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Superange in Britain

Built-for Britain's roads, British loads A particularly wide range of artics and rigids for every purpose, all available with...

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Master Hire.

Master Hire dealers are Vauxhall/ Bedford dealers. So instead of having to buytheircars,vans and trucks through a middleman,...

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Continental 'fatties' still evading prosecution

by CM reporter CONSUMER protection officials in at least one county are concerned that some Continental drivers of overweight...

Regulations to combat hooligans

REGULATIONS have been laid before Parliament to permit drivers of public service vehicles to speak to their control centre by...

How to make London lorry routes work

ANY London lorry route scheme should be advisory, provide for access to premises located off the network and be accompanied by...

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Cool reception for National Transport Authority idea

by CM reporter THE SECRETARY of State for the Environment, Mr Anthony Crossland, gave a cautious welcome last week to a Labour...

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MPs are bracing themselves for another fuel tax shock in the Chencellor's Budget next month.

There is growing expectation that Mr Healey is planning a drastic revision of the entire system of vehicle taxation. One...

When politicians of both parties star agreeing on a policy

which has not heal formulated in public it is safe to assume that significant changes may be just around the corner. This seems...

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Ilarathon 44-tonner copes with .0-below on run to Teheran

PRE-EASTER ionstration trip of i53km (7,800 miles) to eran and back was ntly completed by a - land Marathon. The icle, a...

Road spending brings better returns BRF

SPENDING on roads brings a better return for Britain than unlimited subsidies for British Rail. This case is stated by Mr Tony...

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TOG sets extra E2•1Im aside for vehicles and plant

Group turns in another record profit IN ORDER to replace existing vehicles and plant at prices current at the end of 1974,...

Next week: a bigger CM

From next week CM will be published in a larger format, printed to an increased page size designed to be easier to read. By...

New Fleetwood—

Dublin ferry service FROM April 1 B+I Line is operating a new roll-on/rolloff ferry between Fleetwood and Dublin with six...

Demountable conference

REDUCING distribution costs and improving company cash flow are two subjects which will be dealt with in SwopBody '75...

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Safety revelations by Hedlund Furies transport controller

FOUR-HUNDRED DELEGATES attended the Hazchem two-day seminar arranged jointly by Teesside police and the Middles brough...

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More troubles, but we're pressing on to Teheran

From lain Sherriff, Sofia, Bulgaria, March 29 SINCE leaving Salzburg on March 24 (CM last week) our journey has not been...

Grappling with inflation

THE need for accounting methods to be adapted so that studies and comparisons were made on the basis of realistic projections...

People

C. W. Bridge (C. W. Bridge (General Haulage) Ltd, Huntingdon) has been elected chairman of the eastern area committee of the...

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Cardiff fares up 50pc but 'complacency alleged'

CARDIFF Corporation Transport has been given permission to increase fares by 50 per cent from Sunday, but in doing so the...

Confederation LT training moves centre

THE Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport is moving this weekend to new premises. The new address is Sardinia...

Volvos for Adelaide

VOLVO has won an order to supply 310 B59 bus chassis in a knocked down condition to Adelaide. sales by 40 per cent in 1974...

Pick-me-up picks up

THE PICK-ME-UP dial-abus service at Harlow, Essex, which started operating last August and is being run by London Country Bus...

NT fares

AN INCREASE of up to 40 per cent in National Travel (South East) and National Travel (North West) express coach fares has been...

PRO poetry

THREE POEMS have been written by Southend's public relations officer in order to get across the bus undertaking's new no-change...

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MP complains of concession

fares 'chaos' THE present situation of concessionary fare schemes for retirement pensioners was one of absolute chaos, an MP...

MetroCard extended

AGREEMENT has been reached between the West Yorkshire PTE and a number of private bus operators to allow passengers to use the...

Roof hutch for escape

A NEW combined escape hatch and ventilator, called the Libvent, has been introduced by Weathershields of Birmingham. Sales...

UK equipment for US 'dial'

COMPUTER dispatch equipment for the Ann Arbor diala-ride network has been ordered from the International Aeradio group of...

New recovery outfit

MERSEYSIDE PTE has taker delivery of a new ERF vehicle fitted with TFL bodywork anc recovery equipment. The heavy-duty...

Till at French Expo 75

DIAL-a-BUS, driver communication, urban traffic control and new urban transport systems (Minitram) will be featured in...

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RHA challenges applicant on lack of funds for maintenance

TWO previous failures with haulage companies and a pending liquidation would prejudice the chances of proper maintenance and...

Pengco order against ex-employee

A FORMER EMPLOYEE of Pengco Transport Systems consented to an order against him in the High Court last week banning him from...

Big changes on Brighton buses

BUS SERVICES in Brighton will come in for a big shake-up on April 27. The Traffic Commissioners have approved in full proposals...

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Four owner drivers granted 0 licences

FOUR owner-drivers whose vehicles were specified on the Hull licence of Link Wilkinson Transport Ltd were successful in...

Transport Tribunal calls for clarification

GEORGE SUTHERLAND, trading as Express Deliveries, appealed to the Transport Tribunal in Edinburgh against the decision of the...

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How to save millions

MILLIONS of gallons of fuel are wasted each year through badly tuned engines, according to Champion Sparking plug Co which is...

Truck bodies

f rom Merriworth TRUCK bodies built using similar methods of construction to steel trailers are now being offered by Merriworth...

£250,000 workshop opens in Stoke

A NEW £250,000 repair and maintenance centre for truck and van operators has been opened in Leek New Road, Cobridge,...

DA F centre at

Billingham DAF Trucks dealer B. Sharp Ltd of Billingham, Co Durham, has opened a new £250,000 workshop and parts centre at...

Apprentice test

AREA HEATS for the vehicle trades apprentice competition arranged annually by the Road Transport Industry Training Board are to...

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Simple Samson for tipper sheeting

A SIMPLY OPERATED manual version of the Samson Easysheet — a device for quick sheeting of tipper bodies-is being produced by...

More CF fridges for Turkey

A FURTHER fifteen 12m (40ft)-long refrigerated trailers have been sold by Crane Fruehauf Overseas Ltd to Et Ve Balik Kuruna of...

Pneuride distributor

DUNLOP Suspensions Division, Coventry, has appointed Martonair Ltd of Twickenham sole sales distributor of Dunlop Industrial...

Scots Magirus

A GLASGOW company, Stewart Plant Sales Ltd, Townmill Road, has been appointed distributors for Magirus Deutz vehicles in...

Volvo £21m

VOLVO is spending £21m on a new truck plantnear Gothenburgh, Sweden. It will expand production — now running at 19,000 units a...

Sludge handling

SEWAGE HANDLING equipment, including vacuum sludge tankers, pumps, pipelines and distribution guns, will be demonstrated by...

Eaton up

NET PROFITS of Eaton Corporation for 1974 amounted to $89.9m (1973: $85.6m); Eaton Ltd employs nearly 6,000 people in its...

Dates for your diary

MONDAY April 7. CIT (Sheffield) "South Yorkshire PTE" by N. McDonald (director-general, South Yorks PTE). Royal Victoria Hotel,...

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Hottest seat?

When Transport Minister Fred Mulley opened a new extension to the Bostrom factory at Northampton recently he stressed his...

Fatigue on hand

The seat-testing rig developed by Bostrom at a cost of some £15,000 provides erstwhile buyers with simulated road tests of...

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Down with downtime!

Containing maintenance costs without letting vehicle standara slip calls for close monitoring by Tim Hoare MAINTENANCE comes...

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DAF FAD 2205 Du 30-ton-gross x4 tipper

BRITISH manufacturers have, until recently, had a free hand in the eightwheel truck market, which some companies think may...

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Now they're recycling antifreeze

by Gordon Murray N SPRINGTIME an operator's houghts lightly turn to draining antireeze from vehicle radiators — and vondering...

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Do hauliers need a •

specialized nationwide recovery service ? by John Darker ONE OF the worst chores known to road transport operators is to take...

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Free fall

WARNINGS by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr J. A. T. Hanlon, on the effect of too many operators chasing too little...

Rebate is not automatic

We have been following your series of articles on laying up vehicles and notice that in your issue of February 28 you deal with...

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I have mounted welding equipment on a 30ewt chassis, co

that it can he movedfrom site to site. The vehicle is unable to carry, goods. Could I therefore tax it as engineering plant,...

QIf my driver coliec' ts a new

. contract hire vehicle which is not displaying a road . fund licence because, although the vehicle has been taxed, it has not...

Q 1 live in a small village some 'NC. 8 miles

. from a country town. Four of the village children go to school in the town and at present are taken by taxi. If Iprovideda...

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Distribution audit under the microscope

How RRI found the true costs by John Darker, AMBIM AT the recent PDM conference of the British Institute of Management a...

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Disqualification and endorsement (1)

Most bans are at court's discretion by Les Oldridge, T.Eng. (CEO, M.I.M.I., A.M.I.R.T.E. THE PENALTIES for the more serious...

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Site compressor

A new series of portable single and two-stage air compressors has been developed by Gomo Engineering. The compressors, the...

Convex mirror glasses

Two new convex mirror glasses have been added to the range of Spondon Motor Spares. S MS 185 is approximately 31cm x 20cm...

Getting to grips

A new design of hand grips has been introduced by Allchin and Co. The Universal Grip pliers are made from chrome vanadium...

Optical revolution tester

An instrument for accurately settingup the governed speeds of diesel engines is available from CAPA Group Ltd. The Revtester is...

Valve service

Two ranges of valve servicing equipment are being imported from the USA by Morris and Ingram. The Hall-Toledo heavy-duty model...