aditionally the Scottish Motor Show was the time when buyers placed ders for next year's replacement fleet. The signs are that...

'JEW warranty to cover the idge 300 series range of hides has been announced Chrysler UK Ltd. The basic cover is for 12 )nths...

BRITAIN'S ROADS could reach crisis state unless more money is spent on maintenance an repairs, and county councils have hit out...

TRONG support for the Price lommission's investigation no road haulage charges was oiced by Ken Rodgers, RHA ational...

ei DRAFT Code of Practice on time off for trade union duties tnd activities published last iveek gives practical guidance )n...

MORE provisions of the Dock Work Regulation Act come into effect on December 1 to provide for a review of work currently...

INTERNATIONAL road transport is in danger. The increasing number of safety measures taken by several European governments in...

CONTAINER handling Felixstowe is to get a million boost which w increase handling capacity 1 60 per cent and is claimed w give...

The annual order will bring Scottish Bus Group expenditure on fleet replacements to more than £32 million in the past 10...

diverted for weight or maintenance checks have been slammed by the Freight Transport Association as "unnecessary and without...

;EDFORD is to provide a free breakdown ervice to all owners of TM vehicles egistered from November 1, 1977. The new scheme,...

"GWYNFOR Dual Carriageways" has a vision. An independent Wales with a super road network, modern electrified railways thriving...

NNER-DRIVERS in East iglia are facing bankruptcy cause a company to whom ey were sub-contracted is Ay to go into liquidation....

JNDERTAKINGS given to e Licensing Authority must adhered to and I hope you iderstand that," the South 'ales LA, Ronald R....

HESTAIR Dennis Ltd hal received its first order for it latest RS Series fire engines The order comes from thE Greater...

THE Department of Transpor has produced a new set o Construction and Use Regula tions to incorporate al amendments to the rules...

THE first Volvo F10 tractiv unit on North-east Scotlan roads has been bought b Kintore haulage contract° Vic Mathers. He plans...

ICI has updated and reprinte its manual of Vehicle Refi ishing. The 82-page bo( describes spraying technique surface...

NORTHERN Ireland-bas( Williames Transport Groi Ltd and National Expre parcels carrier Wilkins( Transport Ltd have enter into an...

A DRIVER cannot pick and choose the loads he is prepared to take out. To refuse to take out a load is a breach of the terms of...

Dismissing the application, the Tribunal said that Mr Garside had clearly disobeyed an order within the terms of his Contract...

A MAESTEG company whi admitted it had been usini vehicle for 14 months with( an operator's licence had request for an interim...

istrict Council could become a serious burden on the tepayers, the council's environmental health committee heard it week....

DAF Trucks (GB) Ltd expects to double its sales of commercial vehicles in the UK in 1977 when compared with 1976, managing...

SMT INSURANCE Co Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group, is to handle the motor insurance business of...

LEYLAND is willing to resume building traditional frontengined double-deck bus chassis for export. A front-engined design...

!sus permits TRANSPORT Minis William Rodgers has now 1 before Parliament an or designating the bodies, in dition to the...

deteriorated since the managing director Erne Pitcher had suffered a heart attack 12 months ago, SERI Eastern Traffic...

VAN HOOL McArdle has announced that its 300 Line body will now be available on the Leyland Leopard chassis. Van Hool McArdle...

THREE COACHES were clef troyed by fire at the garage c Morriston Coaches in Mord! ton, Swansea, last week. Firemen are...

On beam TECALMIT'S headlamp beamtester DE 7188 combines accuracy with simplicity in the setting of headlamps, fog lamps and...

A MORE comprehensive engine warranty coverage has been announced by Cummins. Although the basic warranty period is unaltered...

AN INCREASE in gross vehicle weight and a change in engine specification have been announced for the Scammell LD55 heavy-duty...

Materials Handling Division Wednesfield, Wolverhamptt Known as the NER mode they will be available capacities of 1,600kg...

per kit from Edbro A NEW RANGE of multi-stal rams for three-way tippers introduced today at Kelv Hall by Edbro. Supplied as a...

Details of the new vehicle are somewhat sketchy at the mOment but, as predicted in CM September 30, Rolls-Royce engines will be...

NIAXAMP heavy-duty battery chargers, made by Manco Ltd, Wednesbury, West Midlands, are showing striking sales records since...

NORRIE Ltd of Glasgow i now operating, four Homal aire insulated bodies, mount€ on Transit chassis and mant factured by Craven...

WM Equipment Sales Ltd which manufactures and markets the Ant range of light commercial vehicles, is to sell the Ant through a...

)RING Grove Services Ltd, a workwear, towel and barrier mat ntal company, will be the first to operate a 4-up light-weight )x...

THE SUBJECT of electric vehicles and their feasibility is raised from time to time, but nothing appears to have happened, with...

rominent RHA members ave been highlighting the Aide replacement issue rid the need for better rates. This is good advice,...

Like the majority, Mr Male, we believed what you and Mr Rodgers said regarding the cost of operating and the purchase of new...

In reply to Bird's Eye View (CM October 28), I would like to agree completely with Hawk about bus drivers. I work in London...

May I correct a "timetable error" in your Busplan '78 item (CM October 21)? Far from submitting Busplan "hot on the heels of"...

We are amazed at the prices being charged on all motorw for dery on agency cards, an we ourselves as coach operators often have...

ACK in 1946 low-loaders were few and far between and difficult to obtain; those who owned them could charge the earth for their...

If visitors to Kelvin Hall feel they have run into the Scottish football team en route for the Argentine, they have been...

Forget the Gallup polls, forget the political predictions and listen here. There will be no election in the next 12 months. My...

ETER HASTIE and rd. Company of Cathcart, Glasgow, a 24-vehicle ieration, run an all-Bedford .et. Most of their work is KI up...

L EYLAND's top-weight tractive unit has received a face-lift, and is now flown as Marathon 2. Most of changes are focused on...

Replacing the front-wheel drive L3060 models, the new Mercs are railable with gvws of 2.55, 2.8, 3.2 and 3.5 tons with the...

B EHIND the pristine exhibits at the Scottish Motor Show at Kelvin Hall lie months of detailed preparation calling for skills...

eompare... k T THIS TIME of year things usually tend to get a little quieter on the road rst front owing to snow and ice t the...

A teardrop is the most efficient aerodymic shape in overcoming air resistance. A box is the most efficient shape for uling...

A9 Lilsa Bus Ltd, ilwinning Road, vine, .yrshire. iESIGNED and manufactured t Irvine, the AiIse double-deker is shown with a...

1 he S.M.T. Sales and Service :0 Ltd, 9 Fountainbridge, dinburgh EH3 9BJ. 2 lackay and Jardine Ltd, Jest Cross, Jishaw ML2...

L8 Chrysler United Kingdom Ltd, PO Box 46, London Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3DZ. ON the Dodge Trucks stand are...

L1 DAF Trucks Scotland, Long croft, By Bonnyb ridge, Stirlingshire. HE NEW lightweight F2100 om DAF is on show for the first me...

.3 ames Rowan and Sons Ltd, Vester Hailes Works, Murrayburn Road, dinburgh EH14 2AE. HE 6x4 tractive unit 40R3 on isplay is...

Li C.M.T. Transport Services . (Scotland) Ltd, Unicone Works, Farmeloan Road, Rutherglen, Glasgow. FOUR vehicles from the...

M5 Fodens Ltd, Elworth Works, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 9HZ. THE TWO exhibits on the Fodi stand are the Fleetmaster ar...

Hi Alexander& of Edinburgh Li Truck Sales, 113 Dundas Street, Edinburgh. H2 Clanford Motors Ltd, 37/41 Lonend, Paisley,...

N5 Heron Trucks, 21 Seafield Road East, Edinburgh EH 15 1EW. A LEYLAND Clydesdale in the livery of Shore Porters of Aberdeen...

N9 McLays Garage Ltd. 60 High Street, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow G66 1PX. BASED on the Leyland FG 550 chassis, this Wayfarer...

16 Magirus Scotland, Stewart Plant Sales Ltd, Townmill Road, Glasgow G31 3AR THE 90D 7.5 FL is shown in the orange and white...

L2 M.I.T.M. Plant a Commercials (Scotland) Lt 7/9 Washington Road, Paisley, Renfrewsh ire PA3 4ES. CENTRE-PIECE of the Moi...

ORK Trailer Company is lowing seven exhibits at Kelvin all — this year, inside the hall the first time. The York Freightmaster...

Y14to Y17 Anderson Commercials (Newhouse) Ltd, Wilson Road Garage, Newhouse, Motherwell. FOUR vehicles and two trailers are on...

Y4 Beaverbank Motor Co Ltd, East Main, Industrial Estate, Broxburn, West Lothian. AN eight-wheel 30-ton Foden tipper in the...

Y016 Craven Tasker (Andover) Ltd, Anna Valley, Andover, Hants. TO OVERCOME the problems of running low-loaders over uneven...

Marlow, Bucks SL7 1LW IN the Yorkhill Quay demonstration area, DAF has the actual 2300 tractive unit which broke the...

Y13 Hestair Dennis Ltd, Woodbridge Works, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XP. AFTER SIX years with no Dennis exhibits at the Scottish...

Y5 Fiat AT the Yorkhill Quay exhibition area Fiat has three vehicles all in works livery. The 684 tractive unit i plated for 32...

Y010 Ford Motor Co Ltd, 'Eagle Way, Brentwood, Essex IN the Yorkhill Quay area Fo has a Transcontinental H 3424 tractive unit....

Y1 and Y2 Gray & Adams Ltd, Fraserburgh. THIS bodybuilder has fo examples of refrigerated bo work at Yorkhill Quay. A Dod KC...

Y12 Mack Distributors (UK) Lti 157 Bradshawgate, Bolton, Lancs. TWO Macks make up Yorkhill Quay display, an F78 tractive unit...

Kelvin Hall on Stands 1 49 inclusive. Among items particular interest is the ne Michelin tyre for vans al light trucks, the...

'014 Jorthern Assemblies Coachbuilders) Ltd, )urham Road, :onsett, Durham. BEDFORD KMS 4m (13.2ft) rheelbase chassis is shown...

'6 and Y7 lorthern Vehicle listributors Ltd, ulmarnock Trading Estate, almarnock Road, utherglen. REDESIGNED version of the...

YO4 A. C. Penman, Heathhall, Dumfries. DEMONSTRATION vehicles from A. C. Penman at Yorkhill Quay are a Penman Power hydraulics...

Yll Pollocks (Motherwell) Ltd, Newarthill Road, Carfin, Motherwell. TWO ice-cream van conversions, one on a Bedford CF 350...

Y015 Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd, Diesel Division, Shrewsbury. THERE are two examples of the L range of Rolls-Royce Eagle engines...

YO9 John Stewart (Larbert) Ltd, Larbert Mill, Larbert FK5 3NH. THREE Saviems for demonstration use are provided by this...

Y24 Stonefield Vehicles Ltd, Cumnock, Ayrshire. STONEFIELD was founded by the late Jim McKelvie, who was instrumental in...

. Y07 C. M. Walker Engineering Services, 134 Holland Street, Glasgow G2 4NE THE Dutch Kooi-Aap piggyback forklift truck is on...

C OMMERCIAL MOTOR has been putting the latest 12m (40ft) Volvo 358 coach through its paces ind a magnificent, if pricey,...

by Les Oldridge, T.Eng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE The recovery of disabled vehicles 2 rHE DANGER on . motorwayi and trunk roads of...

by Preceptor IL PUMPS to supply the oil nder pressure to all the bearigs in the engine are usually riven by skew gearing from...

VHEN I drove four models in the new Bremen range of vans rom Mercedes-Benz in the Black Forest last month, I was npressed by...