AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

28th July 1967
28th July 1967
Page 1
Page 1, 28th July 1967
Close

Page 45

Monumental f Ily?

O N April 17 1967 Mrs. Barbara Castle, ads essing members of the TRTA at their a nual dinner, said of her proposed National...

Page 46

FORGET YOUR ABC

Transport Minister's licensing proposals would: • remove distinction between haulage and own-account • free all light vehicles...

These are the Minister's proposals

Introduction and summary 1. In the White Paper on Transport Policy published in July, 1966, the Government accepted the view...

Page 47

What do YO U think?

For most readers the accompanying details will be the first sight they have had of the Minister's full licensing proposals. To...

Page 52

THE BOSTROM SAXON THINLINE

So often is the Land-Rover used over rough country and poor tracks and roads, that there is a demand from owners fOr seating...

Page 54

Direction of traffic to rail be disastrous TRTA

"T ET no one be deceived into JLJ believing that the proposed restrictions on heavy lorries will contribute one whit to either...

HAULIERS, TOO, OPPOSE COMPULSORY DIRECTION

1Z EPRESENTATIVES of the Road Haulage Association will have a long list of questions to put to the Minister of Transport for...

Page 55

A VIEW FROM THE TOP After the RHA had discussed

the licensing proposals on Tuesday, the editor of COMMERCIAL MOTOR was granted an exclusive interview with the national...

'Professionalism' is welcomed

W HILE some parts of the carriers' licensing proposals are being strongly criticized, that appertaining to quality control is...

Page 56

HOW 'QUALITY' LICENSING OPERATES IN HOLLAND

by Norman Douglas Minister's plans for goods vehicle licensing contain many imponderables—among them the qualifications...

Road transport unions suspect switch-to-rail motive

'T E commercial services officer of the ransport and General Workers' Union, Mr. K. Jackson, said that although he had not seen...

Page 57

Wake up and fight for your survival! Walker

T DRY transport leaders in Parliament are to launch an all-out campaign to get rid of Transport Minister Mrs. Barbara Castle...

Page 58

NEW COST TABLES

THE 51st edition of COMMERCIAL MOTOR Tables of Operating Costs was published on Wednesday this week. It is available through...

RHA under attack on hours STRONG criticism of the RHA's

handling of the Ministry's proposals to reduce drivers' hours was voiced at a recent meeting of the agricultural hauliers group...

Page 61

Horse-doping risk given undue weight, Tribunal is told

A RACEHORSE trainer had been granted a horsebox licence in the face of objections from horse transporters because of the...

L McCall granted leave to appeal on A licence THE QUEEN'S

BENCH Divisional Court on Friday granted S. H. McCall Transport (Glasgow) Ltd., haulage contractors, of Helen Street, Glasgow,...

Minister won't tell

F REIGHTLINER finances are not to be 'made public—Mrs. Barbara Castle said so this week. In the Commons, Mr. Edward Taylor...

FARES TO GO UP

UARE increases on 67 per cent of the 'routes operated by the Northern General Transport Co. were approved by the Northern...

'Renationalize' call renewed by Socialists

FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT U SPITE the Transport Minister's ecently-declared "no-nationalization" policy for road...

Page 62

Deputy LA told: Two firms 'clutched at PIB recommendations'

LIALWOOD BROS. (Road Transport) Ltd., of Wigan, at a resumed hearing before the North Western deputy LA, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, in...

WALLACE ARNOLD TOURS APPLICATION REFUSED

THE NORTH WESTERN Traffic Commissioners, in a written decision, have refused the application by Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd. for...

BALANCED SERVICES OUR ANSWER HAULIER

A BALANCED service was envisaged Et between his company and Heatons Transport (St. Helens) Ltd., Mr. J. P. Moore, managing...

Page 64

Tokens unpopular?

DASSENGERS on Sunderland Corpora tion Transport buses have paid £125,000 more in fares than they need have done since...

FLAT-FARE UP

9 -1 1-1E go-ahead for fare increases on I Sunderland Corporation's experimental conductorless flat-fare buses was given by the...

One-man deals to PIB

PRODUCTIVITY deals for one-man bus operation are to be examined by the Prices and Incomes Board. A number of proposed...

NEWCASTLE OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED PTA

NEWCASTLE-on-TYNE's Traffic, Highways and Transport Committee has no intention of accepting the Minister of Transport's plan,...

Walsall fights PTA plan with a 'sell-out'

THE Corporation transport committee at Walsall, Staffs., is planning to dispose of all its assets before the Government can...

Page 65

Outward-opening doors for new Oldham buses

"COUR new Leyland Panther Cub rear-engined single-deck buses with 45-seat front-entrance, central-exit bodies by Marshall of...

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Smiths Industries Ltd. has appointed O. A. J. Steele as group transport manager in succession to A. K. Garraway, who has been...

Page 66

Punched-card will record vehicle faults at test stations

A DEFECT' card itemized from 1 to 57, printed in a round-the-clock fashion, will be hung on each goods vehicle entering the...

ON THE WAY: UK TYPE APPROVAL FOR CONTAINERS

A UNITED KINGDOM type approval scheme is to be established soon for the manufacture of freight containers. The scheme was...

Ribble 36 ft. Bristol double-deckers

AS replacements for its popular Gay Hostess double-deck motorway coaches, Ribble Motor Services Ltd. plans to introduce next...

SIR REGINALD WILSON TO ADDRESS ITA CONGRESS

THE Industrial Transport Association, to mark its 40th anniversary, is to hold a congress at the North British Hotel,...

Page 75

Know-how 35: Preventive maintenance (20) the unexpected

'IN RETROSPECT, it may have appeared Aan easy task to draft out a scheme for improved maintenance control and the impression...

Geest expands with Scammell units

flEEST INDUSTRIES has bought a further 30 Scammell Challenger T trailers and five Scammell Handyman 4 x 2 tractive units to...

PLANNING AND SHOP DELIVERIES

A book that gives new hope TRANSPORT operators have good -Icause to complain that they are often left out of the picture when...

Page 76

Corner protector

INTRODUCED by Dines Plastics Ltd.-I a corner protection for goods roped in transit. Called a load protector, it is a tough...

Flexless cleaner

CATER for the need for a portable " high pressure cleaner, where no electricity supply is available, Flexican Hydraulics Ltd....

Import procedure

TNTERNATIONAL hauliers handling 'import clearance for their customers will find useful information in a booklet recently issued...

It saves backache!

C HURCHILL is making a wheel lifter for the first time. It not only saves time but does the job of two men and reduces the risk...

Tyre for tippers

A HEAVY-DUTY pneumatic tyre for tip dumping and similar operations claimed to be at least five times as resistant to punctures...

Choice-of-blade 'drivers

A RANGE of 31 screwdrivers known as the 5000 Series—with regular, Phillips and Pozidrive tips—has been added to the existing...

Page 77

The fleet engineer must decide

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS readers have enjoyed a controversial but constructive debate on the merits of various systems to improve the...

Not confined to one device

YOUR CORRESPONDENT Mr. F. W. Knight (July 7)— who is, I note, sales director of a trailer company—is so anxious to bowl...

Two-way ideas on brakes?

ALTHOUGH the article "Rail to the Help of Road?" was published over my name, I did make it clear that the views were those of...

Fleet hobby

MY HOBBY is collecting photographs and information on road transport fleets. To date, I have over 4,500 photographs of vehicles...

Page 78

Bird's Eye

View BY THE HAWK The Portsmouth Case T S the House of Commons committee ruling on the Portsmouth case likely to hit at some...

Page 81

Time is the vital factor

r fact that time is money has general application to trans-. pt E rt operation. But in the movement of perishable produce and...

Page 89

New ideas for materials handling

By John Darker, AMBIM T HE constant need of transport and warehouse managers for efficient, low-cost operations imposes the...

Page 90

CONTAINERS

v. 'UNIT LOADS' NY comprehensive review of the contemporary revolution in transport—expressed conveniently if inelegantly in...

Page 96

Balancing cost

and service BY S. BUCKLEY, Assoc Inst T M ANY EFFICIENT organizations run their own fleets of goods vehicles. Many prefer to...

Page 98

DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION

a key feature of Sainsbury's planned expansion By John Darker, AmBim W HEN a business expands, its management sooner or later...

Page 104

Market MEDIUM

survey DELIVERY VANS I N last year's Transport for Traders issue (COMMERCIAL MOTOR, July 29 1966) we reviewed light vans...

Page 110

Container-in-box bodies for Dring's • L ATEST additions to the night

trunker delivery fleet of Dring's Ltd., of Wembley, are two Ford DT800 dieselengined vans equipped with Polarstream liquid...

Page 111

Module-based aluminium bodies..

A NEW system of aluminium bodywork construction, based on a 4 ft. module, was announced on Wednesday by Unit Body Developments...

and bodies for hanging loads

D ESIGNED in conjunction with the Swiss Aluminium Co., of Zurich, a new range of all-aluminium van bodies has been announced by...

Page 112

MRS. CASTLE'S STRATEGY

0 (APPOSITION to Mrs. Barbara Castle's new deal for goods Ni-lvehicle operators is likely to concentrate on the proposals...

Page 116

OWN ACCOUNT OPERATION

riF ITS 29 British foundries, Allied Ironfounders ILlLtd. has eight established in central Scotland These production plants are...

Page 121

a I am considering starting up a steam

cleaning service for commercial and other vehicles. My immediate problem is to determine which districts are likely to offer...

Q What is the cost of operating a

5-tonner fitted with Luton van body when averaging around 600 miles a week and on what basis are the estimates calculated? A...

a How do commercial-vehicle production figures for 1967 compare with production in 1966?

A Over the first six months of 1967, UK production of commercial vehicles was about 20 per cent down compared with last year,...

a What wage increases have been awarded recently to staff employed by privately-owned bus companies?

A Following an increase to staff employed by the municipal undertakings, the staff of the provincial company operators received...

Q Has the hover principle been commer

cially applied to the transfer of a container from a road vehicle to loading deck? How much power is required to provide for...

a Is there a stainless steel pallet truck on the market which will not corrode?

A A stainless steel hydraulic pallet truck which, it is claimed, is completely resistant to corrosion for operation in brine,...

Q In spite of prosecutions, a few

unscrupulous gentlemen are still mixing kerosene and dery . . and getting away with it. But I understand that further...

Page 122

New edition of the cost tables now ready

T HE publication this week of the 51st edition of the COMMERCIAL MOTOR Tables of Operating Costs comes at a time when all...

Page 124

THE COMMON ROOM by George Wilmot

The way to use books as an aid to study TUDGING by queries I have had, students taking various al transport examinations...