E VEN the finest machinery is liable to break down in service, and this is perhaps particularly true in the case Of Commercial...

A WORKING party is to be set up to examine the public image of the road transport industry and w:11 include representatives of...

ri A PARTY of British hauliers who operate vehicles in Europe yesterday visited French road-rail " Kangourou " installations in...

f Regulation MR. WHITAKER SPEAKS ON CO-OPERATION FFICIENCY transport should, as I—I far as possible, spring from competition,...

PARENT THAN REAL AT PRESENT • By H. BRIAN COTTER A LTHOUGH the Road Haulage rik Association last week came out against the...

A WARNING that , C-licensees should be Prepared for Government legislation and restrictions affecting C licences was given on...

chosen as the -starling date for . an eight-week transport course to be held on one day each week at the Luton College of...

A T its annual general meeting last week, the meat and allied trades transport functional group of the Road Haulage Association...

A 10-FT.-WHEELBASE tractive unit has been introduced in the FreSghtline Beaver range of goods vel - Ccles built by Leyland...

Q RDERS totalling. .1.1,750,000 have been announced by two of the Leyland Motor Corporation companies this week. Leyland Motors...

I R., H. Farmer (Atlas Express Lid., London) had hen reappointed as a vicechairman of the express carriers' group of the Road...

for 32 tons gross THOUGHT to be the first articulated I tipper built to operate at the new 32-ton-g.v.w. limit, this...

T HE possibility of setting up a vehicle observer corps to deter thefts and locate stolen vehicles in the West Riding was...

Kent Eliminator: Entries for the Kent round of the L.D.O.Y. competition, at Maidmone on May 30, close on April 23. Applications...

A FTER rigorous testing of prototypes, new steel tipping bodies are now being offered by KMR Marketing Co. Ltd., London Road,...

Q N Monday, the House of Lords Appeal Committee gave a Lloyd's underwriter leave to appeal to the House from a decision of the...

UR. G. W. CHOATE, recently retired yr from B.R.S. (Contracts) Ltd, fictoria Park branch, was presented With . gold bar for 43...

T HE Minister of Transport is consider' ing the case that has been made by the bus industry for the relief from the extra 6d....

NAEMBERS were told in the Commons ILI this week by the Minister of TrariSport that he wanted to ensure the cOuntry's major...

pETWEEN October 1 last year and February 8, there were 578 railway stations and depots which had had freight facilities...

Q OADSIDE vehicle cheeks have been I continuing on a small scale throughout the winter, and as a result 3,220 prohibition...

vehicle brought temporarily into Great Britain will no longer have to satisfy the Licensing Authority that he has no principal...

T HE Minister of Transport told M.P.s last week that he was aware of the concern about the state of many laybys on the A2 and...

T HE erection of two nine-mile lengths of double-steel-rail safety fence on the M I was almost completed, reported Lord...

Oh, no ! Not again IA A MOVE to call a new ban on overtime on London's buses was only narrowly defeated when a delegate...

T HE first of two new Leyland Tiger Cub single-decker buses fitted with 41-scat bodies by Pennine Coachcraft Ltd. has been...

A SITE. at Kirkstall Lane/Commercial Road, some 24 miles west of the Leeds city centre, is being prepared for a small...

FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT • FADERS of the Transport and General Workers' Union decided in .onclOrt this week to call...

A FLEET of 'sire new Harrington-bodied A.E.C. Reliance coaches was handed '71 over to L. E. Bowen Ltd., Superior Coaches, of...

Ltd., has now also been appointed to the boards of two other Leyland Group companies —Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd....

THE a ppeal of Tyneside Plant and Spares Ltd. a g ai n st A .144l a y suspen:ion imposed . , by the N o rther n Licensin g...

T HE T r ansport Tribunal was told on Tuesday that the West Midland Lice n sing . Authority hoped someone would appeal a g...

'N London on Wednesday, Arthur T. • Booth (Manchester) Ltd. successfully ppealed against the refusal by the lorthern Licensin...

A N appeal by Mainland Market Deliveries Ltd. against a decision of the Northern L.A. was formally dismissed by the Transport...

INFRINGEMENT of licence conditions led to the issue of 368 summonses which Were heard at Liverpool on Thursday and Friday of...

A T Kirkcaldy on Monday, Andrew AT Wishart and Sons Ltd. applied for A licences for seven flat vehicles and seven articulated...

(IN Tuesday, in Newcastle von Tyne, the Northern licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon. exercised his disc retion and...

A SEASIDE town's " last ditch stand " to keep its rail links was heard by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners in Whitby last...

L T AST week Mr. C. M. Sheridan was 1—t officially welcomed at Nottingham as the new Licensing Authority and chairman of the...

QUITING for the first time as North Western Licensing Authority at Manchester on Monday, Mr. C. R. Hodgson was warmly welcomed...

A RIDICULOUS SITUATION HAS ARISEN WHICH B.R.S. HAS NOT HELPED BY NORMAN H. TILSLEY I HOPE, when next the Licens:ng...

PARSNIP TAILS They call it the Breadvan 7 --but that's about its only connection with the hard-headed - .:ornmercial...

vfiEMBERSH1P of the Institute .of NI Road Transport Engineers was rowing steadily and currently stood at 1.690 members, said...

dealers published in the Emergency Service seeon of the February 19 issue should now e added: .EVESHAM, Wows: Coulters Garage...

A CANADIAN, Mr. W. R. Fleming, 1 7 1 will .be in charge of the commercial vehicle chassis. production which International...

article on pages 98-100 of this Issue may raise in many minds the question: just what do vehicle examiners have to do? The...

By John Doe A solicitor, writing under a pseudonym, gives guidance on how best an operator can resist a prosecution or advance...

AND WORKSHOP The G.V.9 Driver's Seat and Controls A RigoiAIR ,comfort in a passenger 1-1 . vehicle . is fine for the fare ....

and Publications Economical Heater W ASTE oil of any type can be burned in a workshop heater now being produced by E. F....

Maintenance and Service Equipment issue (The Commercial Motor, March 6, 1964), five classes of workshop equipment widely used...

Castro! House Marylebone London, N.W.I. E VERY aspect of lubrication is covered with the Lubrequipment range of plant and...

M OST of the lubricating equipment manufactured by Centralube is designed for industrial applications, but there are one or two...

32 Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton. A USTRALIAN lubricating equipment made by C. C. Macnaught Pty. Ltd. and Sagas...

Bedford, Beds. A FULL range of lubrication equipment and accessories is made by Kismet. The Kismet Portable Chassis Lubricator...

/0B1LE lubricating equipment and wall-almounted installations are manufactured by Laycock and marketed under the names Lubay...

445 Brighton Road, South Croydon, Surrey. -CI A LL types of grease gun as well as handoperated bucket pumps" are manufactured...

R EASONABLY priced oiland greasedispensing equipment is made by Portapack Ltd. One unit for each commodity is made and, in...

airand hand-operated grease guns are manufactured by Step Industrial Equipment Ltd. and, in addition, there is the Major-Lube...

Alemite Division, Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex. T HE name Stratoline is given to the latest designs in the range of Alemite...

Plymouth Devon TECALEMIT is another major concern in the lubricating equipment field and manufactures everything from hand guns...

London, E.4. THIS company is the sole distributor in 1 the U.K. of Ljungmans lubricating equipment, which is of Swedish origin....

BY A. J. P. WILDING, A.M.I.MECH.E., 11/1.1.R.T.E. A.R.O. MACHINERY CO. LTD. 190 Casteluau, London, S.W.13. O F particular...

717 Tudor Estate, Abbey Road, Park Royal, London, N.W.10. O NLY one spot welder is included in the range of equipment offered...

T HE range of arc-welding plant offered by this company covers the requirements of all types of vehicle workshop. The smallest...

L'QUIPMENT manufactured by this com pany of interest to vehicle • welders consists of blowpipe& and regulators. The concern...

Hammersmith House, London, W.6. A /s1YONE whose work involves welding El or cutting metal will know what the initials B.O.C....

North Feltham Trading Estate, Fehham, Middx. A VERY 'wide range of materials used on welding processes is made by this...

Church Road, Croydon, Surrey. - UOUR transformer-type a.c. arc-welding sets are manufactured by this company, these ranging...

'HIS company is a newly formed British subsidiary of one of Sweden's largest engineering groups. Having just been set up in the...

Welwyn Garden City, Herts. L INCOLN electric-welding units suitable for use in vehicle workshops are the Type SA.150 and 200...

Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. O NLY a.c. arc welding equipment is made by this company, the latest model to be introduced being...

by this cornY Y pany consists of a range of pedaland air-operated spot-welding machines which, although more applicable to...

Waltham Cross. Herts. TWO basic designs of transformer-welding sets made by Murex are considered suitable for vehicle...

Crawley, Sussex. L'OR welding mild steel, inexpensive trans.': formers (giving a.c. arcs) of low opencircuit voltage are...

Rothwell, Northants. COLE distributor of Oxford welding plant ■ ) in the U.K. is C. G. and W. Young, 15a Caine Road,...

Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, London, S.W.2. T HIS company manufactures arc-welding equipment, including CO, packaged units and...

Central Avenue, Denbigh Road, Bletchley, Bucks. THIS concern markets a complete range 1 of portable spot-welding guns, both for...

P.O. Box 10, Darlaston, Wednesbury, Staffs. l'HE welding division of 1Rubery Owen is made up of Rowen-Arc, Sovroweld and...

Falmouth Road (Trading Estate), Slough, Bucks. A LTHOUGH called portable spot-welding I – I-machines, the equipment in this...

A NOTHER company very well known in ri welding and brazing. Suffolk Iron Foundry. markets welding and cutting blowpipes,...

Manchester Road, Hyde, nr. Manchester. TWO welding machines—a spot welder and an ac. arc welder—from the Triangle range of...

R EGULATORS with and without gauges, welding and cutting blowpipes, and a range of welding rods and fluxes for gas welding are...

y E JAMES MILLEN APPLIED POWER INDUSTRIES INC. (UK) LTD. 717 Tudor Estate, Abbey Road, Park Royal, London, N.W.I0 E...

T HE Danish Optoflex system of wheel alignment equipment marketed by this concern measures camber, castor, king-pin...

Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, 24. T HE CG/4-5 camber, castor and king-pin gauge made by this company consists of two separate...

Birmingham, 30. THE Lightning Ultimate single-operator ' precision track gauge available from this concern is made in two...

8 Chester Hall Lane, Basildon, Essex. A WIDE range of wheel alignment and front-end correction equipment is available from...

T HE " 300 " series wheel alignment systems made by this firm can be installed at sub-level check and correction bays—as Model...

Victoria Works, S M h ili es' e l ffi h n u d s ,tl . T AYCOCK Optiline equipment enables wheel and steering alignment to be...

Bow Street, Birmingham, 1. THIS concern makes a track alignment gauge suitable for use on commercials with a track of up to 6...

Eyre Street, Sheffield, 1. T HE P.C.L. wheel alignment gauge made by this company will, it is claimed, measure accurately...

BY G. PEARSON Machines APPLIED POWER INDUSTRIES INC. (U.K.) LTD. 717 Tudor Estate, Abbey Road, Park Royal, London, N.W.10....

Much Park Street, Coventry. A CCURACY, speed and cheapness -L - 1 achieved through simplicity are claimed by Booth Patents...

London Road, Daveutry, Northants. O NE of the first electronic wheel balancers to be introduced to this country in 1950, the...

Fort Dunlop, Birmingham 24, :THE big stuff—tyre and wheel assem blies up to 24 in, diameter—is accommodated by the Dunlop...

R EPLEX "Air Poise" and electronic wheel-balancing equipment comes from the . Australian organization, Repco Ltd., which points...

A MECHANIC can learn to balance la wheels both statically and dynamically within 10 minutes if be uses the Kismet KWB340, say...

Garage Eiptipment Division, Viet aria Works, Millhouses, Sheffield, 8. T HE " On-The-Car " wheel balancer in the range of...

Alernite Division, Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex. " CIMPLY jack up front end , . . both wheels clear of the ground ; make mark...

Manchester Road, Hyde, Cheshire. O PERAT1NG the Hunter balancer for light commercials appears to be a comfortable affair, the...

6 Stanley Road, London, E4. LA A NEAT, self-contained unit from Denmark is the }IPA (made by H, P. Anderson, of Copenhagen)...

y R. D. Cater 1Y redeveloping its manufacturing premises at Cromer Road, Norwich, [arm Egerton and Co. Ltd. has provided much...

Standardization of Parts and Fittings Can Save Time and Mone! A N aspect that seldom receives the attention it deserves, but...

By The Hawk Contre Les Pigeons A fire-engine is to be used to wage war on French pigeons. A fire-engine, too, with a...

Responsible maintenance staffs of operators in t East Midlands area value the interest and advice M.o.T. inspectors. By P. A....

W HAT significance should be attached to the news that the principal road goods transport interests may soon be co-operating in...

R. D. CATER ITH the ever-increasing cost of maintaining a Vehicle in a good and safe condition, hauliers must continually seek...

BY JOHN MATTHEWS What Manchester does today , AANCHESTER CORPORATION in is poised ready to introduce its fleet of nine...

B USINESS travel is big business And likely to expand. Confirmation of this came from the new report by British Railways on "...

A solicitor in the north is concerned in an insurance claim involving an accident to a staff car. Use of The Commercial Motor"...

V JEHICLE and car distributors W. WATSON AND V CO. (LIVERPOOL) encountered a setback during the year that ended on October 31...

Education—Students Need More Help I HAVE read with great interest the articles which have I appeared recently on education and...

Be your own examiner ONE of the most useful ways of preparing for the final run-in before the examination is to put yourself...