

IONEY FOR YOU 7 e you an idea that is

worth passing other readers ? It must relate to ma flee practice, if a panel, on which ;man sits, considers your idea worth...

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NEW EQUIPMENT

and Publications Retreads for Light Vans I ATEST addition to the Blue Peter range of retread tyre patterns suitable for light...

Hand-operated Pallet Trucks A NEW range of hydraulic, hand-operated pallet trucks

of Swedish design is now being supplied by W. C. Youngman Ltd. Called Robur, these trucks feature lightness of construction and...

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AS WELL AS PLEASANT ARITHMETIC...

Size up the immense possibilities of YORK's brand-new TR1AXLE. It weighs only 10 cwts. more than a tandem axle trailer built...

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WHICh

AY,P...COOKSWAY! ITHIN the next few weeks, as the summer holiday season is waning, a car towing a well-equipped caravill leave...

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NEW BEDFORDS

for Deliveries and Sites 1111 1 DISC FRONT BRAKES ON SOME MODELS EW range of low-loading chassis nd a new tipper chassis, all...

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Twin-steer Tractive Unit and Nei lids from Daimler-Benz

By A.J.P. WILDING AMI Mech E, MI RTE N EW goods vehicle designs which Daimler-Benz AG, is to feature at the forthcoming...

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A 170 b.h.p. V8 fru Perkins

L . ONG awaited by the commercial vehicle industry, the release today of official news of the Perkins V8 automotive diesel is...

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boy NEEDS MORE LIFE

By E. JAMES MILLEN 1,40W useful is the Lorry Driver of the Year competition? Is it worth the time and money expended on it? Is...

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'LEASING ALL THE PEOPLE

D ETER1VIINEDLY treading the path of no excess, Mr. John Darker of "The Commercial Motor ", in the new Fabian pamphlet "Long...

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Allocation of Costs

HOW EXPENDITURE OF A I,000-VEHICLE ANCILLARY FLEET IS EQUITABLY APPORTIONED ) EVISINC a policy of control for a fleet of more...

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Design of Artics Fundamentally Wrong ?

M R. 1. E. JOHNSON'S suggestion (The Commercial Motor, August 27) of more intensive driver training to achieve greater artic...

Will Bristol Lose its identity?

R ECENT correspondence about the lack of a rear" engined AEC double-decker and the all-powerful position of the Leyland Motor...

Carry 35 tons of Livestock ? l Doubt it

R EFERRING to the item on page 35 of the August 27 issue about cattle transporters built by J. A. Thorne and Son, I was...

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I NEW COMPANIES

T. A. Chisholm Ltd. Can. £1.000. Objects: To carry on the business of haulage contractors, etc. Dirs.: T. A, Chisholm and M. A....

THE COMMON ROOM

By George Wilmot Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Road Transport : 41...