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vehicles is. of such vital t [ - mile he Cour 'TOW that our expert The Mitj Wry of trade in commercial . yr importance it is...
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Strong Packing of TUST about this time of the Christmas Parcels Is J year we are strongly recom Essential mended by the...
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Of spray guns behind a hold-op. That Sir William Rootes now dislikes the Turkey Trot ! That the Canadian Leyland concern is...
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"STATUS QUO-TA" FOR LORRIES; MORE BUSES T HE 1949 allocation of goods vehicles to the home market, "The Commercial Motor"...
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IkAATERIALS will not be available to IVI put the new Trident-class vehicles into ,production until the spring of 1950, said Sir...
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MR. J. PITCHERS has been appointed a director of S. E. Opperman, Ltd. MR. A. B. M. GRasrr has been appointed regional manager...
Traders' Road Transport Association (West Midland area) was held in Birmingham on October 28, with Mr. C. E. Jordon,...
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g AST November Mr. R. Gresham I—•Cooke, M.A., director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, read a paper entitled...
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of " Diesel Knock" TEST apparatus which, it is hoped, I will aid the quest for quietness in oil engines, was described by Mr....
Daytona Sales Co., Ltd., Kingston. Jamaica, has been appointed A.E.C. distributor in the British West Indies. * Provisioft for...
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H AD designers been compelled to use plain bearings throughout their vehicles, it is doubtful whether road transport could have...
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are Bought NEW PORTABLE DEGREASING OUTFIT -WJITH the introduction of its Wizard VV portable degreasing kit, the Orcene Co.,...
AECHANICAL improvement withIVI out alteration in externals is an important feature of the revised White commercial vehicles and...
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ARKING with intent to obtain a meal By Eric Cant The police intervened and warnings were issued that drivers caught there a...
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SERVICE SAVE? , may be called upon for an occasional journey from one factory to another. This is important. It is not...
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A BODY to meet the specialized needs of the window-cleaning business of Courtney Bros. and Co., Ltd., has been built on an...
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F: HIBITED for the first time at the Paris Show, last month, the Renault 4-cwt. rear-engined van is already in the...
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at the Dairy Show ever the controller tiller is raised or released. To comply with regulations, a parking brake is also...
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S INCE 1939 many new and strange loads have found their way on to the road. Among them are prefabricated houses, the delivery...
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for Nothing! A PROGRESSIVE fleet operator in his early twenties, Mr. Albe-t Desrosiers, of the Montreal Ottawa Express. Ltd.,...
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T OUR article entitled "Fleet Engineers Call for Progress" as set out in your issue of May 14, 1948, is of interest in this...
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T HE Morrisons Frigmoble refrigerating container for the transport of deep-frozen or perishable goods by road, rail or water,...
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PAPERS read at the Southport conference of the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers were arranged in...
D EFINING the title of his taper on 1-- , prime costs as meaning "the price of production without regard to profit" and cost as...
I N referring to what are commonly known as establishment, administrative, overhead, indirect costs, on costs and so on, Mr....
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S. J. Wilkinson enumerated the responsibilities of members. They were as follows:-1, Attendance at area, subarea and town...
also stressed by Mr. A. G. Beynon. It was essential, he said, that members should put something into the association as well as...
and rail negotiation committees, in dealing with objections, was outlined by Mr. H. R. Reading. He said that he believed it was...
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TORSION bars, as used in suspension 1. systems, operate through only a few degrees, which means that the arm carrying the axle...