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23rd September 1938
23rd September 1938
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Good Equipment Vitally Important

Operators Re Vehicle is as Weakest A COMMERCIAL vehicle is valued by the operator mainly on its capacity for giving long...

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Passing Comments

Production figuresBoard of Trade Index Although Reduced Prol E of Industrial Production are Still shows that, during the June...

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One Hears

Of a German concern which prefers cash to a cheque. Of pneumatic tyres especially designed for use on electric delivery...

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NrWS 1 N N VICK

RAILWAY DEFEATED IN THATCHAM CASE. Dismissal of the Great Western Railway Co.'s cross-appeal, in the Thatc.ham Road Transport...

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Transit Insurance

Notes—EXCESSES O NE clause in his transit policy which, more than any other, often annoys a haulage contractor is the excess...

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What the Associations Are Doing

REORGANIZE THE RAILWAYS —SAYS B.R.F. In its latest pamphlet, " The Railways and Road Competition," the B.R.F, not only puts...

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BRAKES HOLD A LEAD

In the Design of Retarding Equipment There Has Been Much Advancing. Commercial-vehicle Brake Gear is To-day in the Forefront...

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PRACTICAL EQUIPMENT FOB WORKSHOP ORKSHOP AND GARAGE

Recent Developments in Apparatus for Facilitating and Lowering the Cost of Maintenance of Com mercial Vehicles M ANUFACTURERS...

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TYRE MAINTEIN NCE and the Equipment Needed

Small Operators are Well Advised to Let the Supplier Do Their Tyre Servicing, but the Owners of Large Fleets Can Make Good Use...

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INTRODUCTION OF INTERN) FIONAL RIGID SIX-WHEELER

Six-cylindered Petrol-engined Machine of 15-ton Gross-load Capacity, With Power Divider Combining Auxiliary and Split-drive...

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Aiming at the Ideal Garage

A Foreman-mechanic Expresses His Views on the Type of Equipment Which the Good Garage Should Contain to Ease Repairs and...

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Under-inflation You Have Been Warned

I N view of the tyre articles which have, for some time past, been a feature of this journal, a tell-tale indicating device,...

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Spending to Save

on Brake-testing Apparatus The Economic Aspect of the Use of Elaborate Brake-testing Equipment By H. SCOTT HALL, m.I.A.E.,...

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BRAKING EQUIPMENT FOR 5,000 VEHICLES A WEEK

A PPARENTLY one of the major secrets in the production of a satisfactory brake for all types of motor vehicle, particularly in...

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Modern Passenger-vehicle Equipment

Well-designed Fillings Which Promote Health, Comfort and Safety Under All Conditions of Travel "TH E coachbuilder's main...

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CHASSIS LONGEVITY

The Needs of Maintenance Engineers are Met by Many Specialist Concerns, and the Vehicle Maker Provides for Easy Replacement of...

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That the Maker Does for You and What You Can Do for Yourself

There is little need to outline the activities of the Harold Andrews Grinding Co., Ltd., as its name is so well known as an...

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it Pays to Keep Up to Date in

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT W I - TEN the extent to which reliance is placed upon the electrical side of a vehicle's make-up is...

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I.A.E. Research Committee's Report

'THE Institution of Automobile I Engineers has issued the seventh annual report of the Automobile Research Committee. In June,...

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Tipping Gear or Moving Floor which shall it be ?

New Tipping Gears of Greater Efficiency for Less Weight and Bulk. Improvements in Moving.floor Construction Making for Better...

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Aft of the Engine

Developments in the Means for Transmitting Power from Engine to Wheels are Constantly Being Made. We Briefly Review the...

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Cape Town's Preference for British Trolleybuses

How the 66-seater Bodies Were Built in Two Sections For Convenience of Shipment T HE trolleybus featured in the accompanying...

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Farmer-Federal Intl aces Oil-engined Goods Chassis

Hercules Six-cy lindered Engine in Interesting New 5-tonner, the Chassis Price of Which, with Ii-ft. 3-in. Wheelbase, is S800...

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MUNICIPALITIES and he RATE-CUTTING BOGY More About Municipal Haulage Rates

: The Case of Tynemouth Corporation and Hauliers who Contract for Work for that Corporation F OR many years I have held the...

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A Trailer Specialist's Pro( 3 in Many Fields of Use

In Numerous Spheres of Road Transport the Trailer is the Most Satisfactory Form of V ehicle. We Outline a Number f of...

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SUNDERLAND OPPOSES NEW BUS SERVICES

T HE Northern Area Traffic Commissioners, at their sitting at Sunderland, on October 6, will have before them several...

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The Governed Vehicle in Service

Economies That Can be Effected by Governing Maximum Engine Revolutions By a Service Manager A RECENT survey of commercial...

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Improved Synchromesh Device

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications A SPEED-SYNCHRONIZING coupler for facilitating the meshing of gears in a...