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26th July 1986
26th July 1986
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• If there is one topic which is guaranteed to

get any manufacturer, distributor or dealer talking, it is that of discounting. Everybody, it seems, is opposed to it....

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TNT seeks injunction to end depot violence

• TNT has applied for a High Court injunction to stop outbreaks of picket violence at its premises. Following the five recent...

Bedford pulls plug on electric CF

si Bedford is to discontinue the electric version of its Cl.'2 panel van just two months after announcing plans to produce up...

Grudging approval for drivers' hours

• Changes in drivers' hours, which come into effect on September 29, have been approved by Parliament, despite last-minute...

RHA gel

closer to rail • Hauliers should work more closely with British Rail in preparation for the opening of the Channel Tunnel,...

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Tolls stay for crossings

• Toll crossings on motorways and trunk roads are to continue. Transport Secretary John Moore announced this week. The...

Missing link should be four-lane

• The so-called missing link of the M20, between Maidstone and Ashford, which is currently the subject of a public inquiry,...

Leyland sponsors BAR conference

• Leyland Trucks will sponsor the British Associatidh of Removers annual conference over the next three years. Following...

• We apologise for the gremlins which got into our

Road Test of the VW LT35 (CM %vie July 19, 1986), and that some of the text on pages 48 and 49 has been reproduced out of...

Ban action lost

• At the time of going to press, it appears that the London Borough of Richmond has been unsuccessful in its court action...

80km/h limit for Euro trucks?

• A Common Market plan to harmonise speed limits throughout the EEC by 1992 has been given a cautious reception by the...

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C & U goes through

• Parliament has given the thumbs-up to a new set of Construction and Use regulations for road vehicles, which will bring...

Simpler exemption records

• Plans to simplify record sheets for vehicles exempt from EEC driving regulations have been circulated for consultation by the...

British win at the 'ring

IN British competitors dominated the first truck Grand Prix to be held at the famous Nurburgring motor racing circuit in...

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Prima primed to go

• Perkins and Austin Rover are claiming a world first with the launch of Prima, their long-awaited, joint venture, two-litre,...

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Renault's little Extra

• Less than four months after the launch of its Extra van, Renault UK is about to bring another light commercial Above: The...

New tank from Wincanton

• Wincanton Engineering of Sherbome has built a new tank semi-trailer incorporating several features soon to be specified by...

Four more for Draka

• Draka Foam of Glossop, Derbyshire — the first to purchase a high-cube York SID16 Freightmaster semi-trailer 14 years ago —...

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Conditions eased

• Despite strong opposition from local residents and Test Valley Borough Council, BKP Scott-Healey Limited has won some...

Alford to pay £1,175

• The falsification of tachograph records cost South Humberside haulier Graham Alford and two lorry drivers, plus a yard...

Police check nets four foreigners

• A check on forei. vehicles carried out by the Lancashire police together with the Department of Transport has led to four...

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Teach them well

• The importance of the proper training of HGV drivers was stressed by West Midland Licensing Authority Ronald Jackson when he...

Licence terminated early

• M J Giddings Farm Produce Limited of Colsden, near Bedford, has been given until the end of the year to show that it can...

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BP cash and cuts

• Despite opposition from national officials of the Transport and General Workers' Union, BP Tanker drivers have settled on a...

(ER gears up for Euro business

• Tiphook, the newly-floated container and trailer rental company which includes Central Trailer Rental, increased its pre-tax...

Joint Sealink/ Townsend service "premature"

• Reports that Sealink and Townsend Thoresen are to seek Government permission to offer an integrated crosschannel service...

• BRS Western has signed a El million distribution contract

with Austin Rover to store and supply all car components used at Austin Rover's Cowley works. Under the deal, BRS Western will...

• Pountains Heavy Haulage of Draycott in the Clay, Derbyshire

has taken its first Scania tractive unit. The 6x4 R 142E RC prime mover has a 313kW (420hp) 14.2-litre turbocharged and...

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Bigger British slice

I After a year of continuous decline, British hauliers' share of international traffic picked up during the first quarter of...

Trailer contract hire booming

• A record number of operators are now choosing to contract hire semi-trailers instead of buying them outright, according to...

Record sales help Volvo profits

• Record sales last year helped Volvo Trucks GB increase its 1985/86 profits by over 18% to 3.2 million, and raised its...

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E Lana alloy midi

• East Lancashire Coachbuilders of Blackburn, has launched a new all-aluminium midibus based on the Dodge S56 chassis. The...

London Buses cuts losses

• Traffic congestion in gen eral and illegal parking in particular were cited as two main reasons why London Buses still has...

Cumbria could be top saver

MI Spending on bus services in Cumbria could be cut by more than 50% according to Government figures. Cumbria has been named as...

11. Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive and Greater Manchester

PTE have both announced new names for their new bus operating companies. In the North East, Tyne and Wear has opted for...

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B and D wins Enterprise Award

• As recognition for thriving enterprise, light haulier B and D Transport from Newtown, Powys, has won the midWales Rural...

Renault Trucks marketing man

• Renault Truck Industries, the Dunstable-based manufacturer of Renault and Dodge trucks, has appointed Thierry Brisson to the...

OBITUARYGeorge Quick-Smith • We regret to record the death, in

Poole, of one of the big names in state-owned road transport in the Sixties — George Quick-Smith — at the age of 80. For many...

OBITUARY Peter Wilkinson

• Peter Wilkinson OBE, the retired RAF wing commander who was a prominent member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers,...

New owners at Brighton Van Hire

• Two former British Road Services executives, lain Howie and Peter Rogers, have bought Brighton Van Hire from its founder,...

KS team completed

• John Greenwood, sales manager of FCS's distribution division has been joined by three salesmen to complete his team. Bill...

• The National Freight Consortium's director of communications and a

former editor of CM, Brian Cottee, is to be succeeded by Muriel Craddock, when he retires in October. Craddock is currently...

for the then National Carriers group. Before this she was advertising manager for a large company overseas.

Responsible for the NFC's corporate external and internal communications including shareholder relations, Craddock will report...

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DRIVING HOURS • There is no shortage of training courses

for the introduction of the new EEC drivers hours regulations that come into force on September 29. The latest ones we have...

GOT FT TAPED • The Freight Transport Association is trying

a new way of making the forthcoming changes in the drivers' hours regulations more easily understood. It has produced a...

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE • The University of London is inviting applications for its part-time transport studies courses that start in September.

In the past, these courses have given exemption from all but one of the final examination papers of the Chartered Institute of...

ADVANCED FLEETS • The Institute of Advanced Motorists is offering

a fleet training scheme that offers tuition to companies with fleets of cars. The scheme was started earlier this year and...

GATWICK ENGINEERING • Gatwick Engineering, a new company formed by

splitting National Bus Company subsidiary London Country into smaller units, is opening its doors for business on September 1....

RTI PARTS • Renault Truck Industries has introduced a one-stop

parts supply service, specifically for Renault and Dodge users, which is now available through its 70 UK dealers. Fastpart...

DOVER-CALAIS • New, larger-than-ever ferries for Townsend Thoresen's Dover-Calais route are under construction in West Germany.

The two ships — as yet unnamed — are due to come into service on the crossChannel route next year, the first in June and the...

CAIRNRYAN -LARNE • Townsend Thoresen has boosted freight capacity on its Cairnryan-Larne route by adding an extra ferry.

The new ship is the Ionic Ferry, previously the Dragon operated by P&O on its crossChannel service. Townsend Thoresen bought...

RICHARDS & SHAW (TRIM) • Bus and coach seat manufacturers

Richards & Shaw (Trim) of Cradley Heath has moved across town to new, larger premises. The company's new address is Units 36,...

WEST RIMS TT • West Herts Transport Training has vacated

its temporary offices and moved into new buildings on the same site near St Albans. The company sold land at the site (the old...

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES • "The Approved List" of dangerous substances that

are carried in road tankers and tank conveyors has been updated. The Health and Safety Corn mission has just published...

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DAF IN WARLEY

• Midland Daf Trucks of Coleshill has opened a new service dealership at Warley on the south west side of Birmingham. The...

APEX IN SWINDON

• Apex Load Control of Croydon has appointed Swindon Truck Services as its distributor for Swindon and the surrounding area....

TRADE PLATES

• The price of replacing lost or damaged vehicle trade plates is to rise on September I. The current fees were set in 1976 and...

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CODE FOR CARE ON THE ROAD II Your thoughtful comment

on driving standards (CM, July 12) hits several nails accurately on their heads. Of course, as you point out, all driving...

DRIVING STANDARDS BODY EXISTS • Mr Douglas and other likeminded

readers (CM July 19) may be surprised to learn that there is now an organisation whose avowed aim is to improve driving...

PLEA FOR MORE HOURS

• I drive a 38-tonne artic on long-distance work. I would like more driving hours again. It cuts the chase out of the job...

OUT TO LUNCH • People wonder why the sales of

British trucks continue to fall. We hear a lot about attitudes and duty. The time is now 12.37pm on a Tuesday. I have just...

NEARLY 40 AND GOING STRONG IN With reference to the

letter from Jean Sharpies (CM, June 21) and I would totally support her slogan "For staying power, best buy British." I own a...

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MECO/ FORD SHAKE-UP

a For the hard-working operator a settled and efficient dealer support is essential, and truck manufacturers are well aware of...

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FORC FOR CHANGE

The 60-member Leyland Truck Distributers Association is able to exert influence on the major British vehicle manufacturer....

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SALES TALK

A major truck dealer speaks frankly to David Wilcox about discounting, public sector sales and dealer practices • Truck...

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BIRDS EYE VIEW

E Mention, on page 18 . . . of the impending retirement of National Freight Consortium communications director Brian Cottee...

• Congraulations to Suttons, the St Helens haulier and one

of Britain's largest private operators, which recently and proudly delivered the 500.000th ton of newsprint manufactured by...

I Top marks to Bournemouth-based Westover Motors and hauliers E

C Transport (Wimborne) for using the launch of the new Rover 800 series to promote — in a somewhat dramatic way — a new...

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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

Can specification changes to the Dodge 50 Series stave off newer competition for the shrinking 3.6 to 6.5-tonne market? /Any...

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II SHOP TALK

• Whether it's to save anticipated costs or keep essential moneyearning trucks on the road with minimal disruption, many...

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MAYVIL CLEANS UP ON DEFENCE CONTACTS • Industrial chemical cleaning

manufacturers Mayvil Chemicals has been awarded a series of prestige Ministry of Defence contracts to supply chemical cleaning...

CHAINS STANDARD IS REVISED • A revision of BS 5594

Leaf chains, devises and sheaves, just published, includes an extension of the LH series of chains and will be of particular...

HIGHER BAR • Cylinders of oxygen from Air Products for

welding, etc, are now longer-lasting because their pressure has been increased from 172 bar to 200 bar. This gives 16% more...

TRANSMISSION LIFT FOR BEDFORD LIGHTS • The increasing popularity of

the Bedford Midi and Rascal vans has meant a successful spin-off for Brockhouse Harvey Frost, the Bishop's Stortford-based...

BOOST FOR CHAMPION WIPERS • The wiper products department of

Champion Spark Plug Co has won a contract to supply replacement wiper blades to Autoglass. With more than 100 branches in the...

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• The 7.5-tonner introduced some years ago by MAN-VW is

so straight forward and simple in its servicing that this very simplicity tends to lead some operators into overlooking many...

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MO THAN ICI N EP

There's often more to crash damage than meets the eye, and it usually pays to let a specialist take a look. Peter Wallage...

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PERFORMANCE GREASE • Gulf Oil (Great Britain) claims to have

solved the longstanding problem of lubricating bearings in the hostile environment of heavy loading, severe vibration and high...

REVISED PUMP TESTER • A new and improved version of

the mid-range Ilartridge Series 700 diesel fuel injection pump test stand has been introduced. The directly coupled, thyristor...

ANALOGUE TACHOMETER • A budget-price analogue optical tachometer, specifically designed

for applications requiring continuously variable analogue indication of speed, without contact, and at low cost, has been...

LOW-COST COUPLW1G IN Trailer coupling manufacturer, Bradley Doublelock, is now

making a new low-cost 40mm towing eye designated E101 for non-braked trailers up to 750kg gross weight. The unit is made from...

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INFLATION CHAMBER in An extra measure of safety than that

provided by bent-tube tyre cages is offered by the Ammco heavyduty inflation chamber marketed by HTC (Nottingham). The chamber...

REGROOVER • So long as it is done correctly, and

to manufacturers' recommendations, regrooving can prolong tyre life by as much as 50%. Regrooving is frequently done manually,...

GOGGLES • Improved ventilation is one of the features of

new gas welding goggles by MTE Intersafe. The Asta flip-up goggles conform to BS679 and BS1542 standards and have a direct...

CHEMICAL WASHER • AVW Wilcomatic has introduced a chemical washing

system called the Laser which is designed to give efficient and cost-effective cleaning of the most complex vehicle shape. It...