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5th September 1975
5th September 1975
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FTA rejects own-account

managers' licensing exams rHE Freight Transport Association has flatly opposed a mggestion that own-account managers should be...

Bogie lift for Transcontinentals

A FORD Transcontinental 6 x 2, incorporating a bogie lift, will be on show for the first time at the Frankfurt show next week....

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Two-year delay?

A TWO-YEAR delay in implementation of the EEC's eighthour driving day proposals— due on January 1, 1976—is being sought by...

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Driver 'ambassadors' could reverse the haulage image

HE LORRY DRIVER does tot realise the extent of pubic feeling against him, said a aport published this week. But if he were "...

Relay Express for smalls distribution

RELAY EXPRESS is the name for a new BRS Parcels Ltd national distribution service to shops, factories and offices announced...

Ml work

ROUND the clock resurfacing work, which began between Junctions 8 and 10 on the MI this week, will affect both matt and...

New Jap truck coming?

ANOTHER Japanese truck maker — Mitsubishi — is reported to be considering entering the British market. The company already...

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Blitz on Frankfurt

THE DEBUT of the latest variant from the Bedford TM range will be made at the Commercial Vehicle show in Frankfurt next week....

TML with care Britain has accepted the EEC directive which

calls for controls on admission to the profession of road haulage before January, 1978. The proposals just circulated to...

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Shell Myrina Oil

Trans-continental trucking? Drawbar work? High speed coaches? Cold starts, then traffic crawling, then motorway cruising?...

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Shell Rimula CT Oils

For mixed turbocharged naturally aspirated, diesel petrol, construction equipment and on off the road vehicles, Shell Rirnula...

Shell Rotella TX Oils

These are the oils for the hardworked mixed fleet. Shell Rotella TX Oils are premium lubricants designed for the higher powered...

Shell Rotella SX Oils

Picture a fleet comprising small and medium power diesels, plus Detroit diesels and petrol engines. On stopstart operations, in...

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Levy exemption will take time

MANY of the companies applying .for training levy exemption wotild qualify for rebate--but for most of 'them it would be a...

Facelift for Volvo's F89 cab

TWO new designs from Volvo will have their debut at the Frankfurt show next week. One is an improved cab for the heaviest truck...

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io softly, ;oftly, the )ower-packed =iat

E WRAPS came off Fiat's v range of V8 engined trucks t week—and I was on the a in Turin to test drive two the models. rhe...

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Council opposed to outdoor depot

A PENRITH haulage firm figured in its second planning appeal in three years over the proposed use of a disused quarry outside...

Wrong driver charged

A SUBMISSION that wrong driver had been char when two heavy lorries, towing the other, were elle to have caused danger, •...

Cambs haulier dropped a brick

BOON BROTHERS, a Whittlesey, Cambs, haulier, is diversifying—having learned a lesson from being too reliant upon the brick...

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2MLDolf National Finals

ieptember 7 CD TH the new South Yorks difying centre sending final; for the first time, a record nber of 295 drivers will vete...

Hazardous load course for operating staff

A TWO-DAY training course on handling hazardous loads for drivers and other operating staff employed in road haulage Is offered...

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Appeal by Mountain Goat fails

LAKELAND minibus operators, Mountain Goat Services, have had an abstraction appeal to the Secretary of State for the...

Superbus for Kirkby show

A LEYLAND National city superbus with quiet pack and G2 transmission, the Bedford YMT 500 series, Leyland 680 Leopard, and AEC...

Operation survival for Midland Red

MIDLAND RED has a plan to avoid the massive financial losses it otherwise faces. Major economies include redundancies, garage...

Another self-help bus plan

RURAL communities in the Tayside region may be provided with buses and asked to run their own services. Tayside transport...

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.T hires-in six coaches

IREE suburban bus routes Te been so badly hit by the Tiber of vehicles put off the td because of the spares vtage that London...

oil up for the Yeates show

1E YEATES coach show at rughborough will be held s year from October 9 to 18, eluding the Sunday. Duple, Plaxton, Willowbrook...

New professor transport assessment

THE SCHOOL of Automotive Studies at Cranfield Institute of Technology has appointed Dr Martyn Cordey-Hayes to a new chair in...

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New Generation goes small for Frankfurt

MEDIUM weight versions of the Daimler-Benz New Generation truck series will be the main items of interest on the company's...

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Checking skids with Skidchek

NEW 'anti-skid .system which n be .fitted Ito any 'axIle of an braked 'commercial vehicle ipsv with the Minimum of :erference...

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The nanny factor

NOTHING Showed up more clearly the key -role of the nanny in Mrs Barbara Castle's Transport Act than the plan to issue special...

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t the technical editor

3ig new V8 'or Turin's atest topweights )DAY sees the announceent of new top-weight odels from Fiat designated e 170 and 190....

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Leyland Sherpa 215 diesel van

By Graham Montgomerie Photographs by Harry Roberts THE latest range of light vans from British Leyland, released in September...

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'achographs: 'he complete olution ?

have the complete answer for r Gilbert on this contentious tbjeot of tachographs. Instead ! running to Brussels and egging for...

A six-speed box is enough for me

As an hgv driver, I cannot agree with Graham Montgomerie (CM August 15), when he says that he queries the viability of...

Curtailing caravans

I was very interested in the article on "Moves to curtail caravans" (CM August 22), and agree with everything it states. I...

London coach parking

have read with interest the rticle by Martin Watkins on mall parking in London and, ?Mist concurring with the entiments of the...

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Using 18cwt Transits, a West London record warehouse maintains a critical delivery schedule for a network of demanding customers

By Johnny Johnson HARD-HEADED road haulage operators are often far too near the mundane jobs of the industry to remain aware...

Light van deliveries in record time

Frantic scene For competition to supply and sell a product in huge quantities to a fickle clientele whose taste and choice...

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Big head saves money

Improved fuel economy and performance frc modified cylind head for Bedfol CF by Tim Hoare SINCE February owners of...

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Too express ?

Of all the newspaper comment that has been aroused by the recent spate of serious accidents involving coaches, there is one...

igns of afety

hen a piece of officialeking paper arrived on my !sk headed " Circular )ads 36/75" I thought it ight be some welcome :ws about...

Copper coning

There seems to be a lack of police interest—or perhaps understanding—in many of these situations. The other day (by contrast) I...

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lere a M•A•N, there a P/I•A•N, everywhere a 11/14VN man!

At a time when the high cost of truck ownership has to be equated with maximum productivity and minimum downtime, it's even...

Redcliffe Roadways Ltd.

Earlier this year, Redcliffe Roadways purchased four M.A.N. 4 x 2 tractors primarily for long-distance haulage to Kuwait and...

W. H. Stott (Transport) Ltd.

W. H. Stott of Runcorn, Cheshire operate four M.A.N. 16.232's on medium to long haul throughout the U.K. The vehicles are used...

W. H. Holmes Transport Ltd.

W. H. Holmes operate two M.A.N. 16.2324 x 2 tractor units, complete with sleeper cab, for national transportation of livestock...

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Could you please outline the regulations which govern the fitting of reflective rearmarking on goods vehicles ?

The fitting of reflective rear markings on commercial vehicles is governed by The Motor Vehicle s (Rear Markings) Regulations...

Q We operate a recovery X service and have a Scania

6 x 4 unit with a TFL T20 crane—total cost of unit, £22,000. Could you advise us of a fair scale of charges on a working day of...

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Where minibuses tackle inaxi gradients

Arduous scheduled routes are no problem for Mountain Goat by Martin Hayes photographs by Harry Roberts ERATION of what must...

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rou're running a petrol-engined van a big annual mileage reckon

the engine needs tuning only when it runs rough I could easily be losing a couple of hundred pounds a year. ;h a 1.3-litre...

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low the tests were carried out

L ANY TUNING to be successful engine must be mechanically ad, and before any testing done the engine cylinder ;sures were...

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Play the economy tune

WITH a few basic tools and a lead and 12V bulb assembly any operator can make a reasonable attempt at timing a petrol engine....

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Bedford HA 110 light van

by Graham Montgomerie HAVE just been testing HA 110 model made by drafi. This particular verof the HA van was origindeveloped...

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Round the clock electric service

by a special correspondent SOME POTENTIAL users of battery-electric vehicles may be deterred from using them because they see...

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lean simplicity, that's electricity

int Hoare battery-powered Bedford ans have just gone into :e with the Post Office tst week I had the chance :e one out for a...

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en, machines and management for the Middle East

An exchange of views on what is needed :RE HAS been no lack of gestions about changes that needed in the way in which ions of...

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When an accident is not reported

by Les Oldridge, TEng (CE!), MIMI, AMIRTE HOW appeals against the decisions of magistrates' courts on questions of law became...

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Securing the well-protected load

by Johnny Johnson ROAD HAULAGE operators are well acquainted with the transport of high-value loads for they are involved in...

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Why road/air freight in Britain depends on passenger airports

by John Darker, AMBIM A REPORT of the Air Cargo Working Party published by the International Freight Movement Economic...

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ough aint

has introduced Polyurethane a rapid paint system for mercial vehicles. The paint -coatable and resistant to marking after four...

Ippass

ilter erfiow, manufacturer of cialised industrial and 'motive oil filters and ation systems, now offers its erflow system for...

Spanish spanners

The Irimo range of spanners, wrenches, sockets and other tools is being marketed in the UK by J. P. Isaacs. The tools, made in...

Hold it ...

Heavy-duty wheel chocks made from urethane plastics are marketed by the T.C.C. Division of Brownline. The chocks, claim the...

Repair protection

From Supra Chemicals and paints comes an under-body coating to protect bodywork against corrosion. Called Under-Body Schutz,...