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

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

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

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

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

• 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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