AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

22nd August 1922
22nd August 1922
Page 1
Page 1, 22nd August 1922
Close

Page 1

The Sphere of the Light Van:

I N DEALING with mechanical road transport vehicles the importance of the heavy types is apt to be overrated, possibly because...

Page 3

ONE HEARS

Of smarter cabs for London. News of a novel petrol engine. Calls for a safety brake on coaches. "Stop your tickling, L.G.O.C....

Page 4

WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

Page 8

The Transport of Glass.

T HERE ARE few more fragile loads than glass and glassware, and, therefore, most glass merchants use types of motor vehicles...

Page 9

THE HARMONY OF DESIGN.

Points Which Some Designers Overlook. By "Engineer-Designer." I N THE design of a complete motor vehicle there is more in the...

Page 10

Some Good Haulage Performances.

0 NE of the best-known fleets of motor furniture vans in the Merseyside towns is.that employed by Mr. Alfred Harding, of...

Page 11

A SCOTTISH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY'S FLEET.

Some Figures Relative to the Running of the Vehicles Owned by a Glasgow Society having 15 Years Experience with Motor...

Page 12

PROSPECTS FOR BRITISH MAKERS IN HOLLAND,

A Market Holding Bright Prospects that Should Not Be Neglected by Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers. OMANI), with an area of...

Page 13

A STEERABLE TRAILER FOR LONG LOADS.

W E IN this country know very little of the difficulties of transporting such articles as rough-hewn logs similar to those...

Page 14

THE SMALL BUS OWNER.

There is a Danger of Inadequate Safeguards as to Efficiency of Driver and Vehicle, Owing to Varying Local Standards, so thinks...

Page 15

COMBINED WATERING WAGON AND FIRE PUMP.

M OST municipalities have long ago realized the need for replacing antiqus,ted fire-fighting appliances by more rapid and...

Page 16

DRAPERS' EXPERIEN( WITH LIGHT VANS.

I N FEW spheres of • activity can the light van be employed to better advantage than in the transport of drapery,, particularly...

Page 19

HELP FOR HAULIERS.

"The Skotch " Deals with Other Considerations in Clearing-house Work and Quotes a Haulier's Experience. • T FREQUENTLY falls...

Page 20

ENCOURAGING USE OF PNEUMATIC TYRES.

Much of the Expense and Trouble Connected with Pneumatic Tyres is Due to Under-inflation, and the Writer Points Out How This...

Page 22

PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. REFINED MOTOR COACHING AT HARROGATE. A Town Where Propr:etors...

Page 25

MECHANICAL ROAD TRANSPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

6, A s with motorcars, the commercial vehicles supplied by America to the South African market are lighter in construction, and...

NOVELTY IN TRAILER DESIGN.

A Brief Description of Interesting Types of Italian Trailers. VEHICLES of Italian manufacture V have achieved an enviable repu...

Page 26

A NEW PRODUCER GAS PLANT.

A NEW PRODUCER gas plant, which is said to overcome the difficulties of the existing systems, has recently been designed and...

PARKING PLANS FOR VISITING COACHES.

I T IS QUITE likely that the majority of our readers who are interested in this particular feature know off by heart the names...

Page 27

OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

The Biqar invites correspondence on all subjects connected With the use of commercial motors. Letters should be on one side of...

Page 29

CATERING FOR RACE-GOERS FROM A VAN.

T E MAJORITY of race meetings start at such an hour that racegoers, especially those who have travelled some distance,. are...

Page 30

FORD VAN POINTERS.

By R. T. Nicholson (Author of "The Book of the Ford"). T HE up-to-date Ford is, of course, fitted with electric side lights....

Page 31

A NEW SCOPE FOR THE PETROL RAIL-BUS.

Opening Up and Popularizing Isolated Areas by an Economical Form of Transport. T HE RECENT adoption of petrolpropelled...

Page 32

HINTS ON MAINTENANCE.

How to Get the Best Out of a Vehicle, to Secure Reliability and to Avoid Trouble . C ONTRIBUTIONS are invited for this page...

Page 33

REMOVING ROAD WHEELS.

Methods Adopted by Our Driver and Mechanic Readers for Overcoming a Troublesome Job. P ROBABLY the most cumbersome and...

Page 34

• A REAR• AXLE AND• GEARBOX COMBINED.

A Résumé of Recently Published Patents. An interesting arrangement of transmission gear, in which - the change-speed wheels...