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27th October 1988
27th October 1988
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PUTTING THE CLOCKS BACK

• If a tachograph chart is produced with its location hole in slightly the wrong place, time recordings on that chart can be...

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• Institute of Road Transport Engineers recommendations aimed at cutting

road deaths by changing the way truck wheels are made and maintained are flawed, say experts from two trailer manufacturers and...

Wrong time tad()

• Badly made tachograph charts can give time readings which are out by as much as 30 minutes, traffic examiners in the Eastern...

Hauliers can get EEC multi-permit

• The Department of Transport is inviting hauliers to apply for the 506 extra European Community multilateral permits promised...

30,000 Transits are recalled

• Ford is recalling 30,000 long-wheelbase Transit vans because their steering linkages are breaking. No-one has been injured...

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lean trouble

; have never had a complaint era chart. The printing pross is accurate down to one ath of a millimetre, so I do not e how a...

)-Licence cash row

I The EEC's Economic and icial Committee has attacked e European Commission's m to force hauliers to prole hefty financial...

;MMT questions light plans

I New laws requiring more ghts on trucks and trailers, nnounced by the Government ist week, may not solve all the afety...

Military Volvo gets a Perkins engine

• Volvo has dramatically increased the British content of its M6 contender for the British Army four-tonner contract by...

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Steyr names six dealers `1ju

• Steyr Trucks has appointed its first dealers in the UK. The initial seven-strong network will be extended to about 20 dealers...

in High Court

• An HGV driver who limp , into a high court witness box last week, using.crutches anc encased in a metal corset am surgical...

UTT drivers win safety awards

• Nine United Transport Tankers drivers have won a safe driving award from Exxon Chemicals Olefins in recognition of a million...

Winners take all as CM gives prizes away at NEC

• Two visitors to the NEC Motor Show went away with much more than a carrier bag full of brochures. Les Gaskin, who drives for...

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Subaru's micro punch

• Subaru has overtaken Bedford and Suzuki to become the first light CV builder to offer a microvan in the UK with a petrol...

• Iveco Ford is now offering a downplated Cargo tipper

chassis for municipal operators who need a vehicle capable of towing a trailer within a 7.5-tonne gross train weight limit...

January launch for box-bodied Peugeot Multi

• The Peugeot Multi, a 205based van with a purpose-built box body, will become available in the UK by Janurary. An example of...

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Tipcon debut for twin-steer Strato artic?

• The first twin-steer Seddon ktkinson Strato tractive units :ould break cover as early as lext May at Tipcon, or soon ifter at...

Gardner 6LXDT grows up

• More powerful, chargecooled versions of the Gardner 6LXDT engine, up to 261kW (350hp), are expected to become available to UK...

Springtime boost for Scania Series 3

• Scania will be extending its series 3 UK tractive unit lineip from next spring with two lew models. The existing R113...

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Demountable Abbey Hill

• Abbey Hill says this demountable car-transporter body and drawbar trailer combination is the first of its kind in the UK....

• Lucas has won two more contracts for its Simplex

air cam drum brake. ERF will fit the Simplex 410mm brake to its 4x2 tractive unit from November, and during 1989 the same brake...

• Renault Truck Industries has developed an urban artic version

of its 113kW (154hp) Midliner premium 7.5-tonner. The Midliner artic is derived from a normal S08-150 rigid chassis converted...

Kompensator cuts out chassis twist

• Tucked away among the new trailer hitches at the Birmingham Motor Show was a novel pivoting fifth wheel from Holland Hitch of...

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• Centro Contract Hire, the nine-month-old offshoot of Bolton-based Iveco

Ford dealer Harper Trucks, has launched a rental service with 20 trucks bought from Renault. The Eccles-based company already...

• Truck manufacturer Leyland Daf says it received orders worth

£12 million on the first two days of the NEC Motor Show.

• Leggett Freightways has signed an agreement with a Swiss partner, Kuoni-Inter Transport Group of Basle, Zurich and Geneva.

• Parcels carrier TuffneIls has opened a £1 million depot in Belvedere to serve London.

Esso running by November

• Oil giant Esso is confident that its hived-off South East distribution contract with Tankfreight will be "up and running by 1...

John Dee goes for AWD

• Distribution and contracthire group John Dee has placed the first major order for AWD's "new generation" 7.5tonne IL trucks....

TIP not worried by rivals' merger

• Trailer rental company TIP says it has not been put off by the merger of rivals Tiphook and Rentco, which has edged it off...

Scania's UK dealer network gets bigger

• Scania's UK dealer network has been enlarged in a series of business moves announced last week. Scanlink of Grimsby is...

Thennoking's Euro helpline

• Refrigerated trailer unit maker Therrnoking is to launch a multi-lingual European helpline, offering hauliers breakdown...

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Ryder makes tracks • Ryder Distribution is stepping up its

attack on the highly competitive home deliveries market six months after its launch by fitting the latest in vehicle tracking...

Heaton's goes for an AWD TL

• A newly-launched AWD TL 8.14 is one of six trucks being used on a distribution contract for batteries won by St Helensbased...

Transfleet wins sixth local authority deal

• Transfleet Services has won its sixth local authority contract, with South Buckinghamshire District Council. The...

• Fast-expanding West Midland-based transport, warehousing and distribution group Renwicks

Freight says it is on the brink of making three acquisitions. The once-troubled firm claims its days of bad publicity are over...

• Car manufacturer BMW has renewed its parts distribution contract

with National Carriers Contract Distribution for four years. NCCS has had the contract since 1980. It is ordering four...

• Leeds parcels carrier and storage company Planned Transport Services

is looking for a bigger depot in the city. The firm, which runs 30 vehicles, says it has outgrown its existing site on Pepper...

• Profits for freight forwarder Lep International's parent Lep Group

rose from £4.2 million to £5.04 million in the six months to 30 June.

• Food group St Ivel's temperature-controlled distribution arm UCD has

taken delivery of nine refrigerated 12.2-metre trailers, made by Gray and Adams of Fraserburgh and on contract hire from TIP.

• Distribution company Christian Salvesen is spending gl million on

improvements to its £16 million dedicated delivery warehouse for Marks and Spencer at Neasden, North London.

• Wincanton Vehicle Rentals has supplied building preservation specialist Peter

Cox Group with the first 17 of 70 contract-hire vehicles ordered for this year.

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Volvo Leyland invests

• Volvo Leyland Bus Executive Group, the body formed to control the long-term development, production and marketing of Volvo...

Its all change at United Automobil

• United Automobile Service has pulled out of its coaching services and two of its former managers have bought the operation...

Carlyle's 'Concept' breaks its cover

• A 25-seat midicoach was unveiled at the Motor Show last week from the Birmingham-based Carlyle Group. The new vehicle, which...

N Five Omni minibuses from City Vehicle Engineering are being built for retirement care group Ashbourne Homes.

• London Buses is providing equal opportunities training for its staff in the form of an open learning pack devised by London...

• The persistent problems at Bexleybus have led to Maidstone

Boroline taking over two of the company's routes — Services 422 (Bexley to Woolwich) and 492 (Sidcup to Dartford). London...

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Badgerline's monopoly?

• Badgerline Holding's acquisitions last April of Midland Red West Holdings has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers...

• Mananging director Jonathan Bayliss has left Midland Red South

after seven year's service in agreement with the company's owners, Rugbybased Western Travel. For the moment his duties will be...

• The 250th Reeve Burgess Beaver minibus was handed over

to Transit Holdings Chairman Harry Blundred at the Motor Show last week for his Devon General bus operation.

• A new midibus route, suitable for passengers in wheelchairs,

has been introduced in Southall by London Buses. Route E5 is subsidised by the London Borough of Ealing.

Suttonbus facts issued by 1ST

• The key features of the new arms-length division of London Buses, Suttonbus (due to start operating on 29 October) have been...

Northern Counties and Rh I chase Lynx

• A rival for the Lynx, the PR100.2 from Renault Truck Industries and Northern Counties, was launched at the NEC. The...

Wessex Shuttle takes advice on disabled

• The new Wessex Shuttle minibus conversion from Wadham Stringer, which follows the Department of Transport advisory committee...

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Fezcourt licence refused

• Tachograph clock time readings can differ by as much as 30 minutes, if individual charts are manufactured inaccurately. This...

Mone licence cut for overloads

• Convictions for overloading have forced North Eastern Licensing Authority Frederick Whalley to cut the licence of Mone Bros...

Ferris case adjourned for Crown Court

• Avon North Magistrates have adjourned a series of charges alleging conspiracy to falsify tachograph charts by Ferris...

• Having no spray-suppression equipment on a semi-trailer cost Roawest

Shipping of Fleet House, Lancaster Approach in North Killingholme, 1135 in fines and costs last week when the company was...

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Stubbs' weight win

• A £100 overloading fine was quashed by a Preston Crown Court judge last week when Stubbs International Removers of Blackpool...

• Industrial giant Metal Box has been fined 22,000 by

Towcester Magistrates in what is thought to be the first prosecution in England under the new Road Traffic (Carriage of...

£350 PSV fine for Swindell

• The manager of the liquidators of SKJ Motors (Shelley) was fined £350 by the Huddersfield Magistrates last week for allowing...

Lewis Tankers loses one

• Norman Lewis Tankers has had a vehicle removed from its 0-licence for six months and its renewal application postponed for...

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BY THE HAWK With the whole motor industry flocking to the Motor Show, there was plenty of prey for the Hawk to swoop on . . ....

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BUSINESS MOVES

EXPANDING HUSK • Husk (UK), part of the worldwide Star Cargo Group, has extended the warehouse complex at its freight terminal...

UP TO BRISTOL • Lex Tillotson has opened its £1.5

million premises at Days Road, St Philips, Bristol BS2 OQP. The telephone number is (0272) 557755. EYES ON THE PRIZE • Iveco...

SEABOURNE

BONDING BRITAIN TOGETHER • Bondelivery has opened a new depot at Hebbum-onTyne, near Newcastle. This is the 14th depot in the...

DEALERS

RENAULT IN WELLINGBOROUGH • Renault Truck Industries has appointed Brookside Garages (Wellingborough) as it's main...

EVENTS

ROMRDAM FREIGHT SHOW • The organisers expect that the Rotterdam Freight Show, due to be held from 11-14 April next year, will...

SOFTWARE CONFERENCE • The National Materials Handling Centre is to

hold a Warehouse and Distribution Software Conference and Exhibition at Novotel, London on 7-8 February next year. For more...

FERRIES

FRENCH AND SPANISH CONNECTION • A daily full and part load service between the UK and the western seaboard of France and Spain...

SERVICES

FLEET TRACING • The Foxgrove vehicle management system (CHOICE), originally developed to look after the BBC's fleet, has been...

TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF • Iveco Ford has launched

a package of support services for truck operators. Marketed under the "Operator Care" banner they include: Truckfinder, a...

.[AORs FET

FR'S FRESH APPROACH • Fleet Technologies Limited (FTL) is a new company specialising in fuel fleet manage nent. Its first...

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PUBLICATIONS

WIDE TRAINING I The Road Transport Indusry Training Board has pubshed its Employer's Guide 988189, which contains details I all...

ROAD NEWS

MRCHESTER BYPASS The £9.5 million A35 Dorhester Bypass, which runs ,outh of Dorchester from Marinstown Road to Stinsford, has...

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JOINT STATEMENT • On behalf of the major UK trailer

axle manufacturers listed below we take issue with the higher wheel nut fastening torques advocated in the recent IRTE press...

TRUE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD • On Saturday, 15 October,

I and another driver Paul (Ghostrider), who drives for ANC (Newcastle upon Tyne), were northbound on the Al at Scotch Corner at...

DISCOUNTS DISCOUNTED • I would like to draw your attention

to a number of misleading points in your spare parts survey (CM 6-12 October issue). The prices quoted appear in the main to...

COMPUTER GEN WANTED FOR BOOK • I am researching the

history and development of computerised fleet management systems for a book that I am writing and would appreciate any...

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HAULED THE FRONT PAGE

All Britain's major national daily newspapers are now delivered by road ... good news for carriers like Newsflow and Newsfast...

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DISTRIBUTION NEVVSPAPERS

national titles, which were carried by TNT, and the smaller circulation Independent and Observer, printed regionally and...

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PLENTY TO SEE AT NEC

Neither Volvo Trucks nor Foden chose to participate at the UK's largest vehicle show, but their absence was hardly noticed with...

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MOTOR SHOW 88 REPORT

1,600rpm. At this weight Eaton's 4106 synchromesh sixspeed direct drive transmission is specified, with the option of a 6109...

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MOTOR SHOW 88 REPORT

To cope with the extra torque it takes the heavier duty G3 five-speed gearbox from the LN2 range, increasing the tare weight by...

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MOTOR SHOW 88 REPORT

no changes. To meet the challenge posed by the young turks, Peugeot is offering a special version of the 504 at the standard...

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MOTOR SHOW 88 REPORT

3, 100kg at 6.15m. With a 6.25m wheelbase the vehicle, in Wimpey plant livery, has an unladen weight of 12.3 tonnes giving a...

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FORGING AHEAD

Jules Adams and James Hardisty joined forces four years ago to change the image of Adam's family haulage company, J J Adam....

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FLEET WISE

AND LOW DOWN Bigger is not always more beautiful in the practical world of fleet trunking and distribution as the sensibly...

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ROADTEST VOLVO FL10-320

descends from the centre of the crown_ According to Volvo this piston layout is quieter and reduces heat transmission. The...

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LITTLE BUSES BIG IDEAS

Deregulation, more competition, higher unemployment, and shifting public demands have led PSV operators to turn to minibuses —...

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PSV REPORT

on its small buses was averaging out at an acceptable 80,000km (50,000 miles). Another opinion on size comes from...

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• SCANTRUCK BASE Scantruck, the London-based distributor for Scania Trucks, has appointed Nigel Base as manager of its Enfield depot.

• WELFORD TRUCK B ODIES WHITE David White has joined the sales team at Welford Truck Bodies. He will concentrate on local...

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SHOP TALK

I As the end of the year approaches, le hear that all 650 BedfordNauxhall eaters in the UK will be provided with next-day...

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Workshop cost millions

• Engine test workshops costing 23.4 million are now being operated by the Army at Bicester. They provide computer controlled...

London Coaches garage moves to Wandsworth

• FKI Claydrum of Halifax gutted and refitted the servicing workshop of London Coaches at a cost of around £80,000 when it...

Device to save loads of worry

• An overload indicator has won its inventor a place in the semi-finals of the national Toshiba Year of Invention competition....

Oil ma!

Dllow tyre industry • Is the oil industry following down the path taken by the tyre industry a decade ago and introducing...

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Interlube into LAP

• Interlube Systems of Plymouth has again chosen London Artid Plastics (LAP) to make critical mouldings, this time for its new...

First wiper change since 1928

• You're not seeing double. It's a twin wiper blade, made under licence in Australia from a Hong Kong company and being...

Bedford shows off extras

• New accessories for Bedford Rascal vans and pickups were on show at the Birmingham Motor Show. • New binning and racking...

NFC backs repair switch

• A new nationwide autoelectrical repair network, offering a 24-hour service, has been set up with the backing of the National...

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Autodata leads Europe in manuals

• Autodata, which exhibited at Automechanika for its seventh time, offers more than 30 publications in 13 languages, including...

Molnlycke ranges for workshops

• Molnlycke Tissue has launched a range of Uni-Box dispensers for its industrial wiping products, with claimed advantages over...

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Range saves bodyshops time

• An integrated range of refinishing products has been introduced by BASF Coatings -IInks for use within the Glasurite Ratio...

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Service planner is versatile

• The Movitex vehicle maintenance planner enables engineers to see at a glance the whole vehicle situation. On the left-hand...

Star treatment for bulbs

• Star Autobulbs has updated its 12-page bulb and accessory lighting catalogue, giving illustrated details of a large range of...

Why use brute force?

• The revised version of the Why use brute force? brochure, free from SKF Engineering Products, includes technical data on...

Promote consistent image

• A self-adhesive promotional film produced to specifications elicited from the vehicle advertising market has been introduced...

Show who's on schedule. • • • Herberts Vehicle Refinishes

has introduced the Standofax bodyshop scheduler, a planning and information system. The aim of the scheduler is to show, at a...

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Loosing the thread

Stripping a thread, says Peter Watt, need not be a cause for panic. One of the established thread repair kits can come to the...

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Good response for UK firms

• The organisers of the 1988 Automechanika fair in Frankfurt are reporting a record breaking event. During the six days of the...

• Wing Commander Bob McCartney, 44, is the new director

of the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association, hav ing moved to the VBRA from the Directorate of Personnel at the Ministry...

We recommend specialist greases for certain brakes

Dear Sir • Having just read the article on brakes by your contributor Peter Wallage in Workshop's August edition, I would like...

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Tooling up for action

While conference delegates talked about ways of improving workshop performance, many other ideas could be found in the products...

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Guidelines are essential in schedule servicing

• Technological development and legislation go together in ensuring that the vehicle operator can have a safe, reliable braking...

Diaries are outdated as sole workshop arbiter

• Let us consider how most workshops are currently loaded. Many use the most common method of booking work into at least 75% of...

Tougher laws on fakes

• The counterfeiting of products and parts is a serious international issue. An EEC Regulation, No. 3842/86, has recently come...

Psychological barriers

• With the launch of our electronicallycontrolled SAMT transmission I feel a recurring sense of deja vu. In 1969 I was involved...

Iceeeliafety Arts

• A first-aid kit should be kept and accident book in which any accident however small, should be recorded. If accident keeps...

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Over-inflation usually maximises life of tyres

• As a general rule, slight over-inflation on steering axles and the correct pressure for the load on drive axles, will...

Nine pointers to choice of wash systems

• In choosing a wash system a fleet operator may already be convinced in his own mind as to which system he wishes to pursue....

Emissions requirements will change in 1990s

• In the 1980s introduction of engines with more retarded injection timing to meet more stringent emission and performance...

Our industry moves closer to aerospace

• Workshops are benefiting from the raising of standards, the accent on quality and the general advancement of truck...

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Workshops are nerve centres

• The parts department is very often the forgotten part of a workshop — until something goes wrong or an important vehicle is...

Where mechanics' worries are baseless

• Some individual garage mechanics have expressed concern 3bout the new product liability law as if it exposed them personally...

Replace wheelnuts after 10 changes, delegates told

John Dickson-Simpson had authoritative advice for engineers dealing with the problem of wheel servicing and said the IRTE wants...

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Staying in charge

Fitting a low-maintenance battery does not mean you can forget about it completely. Peter Watt looks at a few ways of avoiding...

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Staying in charge

be taken not to leave on lights or other parasiticals. In terms of new batteries, CBS is claiming a large increase in...

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• The Iveco Ford Cargo 3828 is the most powerful

model in the extensive Cargo range. This 38-tonne tractive unit, introduced two years ago, has the Cummins L10 engine in 208kW...

IVECO FORD CARGO 3828

The first step in any service is to have good look at the exterior condition of the vehicle. This reveals a multitude of things...