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Q A Year Ago We Purchased A 4-ton
platform lorry for an experimental contract job but the results were not as good as we hoped for. With a yearly mileage of around 20,000 what should the operating cost be? A As......
Q Am Contemplating Buying A Small
haulage business operating on a B licence. It is my intention to continue running this concern in exactly the same way as the previous owner. Could you please advise me what......
Q Where Can I Obtain Blank Maintenance Forms And...
A A range of maintenance and other trans"--* port record forms is obtainable from the Charnwood Publishing Company, Coalville, Leicestershire. Although there are a number of......
Q What Is The Dcf Costing Technique And Are There Any...
A In the subject of investment appraisal DCF stands for "Discounted Cash Flow". Briefly, this is the application of a suitable rate of discount to forecasting a project's......
Q If Freightliner Traffic Increases At Its
present tempo are congested terminals inevitable, resulting in slow clearance of containers despite high-speed running between terminal points? A Under these conditions......
A Passed My Driving Test When Was 17. My Licence Indicates
that I can drive motor vehicles in groups 2, 3 and 12, with some qualifications. But! understand that no person under 21 may drive a heavy goods vehicle. So do I have to take......
Q How Will The New Braking Regulations
affect my 1960 Commer 7-ton horse box with vacuum servo hydraulic brakes and my 1960 Dodge tractive unit and low loader trailer? The trailer has no separate parking brake but......
Q What Are The Basic Minimum Wages For Drivers Of 9-ton...
A The statutory minimum remuneration for the driver of a goods vehicle with a carry ing.capacity exceeding 5 tons and not exceeding 10 tons for a basic 41-hour week is £11 12s.......