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17th October 1975
17th October 1975
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Peace hopes rise in Brum

dispute by CM reporter HOPES of an early end to the II-week-old dispute at the Birmingham Containerbase (CM, October 3), rose...

Picket lorry law stuck

by CM reporter ATTEMPTS by Mr Michael Foot, Secretary of State for Employment, to widen the powers of pickets—and in particular...

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Mid-East hauliers co-op goes ahead

Mecca objects to new rival MOVES to set up an international co-operative for road hauliers serving the Middle East were...

Belt drive for trucks

DAF is developing a version of the unique Variomatic infinitely variable transmission system for trucks, the company confirmed...

Bankrupt's wife holds licence

ALTHOUGH the manager of Tait's Transport, Leamington, Newcastle upon Tyne, was an undischarged bankrupt, he was applying for...

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EEC ministers

clear the decks THIS week's meeting of the Common Market Council of Ministers in Luxembourg (CM last week) was expected to...

Bedford set to take over Marshall midi

1EDFORD confirmed this week hat it is considering taking Iver 'the Marshall midibus oroject. A spokesman told CM: " Bedord is...

ES a night

DRIVERS on Humberside have negotiated a £6 a week increase. They have also negotiated a further £1 increase in the existing £4...

Straight eights

The eight-wheeled tippers assessed in this week's CM are symptomatic of the "good" which an ill wind proverbially blows—and...

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Appeal

upheld NEWPORT (Gwent) magistrates were wrong to dismiss a careless driving case against a driver who reversed his lorry into...

Alltransport profits up

'HE freight forwarding and ransportation group, AIltransK)rt International, has aniounced " excellent " results n the financial...

Haulier who hid suspension fined

A CUMBRIAN haulier said tO have concealed the fact that his lorry was under suspension in order to obtain an operator's licence...

Short hauls

THE liquidator acting in the case of Vanguard Interstop, which originally operated the lorry park at Kingstown, Carlisle, has...

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Transport marketing is sent to Coventry

THREE specialists in road transport marketing spoke at a Coventry seminar last week to a high-level audience mainly...

Saviem's Middle East rover

A MOBILE breakdown service, backed up by base service centres in six countries, has been set up on the Middle East run by...

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On the road with Bedford, AEC, Eagle

IT IS not often possible to try three strikingly different coaches aimed at the British market within three days of each other,...

Just look at the YMT's price

A QUICK RUN in the Bedford YMT demonstrator with Plaxton Supreme body during the Arlington coach show in Bristol showed the new...

IRU wants 70 M-way limit

A SPEED limit on motorways of not less than 110km/h (70mph) should be applied to coaches, the International Road Transport...

Reliance: smooth power

A CHANCE to try out an AEC Reliance llrn coach fitted with the optional Self Changing Gears five-speed semi-automatic gearbox...

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LaW

PASSENGER continued from page 17 12-litre engine produces 165bhp in its derated coach form and is undoubtedly noisy —but to my...

Eye-catching Eagle

THE FIRST Eagle coach ordered by a British operator is now nearly finished at the Bus and Car Company factory at Bruges,...

BUS STOPS

A NEW traffic scheme for th Victoria coach station area London came into force at th weekend with the aim of improl ing bus...

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York's new trailer body

NEW bodywork for their range of Europa TIR trailers has been announced by York with the Middle East run in mind. For it has...

Fresh load

NEW INSULATED body .ange with cooling equipment capable of meeting current ind future legislation has been ntroduced by Hawson...

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New acid waste lining

A NEW PROCESS for lining the interiors of road tankers which carry acid waste has been developed by an Essex chemical company,...

Buy your own training

A SCHEME to take training courses to the customer has • been launched by Fleetlease Management Training. Not only can the...

Gasboy

Because of a printing error in an advertisement in CM, September 26, Gasboy equipment prices were incorrectly stated. Prices...

No Rix dividend

NO DIVIDEND is to be paid by Oliver Rix Ltd, the transport operator and motor distributor. This follows a £300,265 loss in the...

Managers

CURIOUSLY worded like much EEC near-English, the phrase "admission to the occupation of road haulage operator" does...

galore

which it envisaged. An essential ingredient is the so-called "organisation of the transport market," which brings in the...

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ear is the key to Brum truck trap

FEAR of the power of the Transport and General Workers Union in Birmingham seems to be a key factor in the lengthy dispute at...

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'Is the operation of own vehicles worthwhile ?'

by Johnny Johnson FEARS about the future for road hauliers and an appeal to own-account operators honestly to appraise the...

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Veteran steps up

Elected deputy president of the Institute of Traffic Administration at its annual conference, in Hull, last weekend, was Jack...

Cinderella is now in the boardroom

It was now being recognised that distribution had a much more significant role to play in the corporate plan. The distribution...

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1111 Uln

Clocked out Joe Moore, chairman of the Metropolitan and South Eastern area of the RHA, and managing director of Stockley...

Country walk

Both LTE and London Country Buses have been taking some stick from passengers in the suburbs and Home Counties recently, and...

None to spare

Several of the Home Counties newspapers have been making great play with the travel situation around London in recent weeks,...

Penny numbers

NBC chairman Freddie Wood, on the same occasion, was right to urge local authorities to put their heads together with the bus...

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Seddon Atkinson R30 C220 8 x 4 tipper

THE eight-wheeler from the new Seddon Atkinson series owes a lot to the old Atkinson version, which has been given a new lease...

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All-rounder

with special skills by John Darker IN THE southern half of the country there can be few professional distribution companies...

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All-rounder with special skills

continued from page 36 Because deliveries to pubs, etc, would not fit in well with Greenwoods' normal distribution activity,...

I have laid up one of my vehicles and, in

order to obtain maximum economy, I have changed the original tyres and used these on an operational vehicle. When my yard...

Q I understand that though there is no limitation on the

height of vehicles or loads in the United Kingdom, it is possible to be prosecuted if a high load causes damage to overhead...

Q One of my fitters who has a Class 3 hgv

driving licence tells me that he is allowed to drive artic units on the road providing they are not drawing trailers. Is this...

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Volvo F86-50 8x4 tipper at 30 tons gvw

AILSA TRUCKS first introduced the Volvo 30-ton eightwheeler nearly three years ago, but it has taken until now for them to...

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The inside information

by Les Oldridge, TEng PARAGRAPH 8 of • Schedule 1 of the Trandilt of Animals (Road and Rail) Order 1975, requires that there...

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No easy formula for replacement

by John Darker, AMBIM Stretching vehicle life can dry up necessary supply of veterans spares become unobtainable. PROVOKING...

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Clean and neat

Two brake-assembly cleaners, one for light, the other for heavy, trucks, have been introduced by Nilfisk. The cleaners are...

Room to sleep

A sleeper cab extension for the Leyland Ergomatic cab has been announced 'by Jennings Coachwork Ltd. The top half of the back...

Cost or independence?

We were extremely interested in Dr John Gilbert's comment at the recent CM Fleet Management Conference, advocating an...

The customer wins

I WOULD LIKE to refer to your report of the Fleet Management Conference (CM, Sept 26) in which I was reported. I appreciate the...

Bad signs

I just thought you might like to mention in your very good magazine the very bad signposting of a 2i-ton limit in the Highgate...

Braked

We have just had the frustrating experience of not being able to move a vehicle because it would not start and the air brakes...

Screened

Fire screens for all Ford D-series and Mercedes commercials are now available from Barking Garage and Engineering. Both...