NEWS that the Dock Work Regulation Bill has completed its marathon committee stage in the House of Commons was greeted with...

AN INQUIRY by the DoE into the safety of part-time coach drivers could follow the trial of a 30-year-old office worker who was...

heavy lorries." Although welcoming the proposal to increase taxation for heavy lorries the paper says that this is unlikely to...

THE Road Traffic and Travel Survey now being undertaken is expected to cost about £1,600,000 Announcing this in the Commons, Dr...

TRANSPORT workers' leader Mr Jack Jones has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Denis Healey in an effort to get the...

NO MOVES are planned by the Government to get tachographs fittted to trucks In line with EEC regulations. Britain is telling...

WHEN the Government voted against his Transport (Amendment) Bill, which relaxes bus licensing laws, it was dashing the hopes of...

MILEAGE increases of between five and 10 per cent would be result of the Government's proposed lorry route network, the Freight...

SOME local authorities might well be abusing the 1973 Act by proposing that predominantly rural areas should have their narrow...

RELIEF from heavy vehicle traffic for 50 towns and villSges is now provided by the completion of a bridge on M62 over the River...

"A DISAGREEABLE example of complicated legislation" . . . that was how Mr Enoch Powell last week described the measure bringing...

Mr Powell, who is United Ulster Unionist Member for Down, South, added that there were many in Northern Ireland who were under...

Two last chance' warned FOUR hgv drivers who had been convicted for driving with excess alcohol in the blood appeared before...

Mr N. Hetherington, defending, said that the conviction in 1975 occurred when Masson was driving his own car home and ran off...

FORMER CID man Mr Fred Topham has found another batch of abandoned or damaged trucks and trailers on his way to Tehran overland...

North Bucks LADY Trucker of the Year Miss Lesley Smith was among the class winners at the North Bucks heat of the LDoY contest...

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Mr Peter Shore was asked in the Commons last week whether he would consider giving National Carriers Ltd...

FORD ended its past financial year with a boost to its pre-tax profit of 62 per cent over the 1974 figure of £8.75m to £14.1m....

More for all THE Alltransport Group has opened a new office at Aylesbury to concentrate on its marketing facilities for the...

notice any change in the regulations. The six-monthly cliff-hanger on whether or not Britain will get another deferment of the...

THE Eastern Commissioners adjourned an application by Charles Cook Coaches of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, on Friday. They did...

by CM reporter THE DoE experimental plan to introduce licensing relaxations for psv operating in some rural areas progressed a...

ENTRY steps on public service vehicles will no longer need to be at least 10 inches from the ground as from June 9. This is one...

THE Borders Regional Council is mounting a 00,000 survey to determine the scope for a multi-purpose transport system on routes...

WHILE many coach firms in the South East still have applications pending to run commuter services to London, Tricentrol have...

THE 30,000 platform staff of London Transport have been given 30 days' notice of the Board's intention to operate a closed...

ABERDEEN District and Grampian Region have rejected a call for compulsory banning of heavy vehicle parking on Aberdeen...

Low road CITYBUS has turned its back on double-deckers. Managing director Werner Heubeck said last week : "In modern economic...

by Graham Montgomerie ROLLS-ROYCE is bringing out a new engine for trucks—a naturally aspirated VS with a power output of...

For servicing reasons the piston/rod assembly has been designed so the big-end can pass down the bore. RollsRoyce has favoured...

Conversely, after coupling, the legs are manually retracted until the load is borne by the tractive unit and then they are...

SKIDCHEK, the Girling anti-skid system is now available for vehicles having air/hydraulic actuated brakes. Believed, by...

BRITISH LEYLAND has sold two-fifths of its 20 per cent interest in Sisu, Finland's leading commercial vehicle and bus builder,...

ON SHOW for the first time will be a new light-weight version of the Rolonof Two from Powell Duffryn Engineering Ltd. This unit...

continued from page 41 of French design and is shown on a Ford chassis with a 3.7m (12ft 3in) wheelbase. The Power Xo chassis...

continued from page 43 The SD Gully/Cesspool Emptier is based on the SD Single Cab NN chassis fitted with a Leyland 6.98...

No one would argue with the idea that if you're going somewhere demanding top hat and tails, Moss Bros is the obvious answer....

Lorry-mounted cranes can pay their way in manpower savings ANY DEVICE which reduces manpower costs must be attractive to...

A.I.M. Engineers Ltd, Goodley Works, Oakworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire. THE AIM range of lorry loaders imported from Denmark...

H. Weyhausen KG, D2870 Delmen Horst, PO Box 207, W. Germany. Atlas produces a wide range of lorry loaders, from the 500 to...

Challenger offers three cranes for lorry mounting, the CH 1100, CH 1600 and CH 2000 with maximum capacities of 1,100kg...

GET GET Services Ltd, Ruislip Road, Northolt, Middx. The PM 25003 from GET is said to be the largest lorry loader on the...

B.S.P. International Plant and Equipment Ltd, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 OJD. BSP markets a wide range of the German-made...

George Cohen Machinery Ltd, 600 Wood Lane, London, W12. All the HIAB series of lorry loaders, marketed by the 600 Group Ltd,...

Reginald Tildesley Ltd, Truck and Plant Division, Railway Lane, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 2DN. Hoes lorry-loading cranes...

SAP Hydraulics Ltd, Chalford Industrial Estate, Chalford, nr Stroud, Gloucestershire. Although at the moment only one version...

Lyka Cranes Ltd, PO Box 86, Preston, Lancashire. Four lorry-mounted loading cranes are imported from Denmark by Lyka Cranes....

Record Mechanical Handling, Stockley Works, Horton Road, West Drayton, Middx, U57 83Q. The French Monda series of lorry...

Palfinger (UK) Ltd, Home Farm Works, Little Billing, Northampton, NN3 4AQ. Palfinger UK offers eight models of lorry-mounted...

REDMAN FISHER Redman Fisher Group Ltd, PO BOX 12, Birmingham New Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 9AA. A lightweight crane for...

From this month BR is no longer engaging in international smalls traffic. Perhaps you didn't notice BR's public notices in The...

Colchester Tillage Ltd, Hythe Hill, Colchester, Essex, Colchester Tillage distributes the Swedish Tico hydraulic truck cranes...

They've gone—those great abominations—the overall painted advert on London's buses. They were cheap, nasty and an intrusion on...

It's party day at Leyland tomorrow, Saturday. From 3 o'clock until 10.15 the " villagers," augmented by Truck and Bus Division...

Talking of answers to those who have been writing or leaving messages for our editor after his appearance in ITV's Drive In...

which way CUTS in government spending have caused Fire Brigades, throughout the UK, to take a closer look at replacement...

continued from previous page Dennis believes that moving into this method rather than producing vehicles on a one-off or batch...

thought I would advertise my services in some magazines that are distributed in the USA to attract tourists from that country....

Women's Institute has asked to borrow it for one night each week throughout the summer. I will drive it for the WI, who have...

a trailer on a Class 3 heavy goods vehicle driving licence? A Yes, providing the wheel configuration agrees with that...

design— which way? continued from previous page brake systems. What is probably the first UK fire engine to be fitted with...

Mr H. W. Mould (CM April 30) has, we fear, missed the point perhaps due to the very short report on our UKHIS paper and...

Concerning Commercial Motor's report (May 7) " No mercy for truckers in drink-drive report." As a moderate drinker, car driver...

I cannot remember anyone expressing dissatisfaction with Imperial measurement in any of its forms, despite its complicated...

Further to Mr Victor Clements' letter (CM April 30) about the Young Driver Scheme, this college has been approved to operate...

by CM staff reporters Average figures in this schoolboy's arithmetic problem, show why: Q.—If a mechanical sweeper covers a...

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE THE Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 give the courts in certain circumstances, power...

ALTHOUGH the danger of welding a fuel tank may seem obvious enough (because of the low flash point of petrol), it is often not...

and improving efficiency. Indeed, if they don't they risk going out of business. Local authorities are being strongly urged to...

tween Trowbridge and Westbury where there is another holding storage facility. Stores for Cornwall are trunked to Bideford by...

IN these cost-conscious times saving public personnel. However, the scheme works Peterborough, make the engines and it is in...

and fuel systems are fully covered and the effects of possible malfunctions in these are described. During the theory section...

MUCH of the Government's consultation document on transport policy took people by surprise when it was published in mid-April....

Since operators can use minibuses on stage carriage services and still claim council incentive payments it seems likely that...

Chris had only a vague idea then of what cash outlay would be involved. The bank manager suggested they should have another...

by Johnny Johnson one month and assuming that Chris has to borrow that amount to keep his business going, an overdraft rate of...

An updated version of the Chieftonne hydraulic crane has been announced by ColindaleBecker. It is constructed of rectangular...

From IRIMO tools which are imported from Spain by J. P. Isaacs, comes a new 10in reversible ratchet with in drive. The ratchet...

Checking wear in the suspension or steering assembly can now be carried min half the time, claims Kismet-Dynaflex, by means of...

The Jenolite division of Duckhams Oils has introduced a new grade of its rust remover/preventer to supplement the existing...

continued from page 79 of accounts he pays for himself, such as for fuel. Only those accounts which bear a registered VAT...