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3rd September 1971
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Tomorrow's men

If no positive steps were taken to remedy the present alarming fall-off in the number of new apprentices entering the vehicle...

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£380,000 scheme for trainin workshop apprentices

by David Lowe • Tuesday was a significant day for the Road Transport Industry Training Board's activities in training...

LT signs order for 1600 `Londoneedouble-decker

by Derek Moses • Details were released yesterday of the order for 1600 "Londoner" double-deckers which London Transport intends...

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Proving trials for lew DB gearboxes

he eight speed 08-750 ■ as a 100,000-mile riitial target • Exhaustive road tests under a variety of typical operating...

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Guys for Tizer trunking

• A new transport set-up and a new marketing department are important aspects of a revitalization of the longestablished Tizer...

£56m warning

• A warning has been issued by the RHA that the Midlands TGWU claim for £2.50 per week for the possession of an hgv licence, if...

FTA slams extra driver payments

• The Freight Transport Associatic considers that while it is essential f( companies to have complete flexibility negotiating...

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:nocked-down teel tipper rom Edbro

Evolved with the Common Market in id, a series of 9 cu yd tipper bodies of lded high-tensile-steel construction has "ri...

:heck list for )arcels consignors

A check list of the items to be isidered by the consignor of small :kages, parcels and sundries before iding on the method best...

UK-Europe smalls service

• Wilkinson's Transport Group, of Rochdale, this week began a door-to-door parcels delivery service between UK firms and their...

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Ferocious competition in Canada

• Intense competition and high labour rates within the Canadian trucking industry may drive some professional hauliers out of...

Telehoist gear for Magirus Deutz

II A special dumper tipping gear has been developed by Telehoist Ltd for use exclusively on 6 x 4 and 6 x 6 Magirus Deutz...

Dual-purpose tipping trailer

• A payload of approximately 20 tom can be carried on a 32-ton-gross bulk tippirq trailer recently produced by Carmiehae and...

Felixstowe facility for containers

• A 10-acre site at Felixstowe is to t developed long-term to meet the growth container movements through the port. Th move by...

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luilding ban hreatens Laulier's usiness

No one complained for three-and-a-half .rs as Mr John Wynne operated a Llage and agricultural business virtually m the roadside...

ammell-NI link

Under an arrangement arrived at yen Scammell Lorries Ltd and Neville istries (Mansfield) Ltd, complete -trailer tippers with...

Mercedes UK sales rise

• Increased competitiveness of the LPS 1418 32-ton gew tractive unit and the round-Britain "Truck Show '71" are the main...

Transport Industries Committee launched by TUC

• Representatives of 18 trade unions covering all sectors of transport have decided to establish a TUC Transport Industries...

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Express

carnaers 5 guide • Parcels and smalls carrier members of the RHA in the South Wales and Western (including Devon and...

Standard Lists

• The final two parts of the 1969/70 Standard Lists have now been published and are now available from HM Stationery Office....

Wynn's Manchester depot

• Heavy haulage contractor Robei Wynn and Sons Ltd is to build a transpo depot in Manchester on a two-acre site i Barton Dock...

New ERF distributor

• A new distributor for ERF has be appointed to cover the northern Lancashi and southern Westmorland area. T company is TGB...

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Jnion sees complete tbdication' yovernment icensmg Iroposals

In a strongly worded document sent to Minister for Transport Industries, the tnsport and General Workers' Union has imed that...

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Big pay claim from LT busmen

• Only four months since London busmen received a £2 a week wage increase a fresh claim has been submitted on behalf of crews...

Slow response to bulk passes

• A plan introduced by the West Midland PTE for firms to buy quarterly bus passes in bulk for their workers has met with a very...

Glasgow agreement on late night hooligans

• Glasgow Corporation Transport and bus crews in the city have resolved their differences on protection for crews from rowdies...

Double subsidy

• Local authorities in the Hexham area of Northumberland, along with Northumberland county council, ar,. considering raising...

Did pregnancy lead to o-m-o buses?

• "When one of Alexander's conductresses became pregnant the situation undoubtedly suited the company very well," an Industrial...

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School travel experiment

An experiment in school transport, which is probably one of the first of its kind n the country, is being tried with pupils at...

Language on the buses

I Sheffield is to use double-deck buses .nd language laboratories to help inmigrants to the city to learn English. The cheme is...

Widland Red's iecond woman driver

I A second woman will now be driving uses for Midland Red at Leamington Spa, Varwickshire. She is 23-year-old Miss Eileen...

Aberdeen thrift retains Scotland's cheapest fares

• Aberdeen transport committee last week considered estimates of expenditure for 1971-72 and later Cllr C. H. Clevitt,...

Oban-Glasgow bus goes o-m-o

• All buses operated by the Highland Omnibus Co Ltd from its Oban depot are now one-man operated. This includes the...

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Grey-Green refused additional centred tours

• Applications for new excursions and tours by Grey-Green Coaches Ltd and Orange Luxury Coaches Ltd have been refused in a...

Unheeded warning

• Ten vehicles were removed from du licence of Stanley Road Garag( (Hartlepool) Ltd when the company was called before the...

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Resources insufficient ror planned fleet

I An application which was first heard in he West Midland traffic area on June 28 his year was only partly successful when 4r...

look review:

rhe future pattern of 'ndustrial relations II Peter Paterson, industrial correspon ent of the Sunday Telegraph, has written a...

Improvement expected from RTITB

• Mr L. Cossins, a director of Spinks Transport Services of Darlington, and vice-chairman of the national advisory council of...

these off on an instalment basis.

Later in this hearing Mr John Backhouse, representing the partnership. asked that, as his clients were unprepared for the...

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Shell-Mex and BP promotions

H. B. Greenborough took up his appointment on September 1, as chief executive of Shell-Mex and BP Ltd on the retirement, after...

Maj-Gen G. N. Russell, CB, CBE, FCIT

An appreciation by G. W. Quick Smith THE death of Charles Russell (as he was affectionately known to all his many friends)...

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First fruits of German Hungarian links

II A prototype RABA heavy yehicle built n Hungary specifically for international iaulage has now run 100,000 km, reports he...

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Turner markets Spicer transmissions and produces new five-speed gearbox

• A six-speed gearbox and a 10-speed split-torque (twin-layshaft) transmission that are produced by the Spicer Transmissions...

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LA opens new workshops for Worksop haulier

• A 75 per cent utilization of mechanics' time is the target of J. T. Hunt (Worksop) Ltd compared with the normal average of...

Now the Pinzgauer

• Steyr of Austria has launched a new range of lightweight general-purpose cross-country vehicles. Designated the Pinzgauer,...

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GIVE THE CUSTOMER • THE FACTS WHEN QUOTING

by lain Sherriff, MITA, AIRTE RATE . cutting has always been with us. As a user of transport some years ago with over 50,000...

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bird's eye view by the Hawk • Bestfoot forward

Successful drivers at the Bristol Tippers Group Training Association get a nice shiny certificate complete with red seals. When...

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What's in it for owner-drivers?

by J. F. Cox, Secretary, Western area, Road Haulage Association UNDER carriers' licensing a substantial number of...

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It's the use that matters. .

• Just as there is a wide range of bodies and types of commercial vehicles to match up with particular flows of traffic, so...

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Tipper traffic is going metric

by Eric Gibbins mcrr TIPPER operators have now had over eight months' experience of working for trades that have gone metric....

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by K. B. Spencer,

Group co-ordination officer, Road Haulage Association WITH the establishment of a pilot scheme in the East and West Midlands,...

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letters

We welcome letters for publication on transport topics. Address them to Commercial Motor, Dorset liouse, Stamford Street,...

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Tough work needs trained men

THE Bristol Tipper Group Training Asso ation was the first of its kind in t country and operates four vehicles offeri full hgv...

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meet

F. W. Davies • How fortunate that Trailmobile of Of spurned the advice of one of their represent tives back in 1954 when he...

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)emolition my )usiness

e reluctant tipper operator who akes an impressively thoughtful d thorough job of it • Gibb Grace, DAuE, CEng, MechE "WATCH it...

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cropper's column

Engine failure can hit new businesses hard • Another small operator is in trouble because of a series of engine failures. It...

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know the law

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, IvIIMI Traffic signs (2) IN 1969, following a serious accident at a level crossing when a vehicle...

road and workshop

Benchwise: coo/it (17) Handyman FEW PUMPS, if any, today retain the adjustable gland-type seal which needs regular attention;...

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topic

On the outside looking in ALTHOUGH the statistics do not all tally. there is no doubt that there are more tippers than any...

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by Paul Brockington, MIMechE

A TIPPER is a tipper is a tipper. It may be regarded as the most basic of all load-carrying vehicles in terms of the work it...

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Pictures by Harry Roberts THE FUTURE of dozens of tipper

companies throughout the country engaged in the removal of waste material from National Coal Board tips is in the balance....

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4. Expenses allowable for tax purposes

FOR any expense to be allowable in arriving at the taxable trading profit of a road haulage business, it must meet two...

Tipper bodybuilders continued

Rockfield Street, Blackburn, Lanes; Tariff Road, Tottenham, London, N17; and Road Meetings. Carluke, Lanarks. Slant,...

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1 The transport company I work for operates a productivity

scheme for its frivers. One of the clauses in the agreement tates that drivers will wash and clean heir vehicles without...

The firm for which I work employs a number of

drivers who are required to work the maximum permitted hours. In order to achieve the 124--hour spreadover he drivers take two...

Q I understand that there has been a change in

the medical requirements for hgv driving licence applicants since the regulations were first issued. I believe the changes are...

Q I drive and operate a lorry-mounted crane and I

once saw a book giving safety hints for such drivers. Could you tell me where I can get a copy of such a book? A The Crane...

0 . I have heard that a report has been

issued concerning road improvements in the South of England. Could you tell me the name of the report and who published it? A...

Q In the August 20 issue of CM you reported

a warning from the ETA that the new type of rear reflective marker should not be fitted to vehicles other than those for which...

Q Do rear reflective markers have to be fitted to

tractive units and what should an operator do if he has to cover a load with a sheet which also covers the marker plate? A...

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management matters

Objective management what does it really mean? by F. S. D. Davies and S. J. Rayfield MANAGERS, TASC, ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY...

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profit from learning

Integrated apprentice training on heavy vehicles by David Lowe, MInstTA, AMBIM EDUCATION COURSES are to be introduced this...

Management matters continued • - dons, but one has been reproduced at Figure 1 for your information.

The production of job descriptions is at first hard work, but they will encourage a much more dynamic approach to, and...