Catching the bus Why did it take an open business session of the PRTA Conference to bring bus operators and bus manufacturers...

600 Group loses High Court appeal against conviction for failing to notify movement • On Tuesday the Freight Transport...

• Mr R. S. Heaton, managing director of Heaton's Transport (St Helens) Ltd, which operates 50 vehicles, was awarded libel...

by Ron Cater • By far the largest road-wheel-mounted tank vehicle ever built in Great Britain crossed the Channel this week...

rise to PIB • A rise of 10 per cent on general charges, effective from July 1. was announced last Friday by the State-owned...

from our political correspondent • The Government was challenged this week to make a statement about "the enormous rise" in...

• Estimated figures given in the recently published draft British Standard Code of Practice (Part 1) for Storage and...

• A new converter dolly which permits regular fifth-wheel semi-trailers to work as drawbar units is announced this week by...

• The bilateral agreement between the UK and the Netherlands, signed last September, comes into force from June 26, when...

by John Parker • The 1970 conference of the UK committee of the International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association in...

• At the meeting of the RHA security committee on Monday, the chairman, Jack Brown, said that the present reward fund was...

• The youngest competitor among the 16 finalists in the Perkins Drivers' Club competition last Saturday won first prize of...

• Two associated haulage companies —Bowen Haulage Ltd and W. W. Evans Ltd, of Sutton Place, London E9—its two directors...

Mr Campbell Adamson will be opening a CM conference which is devoted to transport decision-making for the decade of the...

• "Mr W. A. Glendinning can fairly be described as a leading member of the road haulage industry. He is and has for some time...

• Two different road service licence applications that each took two days to complete by three different companies —World...

That's right. The whole oupling operation from start to nish. In a shade under two linutes. With 7 tons or so of laterpillar...

• An operator's licence appeal by Dennis Clemetson was adjourned by the Transport Tribunal last week because it felt it had...

• "I have been impressed by the strenuous efforts made by these two companies since they applied for their operators'...

• A coach operator who was told he had brought the industry into disrepute, was ordered to forfeit half his fleet for six...

• Two appeals against fare increases have been dismissed by the Minister of Transport. The first was lodged by various local...

Edgar Elsbury has been appointed transport manager of North Thames Gas, taking over responsibility for the fleet of some 2000...

by Derek Moses • A hail of criticism was hurled at Mr K. C. Turner, chairman of the Road Transport Industry Training Board,...

As already mentioned in the introduction, Mr Bailey's paper—ingeniously delivered with alternate humorous and serious...

A smack in the eye for the downtime bogey One of the biggest worries Management faces in truck operation is lost profits...

the bus builders. Busmen, however, must accept a fair proportion of the blame. They had failed to stop experimenting with...

• Mr Leslie Huckfield, Labour MP for Nuneaton, has accused the Midland Red Bus Co's management of trying to force the hand of...

• London Country Bus Services has applied to the Traffic Commissioners to revise its scale of fares on bus and Green Line...

• Although Teesside Corporation Transport made a profit of £13,000 during the year ended March 31 (1969: £32,000 loss), the...

• HWP Engineering Co Ltd, the trailer manufacturing company wholly owned by Transport and Chemical Engineering Co Ltd, is to...

• A new contract maintenance scheme, to be operated through dealership and called "Contract Confidence" was announced last...

• The interim statement by Dennis Motor Holdings Ltd indicates sales to the year ended September 30 1969 of £4,665,000 with...

• The articles by Mr R. P. C, Block under the title Costing for Maximum Profit which attracted so much attention when they...

by the Hawk • Lips are sealed Tim Bolland, recently promoted assistant managing director of Freightliners Ltd, was...

• On May 13 William McMillan was elected national chairman of the Road Haulage Association. If circumstances 40 years ago had...

Tipper groups: what value? As the executive officer of the Sand and Ballast Hauliers and Allied Trades Alliance, I was...

by Handyman Benchwise: lathe sense (17) HAVING reclaimed. the damaged taper and mated it successfully to a new companion...

Tony Wilding has been in Sweden testing Volvo's latest developments in gearboxes. He covered a 360mile road route and next week...

from a special correspondent pictures by Dick Ross REPRESENTATIVES of 33 countries attended the 13th IRU Congress, held at the...

by Tony Wilding MIMeChE, MIRTE MANY OPERATORS concerned at the reduced fuel economy and higher rate of wear on vehicles driven...

T[gif ILT1 ETV by Maurice Rounding Mins M, AMInstT 5: The rate for the job THE METHOD of quoting rates will depend on the...

Petty thefts and losses by Inspector K. W. Norman, Crime Prevention Section, New Scotland Yard. • The use of the word...

Jones the Competitor suddenly takes to the road with a brand new fleet and leaves you standing. But before you blow a gasket,...

commentary by Norman Douglas WHILE the 4th International Container Services and Equipment Exhibition, held at Olympia, London,...

for wear tear and wages by John Lymester CAPITAL expenditure on motor vehicles is not an allowable deduction in computing...

Paperwork • Operating costs are those items of expense which can be directly attributed to individual vehicles. Overhead...

Dead letter days by janus I N THE closing stages of a General Election campaign it may seem idle to speculate on what the...

matters by John Darker. AMBIM Transport from the Town Hall LOCAL GOVERNMENT has been in a state of flux for some years and...

by Les Oldridge AIRTE, AMIMI Abnormal loads (3) THIS WEEK I am continuing to deal with the Motor Vehicles (Authorization of...

travelling at its maximum speed on the level, the power unit is producing lass than its maximum power. And this has the...

A This company is not American-con trolled, There is, however, a tie-up between the company and the American Fruehauf...

working within an area of five miles of my yard. As most of my time is spent in the yard and only about two or three hours per...

A In the case of a conventional leaf spring suspension fitted to the rear axle of a vehicle, the effective distance between...

and spot lamps and the heights at which they should be fitted, under what conditions can headlamps be extinguished when...

reports in a similar way to the service offered by the AA. Could you give me any information about this? A The Post Office...

Mammoth tasks for new loT director of education and training THE NEWS that Mr Arthur F. Beckenham has been appointed director...

Two useful accessories made by Wilmot Breeden will be of interest to light-commercialvehicle users. The first, a bonnet lock...

Models suitable for most British light vans are included in a new range of engine cooling-water pumps from Autela Components....

A useful stand for regrooving tyres has just been announced by Belus Ltd. To facilitate easy rotation of the tyre, a rolling...

The Guide des Relais Routiers gives the names and addresses of 5.000 moderately priced • hotels, cafés and restaurants in...

Moisture on mechanical, electrical and electronic components can be eliminated by application of Fospro, a protective chemical...

New washing equipment announced by Stenor Ltd brings high-pressure cleaning up to 1,000 psi, claims the manufacturer within the...

A four-page, two-colour brochure from Blick Time Recorders gives brief details of the range of products marketed by the...

The Exide catalogue MjCV (7th edition) is intended principally for commercial-vehicle fleet owners. It lists batteries in the...

Two more fire-safety data sheets have been published by the Fire Protection Association. FS 6004—Fixed Fire Extinguishing...

Two new general-purpose charger/starters are announced by Stenor Ltd. Controls for selecting rate of charge and voltage...

A new fluorescent interior lamp from Wipac is called the Mobilite. The 12V lamp has a dual-level switch to provide a bright...

Following the success of its recently introduced small B.30 and B.45, low speed, high torque, hydraulic motors. Chamberlain...

A recently introduced kit by Ripaults is suitable for terminating all types of 7mm high tension cables and facilitates the...

A new solid state battery charger is designed for the charging of lead-acid or nickel-cadmium batteries. It should be of...

The British Standards Institution has published a revision of BS 228, the Standard for roller chains and chain wheels, which...

A convenient method of producing the drivers record books required under the new Transport Act is, says Gestetner, to use its...

B.V.C. Engineering, well known for its industrial vacuum cleaners, has developed a welding shield incorporating an extraction...

Latest addition to the range of high-pressure cleaners from Flexian Hydraulics is the 4AH. it has an operating pressure of...

Mudguards for small trailers are now being vacuum formed from black high-density polythene sheet by Halipas Ltd High-density...

A 60-page Loctite Machinery Adhesives catalogue just published by Douglas Kane covers everything that users need to know about...

Following the recently announced I.S. series of cyanoacrylate adhesives from Douglas Kane, the company has introduced a new...

Ron Cater • Although in recent years considerable attention has been paid to saving time in vehicle workshops, in the field...

Clean, sharp lines and a big reduction in labour costs are the main claims for a line and bay marking unit recently introduced...

The Demket Tappet Master provides an easy way of adjusting overhead-valve tappets. It consists essentially of T-handled...

When using Bush Fit, a recent addition to the Loctite machineryadhesive range. installation of bushes normally needing an...

Diesel-engined and batteryelectric fork-lift trucks have recently been added to the Conveyancer Starline range. Capacity of the...

Low-cost, light-alloy workshop overhead doors have been added to the Crawford Corruflex range. Use of standard finished...

A new-style drivers' handbook now being supplied by ERF is designed in two parts both being supplied in a red PVC cover. One...

A manual/hydraulic 6-ton pit jack and a 10-ton air-hydraulic model are now made by Tetroc. Widths to suit any type are offered...

There are both batteryand petrol-engine driven versions of the Propermat industrial brush/ suction floor sweeper introduced by...

Oil and air filters have been added to the Quality line range of automotive products sold at Texaco and Regent Service Stations...

The name Tuftarp has been given to a new material for waterproof covers and tarpaulins developed by Greengate and Irwell Rubber...

In its latest bearing catalogue— GB 302—INA Bearing Co includes metric-size bearings in all capacities, these having been...

From Buick Time Recorders comes a leaflet describing the recently restyled TR range of job timers. Published by: Blick Time...