Strong Unsatisfied Demand for a Low-priced Underfloor : engined Delivery Van W HEN will a British commercial vehicle...

NY measure which reduces the exhaust temperature of an engine for a given power output is indicative of its potential for...

Vital to the Nation FEW people fully realize the extent to which the people of Britain rely on the road transport of goods...

That the heir to the present normal oil engine may be the air-cooled type. That many of the latter are operating successfully...

THE inquiry into the proposed ban on the loading and unloading of vehicles at 23 places in London during peak traffic periods...

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

subsidize a private coach operator was raised at Leeds, this week, when appeals against grants by the Yorkshire and .North...

A N immediate pay rise of 25s. a week is being demanded by busmen employed by the London Transport Executive. They claim that...

T WENTY of the 98 competitors in the final of the Lorry Driver of the Year Competition at Bramcote on September 8 have been...

W ITH expenditure of about £160,000 a mile for road construction, was it too much to ask that adequate lighting should be...

T HE chief cause of traffic congestion in Glasgow was the retention of the tram. This was submitted by Mr. G. S. Beattie,...

H AULIERS obtaining control of additional vehicles by acquiring shares in other companies, must justify, at a public inquiry,...

MR. D. A. N. WELLS has been elected a director of Carmo (Holdings), Ltd. MR. E. D. ROBINSON has become Manchester area sales...

1 -- I PPOS1NG an application for a new B licence to permit a van to be used for carrying furniture from dealers' sales, Mr. T....

O N balance, revenue per mile received from the stage services of Highland Omnibuses, Ltd., was below operating costs. In 1956,...

W ITHOUT examining any books, a man took over a livestock haulage business and paid 150 for goodwill, the Yorkshire Deputy...

A S established operators, companies in the Yorkshire Pool had it legitimate interest in services to Torquay, it was stated in...

T ESTS of a Daimler CD.6 engine, first . normally aspirated and then turbocharged, at the B.S.A. Research Centre, have shown...

G REAT hopes for the air-suspension system for which Silentbloc, Ltd., hold manufacturing rights in this country, are expressed...

A FTER converting a 14-ton A-licensed tipper into a 3,500-gal. tanker. Fred Chappell, Ltd., Batley, applied for renewal of the...

THEIR first front-entrance double deck bus with automatic sliding doors is being successfully operated by Ribble Motor...

W HEN Mr. W. Benn, trading as L. A. Pyrah, Leeds, failed to get a 4+-ton sludge remover -added to his B licence, last week, he...

A N application by J. R. Evans, Mobberlcy, for the addition of a 3-ton vehicle to his A licence was adjourned at Manchester...

A NEW maintenance depot which has been built by Reed Transport, Ltd., at Aylesford, Kent, will be opened by Mr. Harold...

B IG tipper operators in the Manchester area have a working agreement for interchanging traffic, and there are 120 vehicles...

T HE growth of television and private transport in Chester may be causing Chester Transport Department to lose revenue at the...

I AST week-end 150 students attended the course on problems of manage ment in transport, held at Ashridge, in conjunction with...

HAULIERS TOI &WARD MARKS By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. F REE-ENTER•PRISE transport may have harsh critics in some...

By John F. Moon, A.M.I.R.T.E. I N view of the many Bedford 7-tanners converted in the past by the installation of Leyland...

cost involved in packing loose goods, van delivery services to customers' homes are rarely remunerative. This is stated in a...

G ENERAL astonishment has been expressed that, at this stage in the fortunes of the road haulage industry, a long-smouldering...

John Labatt, Ltd., allow the public to use this mobile test centre for drivers. The semi-trailer is 45 ft long. INITIALLY...

I ONGER rides for the 2d. minimum fare are being instituted by L ' - ' 1 Lincoln Transport Committee in an effort to win back...

0 drivers were entered by Dundee '['WO Deliveries, Ltd., for the Dundee-Perth eliminating round of the Scottish Commercial...

T HE task of management is to bring to life an inanimate organization, however excellent in itself, and I consider the aim...

on the meeting between A officials of the Ministry of Transport and representatives of certain organizations affected, on...

W HILST alternating current is satisfactory for most arc welding, •direct current sometimes permits easier and more effective...

T HE recording of the operating costs of individual vehicles is the long-established method by which many successful operators...

DATE,NT No. 780,352 is concerned I with suspension systems for sixor eight-wheeled vehicles having a fourwheeled rear bogie....