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6th October 1978
6th October 1978
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Get together

The industrial relations ad hoc committee formed by the RHA and TGWU could soon become more important than the two bodies first...

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odgers ilks on is Euro ilemma

ERNATIONAL transport's !nt growth has been so it, Transport Minister liam Rodgers told the rtered Institute of Trans:...

Exemption for express men?

THE DEPARTMENT of Transport is considering new exemptions in the drivers' hours regulations to allow express carriers to...

NCP in trailers

BY THE end of December a new company, Trailerent Ltd, will have a fleet of over 300 trailers in the field of trailer rentals,...

oroblems panel

NATIONAL platform to air problems including wages and iditions between unions and employers is being set up by the ad Haulage...

Go for diesels

A SWITCH to diesel power should be encouraged by setting, diesel fuel tax at a more favourable rate, says the Lorries and the...

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Wheel problem strikes again

SCOTLAND'S troubled fleetof 25cwt Bedford CF280 ambulances was taken back off the road last week after a recurrence of the past...

We might have the job for you!

WE ARE looking for a News Assistant to replace Alan Millar who is now one of our features writers. If you are sitting at a...

Chrysler deal OK

CHRYSLER'S Dodge commercial vehicle-interests still look like one of the biggest prizes for Peugeot-Citroen, now that the...

IVECO .

expects others t follow FURTHER co-operation tween the major Europ commercial vehicle mant turers is likely in future a( ding...

Join up

BRITISH Association Owner Drivers secretary l■ Wells has warned that ov drivers risk being classe( cowboys if they stay out the...

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;cots threaten lay guidelines

LLENGES to the Government's five per cent pay policy are ng from drivers and garage staff in two important sectors ottish road...

citional romotes

FIONAL Travel's improved Ji services between Lon'and the North West and 3t Midlands are being sted by complimentary y...

Exemptions out

TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers has laid a new set of regulations to cover exemptions from the EEC and UK drivers' hours...

Attl

IN CM NEXT WEEK we start a series of three very special issues packed with information from the first NEC Motor Show. We will...

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Join us' plea o British Rail

ALL for British Rail to join the British Roads Federation and Road Haulage Association in a campaign for more investit in urban...

Ewa

SHORT HAULS Tough role A GOVERNMENT department has taken delivery of a 4x4 Stonefield vehicle for drilling work. The...

liter is Iridged E.'9.75m bridge across the y at Perth has added a ther link to Britain's trunk id network. Ile 831m Friarton...

Confidence upl

CONFIDENCE in the road haulage business is now greater than it was this time last year and around 18 per cent of employers in...

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SHORT HAULS

Bangor date WELSH Secretary of State John Morris has ordered a public inquiry into proposals for a Bangor by-pass. It will be...

Confident Dale

LONGTON Transport (Holdings) Ltd chairman Alfred Dale is confident that profit levels will continue to improve. fie told...

Bridging a gap

THREE European agents have been appointed by intermodal transport operator Eurobridge International Transport Ltd for its...

Telling all

THE DEPARTMENT of Energy is offering information kits to help industrialists stage seminars on energy saving. These films,...

London freigk 'will be betel

GREATER London Council has pledged itself to improve road freight companies' operating conditions in a policy document Freight...

DB says UK men are weak

DAIMLER-BENZ engineering development director Artur Mischlie criticised UK vehicle makers for being too weak to achieve an...

Unit loads all booked for '79

MOST exhibition space for next year's Unit Load Shoi Wembley Conference Centre has already been taken up. • To be held from...

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ail for arking )n trolls Lancs

INVESTIGATION into imercial users of a car park lilt Lane, Burscough, Laniire is to be made by West cashire Council Technical...

Picking up the pieces

LEYLAND Vehicles lost around Elm worth of lorry sales due to the seven week stoppage at its Bathgate plant, but efforts are...

lert to xpand Dmputer ervice

EXTENSION to the Meres Benz Consultancy Serwas launched last week in atreaux. Traffic Simulation gramme by Computer is an to...

UlAW

Tadao centres FURTHER additions to the Department of Transport's list of tachograph calibration centres are: (L) Lucas...

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'Horrified' by accident lorry

_ _ _ _ THE EXEMPTION from the plating and testing regulations of vehicles operated under trade plates, has been criticised by...

ACMA hits out

GOVERNMENT "ci placency" over expenditun roadworks has been critic by the Asphalt and Coz Macadam Association. ACMA chairman...

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kuctions once ?very month

E Moseley Group is nching monthly secondid coach auctions from the ;inning of next month. ntended to complement the sting...

LaSZE

Cheaper travel? GREATER Manchester Council wants bus and train fares to be reduced on seven days before Christmas. Following...

UI lined up or ADC'78

tANSPORT Secretary Mani Rodgers will be guest honour at the now-annual Inference of Passenger ansport Operators of Enind and...

Higher fares to come in stages

MERSEYSIDE PTE's increased bus fares took effect last Sunday, but three increases have been deferred until April 1 next year....

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LT needs new bus schedules

AS LONDON Transport prepares to introduce the second stage of its short-term bus plan later this month, the London Transport...

Railbus

GREATER Glasgow PTE is planning a shuttle midibus service between Queen Street and Central stations in central Glasgow. It has...

Spares speed ',I

SPARE parts for Leylan non-current models will manufactured at a new fact in Charley. The Common Bank ph costing Ellm, is due...

Can do better...

MAINTENANCE standard public service vehicles h not got any worse in the year, but room for imprc ment still exists, say the T...

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ridd goes on ;old standard

TURDIER streamline chassisless box trailer is the claim by ttor Tidd for the new Golden Strongbox announced today. 'he rounded...

taw

Narrow MP cab to be at Brum A NEW "narrow cab" from Motor Panels of Coventry will be unveiled at the NEC in two weeks' time....

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PEOPLE New Carryfast mei

CARRYFAST is continuing its expansion programme by appointing three new operations managers. Geoffrey Ellis takes over at the...

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Dardner Bristol wins by a whisker

loel Millier reports on the NBC d-d survey Gardner-engined Bristol RT has come out top in a vo-year bus comparison trial...

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Big Berliet's entry

ANOTHER manufacturer to announce a new model at the Birmingham motor show is Renault Trucks and Buses with the Berliet TR 305....

Max-cess debut

A NEW VERSION of MaxCess — a maximum access van that can be built to give up to five-way accessibility — is being unveiled at...

Slide contender

COACHWORK Conversions, the Colne, Lancashire-based body-builder is showing an entirely new side loading body at the NEC this...

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Big skip capacity for show

k LARGE capacity skip or .:ontainer loader with doubleointed arms for extra reach is o be introduced by Edbro at .he Motor...

Bedford display

A DISPLAY celebrating three million Bedfords built since 1931 will provide a theme for the 20-vehicle display being mounted at...

Charged

SCHWITZER is to invest over Elm in a 1,800sqm (20,000sqft) extension of its premises in Bradford. This will employ 70 more...

New Maggies take their bow

NO LESS than five models of varying degrees of 'newness' will be on display from Magirus Deutz. Designed for both haulage and...

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ALB TECHNICAL

Tasktip is lightweight A NEW lightweight Tasktip body, that will reduce the tare_ weight for eight-wheelers, is to be unveiled...

Silencer plant

TI CHESWICK Silencers Ltd is spending 050,000 on an expansion scheme at its Risley plant in Warrington. The scheme, due for...

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As with the F10 introduced last year, the F7 is

a logical development of its predecessor rather than a completely new design. The type number denotes the capacity of the...

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Iain Sherriff from Montreaux

How to meet growing demand THROUGHOUT Britain and mainland Europe a growth in demand for road haulage services will last well...

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13g-pcom laded

Mr Fawdrey (Letters, September 1) claims that the transfer of freight from road to rail would produce significant accident...

Reigaitiffit 'toad =Jo

I have recently returned from Romania, and I believe readers may be interested in the transport scene there. The load carriers...

Si , '...

i.„701,••• mounted the bus at the terminus in Mamaia to find one of the floor hatches (unsecured except by gravity) lifted and...

Fautig es**

I refer to the CM report in th issue of September 8, regardin a case at the Fenton, Stafforc shire, magistrates' court, i which...

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Busmen help Welsh parks.

F BUSMEN know one thing, t is that they must court local raffic. That can be the local oub, the women's institute, iearby...

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Barber shop quartette

WITH MORE than a suspicion of irony, somebody has given the latest tangle of legislation the label of "Drivers' Hours...

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Check your records

EFORE you start reading is, count the number of .aches you have standing le. None? You don't need to ad this article — in...

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Recipe for success!

There was an object lesson in how to stay in business and be happy, handed out in Aberdeen last Saturday when G. T. Fraser Ltd...

Bill is the Champ

The winner of a mini driver of the year competition, open to customers and members of the press who attended the launch of the...

Jumpire for Wimbledon

"The possibility to adapt the vaulting of the backrest to the respective driver's backbone individually in infinitely variable...

Going pare

Did you know that an ordinary office typewriter has more parts than a 24-ton-gross lorry? The manager of an office-equipment...

Entering Europe

Nothing teaches like failure as International Harvester found when they started to build lorries in Doncaster in 1965, They...

Travel was fun

Six colourful Underground railway posters issued in the first quarter of the century and just re-printed suggest something that...

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MAN 280

Impressive spec OFTEN during CM tests, a vehicle will put up a good performance on most of the various test stages but will...

THIS YEAR, the Tester's Twelvemonth represents the end of an

era. As well as being a review of the past year's test vehicles over 31/2 tons gross, it marks the end of our famous Scottish...

Crusader

Operator's vehicle AN OPERATOR'S vehicle rather than a driver's vehicle was our verdict on the Rollspowered Scammell Crusader....

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Leyland Marathon 2

Fast runner LEYLAND is well represented throughout the whole commercial vehicle weight spectrum with the maximum capacity...

'Big Cam' Cummins

Excellent mpg THE full test report of the then new "Big Cam" Cum mins was a long time coming owing to the heavy snow which...

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Magirus Deutz

Disappointing WHEN a vehicle is presented for test, the manufacturer usually prepares it to give the best possible account of...

Berliet TR 280

Meaty torque THE PERFORMANCE of the Berliet TR 280 was one of the surprises of the year and I am not being rude when I say...

DAF 2000

Tremendous flexibility ALTHOUGH we have tested both "conventional" versions of the DAF 2800 which are available in the UK, the...

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Volvo F10

Economy plus APPROPRIATELY enough the last vehicle to be tested over the existing Scottish route turned out to be the most...

Volvo F86

Good payload . DURING the course of the past few years we have tested just about every size and shape of F86 which Volvo has...

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Ford DA2818

Hard work THE Ford DA 2818 artic represented an interesting alternative to the 32-ton machine for carrying a 20ton payload....

Fiat 159

Power trend FIAT'S contender in the fiercely contested 16-ton market, the 159, is a good example of the trend towards more...

Ford 01614

On-road tipper THE other 16-tonner which came our way during the last 12 months was a tipper version of Ford's D1614 model....

Leyland Boxer

Consistent THE RESTYLED G-cab for the middleweight Leylands was announced at the Amsterdam Show earlier this year. Our first...

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Saviem SM8

Upalin3 LIFE at CM is nothing if not varied as proved by our next vehicle, the Saviem crosscountry SM8. This was a 4x4 machine...

Productivity factors

CALCU LATING the productivity factors for a tractive unit has been made easier by our standard test trailer so the payload...

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The Swedish British

FOR MORE than a decade Volvo has exported vehicles to the UK. During the same period Ailsa Trucks imported Volvos to the UK....

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Just follow that

A new range to succeed the F86 AS A REPLACEMENT for Volvo's incredibly successful F86 range comes the new F7 — as with the F10...

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• . F7 specs

by Graham Montgomerie Bearings with a higher load capacity have been specified and the synchronising cones are now made of...

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A MANUFACTURER releasing a new model range is a major

event in the vehicle business, and one that doesn't happen all that often. Even more unusual is for a factory to replace its...

How the new range came to be developed

case of the Club vehicles, only the first digit denotes the engine capacity with the second two digits referring to the gross...

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FAB CAB

NO MATTER how good we may think a product is today, ways can and will be found to improve upon it. With both the invention and...

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It's MeVolvo.

IN THE CASE of a new vehicle or vehicle range. Volvo will go out and study the market, and, via the product planning...

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by the Technical Editor

No lorry ever starts off from a clean sheet of paper — there are always production and financial constraints when trying to...

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Bock up network gives good deals

Steve Gray interviews Stan Bachelor, chairman of the Volvo Independeni Distributors' Association WHEN Volvo trucks were first...

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IA call to the parts centre

before 3pm will virtually ensure delivery by 10am next day' parts are delivered to the distributors rather than their having...

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Rigid basis to

Irvine set-up by CM reporter THINK of Volvo and you naturally think of a Scandinavian company which exports trucks, buses and...

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Driver's view...

THE TD70 F-engined F7 is going to be a very strong contender in the European tractive unit market — especially so since a...

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Sterling performance

N O LESS than £80m a year is spent by Volvo in Britain on buying component parts and material for its lorries and cars. In...

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titOm a year: that's the Volvo expenditure mit British components

. eighted, it bears the cost. 's a system that seems to fork very well. In an average ear around 500 tons are air . eighted...

STOP PRESS

THE company name of AiIse Trucks Ltd—UK concessionaire for Volvo Trucks—is to change this month. Volvo Trucks (Great Britain)...