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Spare he brake and save the rubber." Suggestions for amalgamating the R.A.C. with the
That the U.S.A. has " frozen " 200,000 new lorries and will ration them out at about 9,000 per month.
That tractor repairers and overhaulers are in the best position to know the weak spots of the various types of machine.
That the Tilling group of companies now has 43 public-service passenger vehicles running on producer gas in various parts of the country.
That one of the engineers of the group reports that tests have shown the outfits to be suitable for country bus services, medium-distance goods haulage and refuse collection. That this rubber shortage is not making us tyred..
Of stiffer rules regarding the sale and use of coal tar. 0 Of questions as to how they will affect the upkeep of the roads. 0 Of a new smart design of G.P.O. collection and delivery vehicle having lately been brought into servise in the Guildford area.
Following Sweden's example, it looks as if Australia will soon take a leading position as user of producer gas for motor fuel.
That the effective reduction of the rat nuisance would save thousands of lorry loads of foodstuffs and other vitally important materials.
From India, of a B.V.P. producer-gas-equipped 5-tonner costing 0.166d. per ton-mile for fuel, capable of 35 m.p.g and trouble-free.
That Italy is using on some of its railways 120 h.p. motor locomotives operated on methane compressed to 300 atmospheres (about 4,000 lb. per sq. in.).
Of a Chichester trader's proposal that no sales of used farm. tractors shall be made except with the approval of the nearest War Agricultural Committee.
That I.A.E. Research Committee tests with a Government-type gas producer, using anthracite fuel, on a 3i-litre engine, showed a maximum power output of 56 per cent, of that obtained with petrol.
That by raising the compression ratio from 6 to 1 to 7 to 1, something under 75 per cent, of the power with petrol was obtained.
That the American War Production Board has prohibited the building of medium-load lorries and limited that of heavy vehicles to those which can he made from fabricated or semi-fabricated materials in hand on February 28.