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12th June 1970
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ommercial otor

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

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Abnormal loads: FTA warns operators

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

Damages for haulier in 'Headlight' libel action

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

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Biggest-ever tanker built in Britain

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

Mrs Castle refers NFC

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

'Soaring costs' election poser

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

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Packer vehicles for years to come

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

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Dolly converts artics to drawbars

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

Anglo-Dutch pact

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

Freightliner man looks at the future

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

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Insp. Barlow for Bramcote

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

Perkins man of the year

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

Directors and drivers on forgery charges.

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

CBI chief to open CM conference

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

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W. A. Glendinning Ltd —a sorry story

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

Economy boost from tours

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

The high-speed low-loader coupliq :cord now stands at two minutes.

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

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Tribunal adjourns 0 appeal

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

Deputy LA impressed

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

Passengers before operator

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

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Fares appeals dismissed

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

North Thames Gas transport manager

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

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No love lost for RTITB

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

Probe for bus reliability

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

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saves you time, trouble and money-500 ways.

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

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Glasgow PTA delay supported

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

MP accuses Midland Red

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

Dual currency proposed

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

Bus briefs

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

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TACE to sell HWP

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

New Ford contract scheme

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

Dennis expects profit

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

Costing for maximum profit

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

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bird's eye view

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

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William McMillan

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

letters

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

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road and workshop

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

Next week

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

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IRU CONGRE S S AT THE HAGUE

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

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CONTROLLING MAXIMUM SPEED BRINGS FUEL SAVINGS

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

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TCQ

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...

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security

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

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Looks like Jones has been to Lombank again.

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

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container

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

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TAX ALLOWANCES

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

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the costing column

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

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topic

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

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management

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

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know the law

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

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Q When a petrol-engined vehicle is

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

Q Is Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd a wholly owned British company or it is American-controlled?

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

Q I am a self-employed coal merchant

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...

Q Could you explain the terms roll-steer and roll stiffness and state how these characteristics influence the handling of a vehicle?

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

a I would like to know the laws for fog

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

Q I have heard that the Post Office can provide weather

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

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the common room

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

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Anti-theft devices

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

Water pumps

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

Tyre regrooving stand

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

French guide

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

Anti-moisture chemical

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

High-pressure cleaning

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

Recorders

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

Battery catalogue

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

Fire safety

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

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Charger starters

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

Fluorescent lamp

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

Hydraulic motor

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

Ignition terminal crimping kit

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

Solid State battery charger

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

BS on chains

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

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Drivers' records

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

Welding shield

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

Cold water cleaner

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

Plastics , mudguards

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

Loctite catalogue

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

Adhesive accelerator

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

keeping them running

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

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Line marker

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

Tappet adjuster

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

Bush adhesive

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

Fork trucks

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

Alloy doors

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

Drivers' handbook

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

Pit jacks

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...

Floor cleaner

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

Filters

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

Coverings

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

Metric bearings

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

Job timer

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