Wallis and Steevens : Stand 80.
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A three-ton rubber-tired steam wagon and one of the. company's latest compound tractors comprise the exhibits of Wallis and Steevens, Ltd., of Basingstoke, the tractor having been built to the order of Messrs. Budden and Co., cartage contractors, of Perseverance Grove, Clapham, S.W. The main feature of Wallis tractors, it will be remembered, i5 the fact that the engine is completely enclosed, so as to ensure that the working parts are protected from dust and are at all
times provided with an ample supply of clean lubricant. Hitherto, its steam wagons have also been fitted with enclosing casing, but in the example now shown, which is an entirely new model, there is no enclosing casing. We would draw special attention to this new type, as it embodies a great many improvements which the combined experience of Wallis and Steevens and users of their wagons has dictated, not because they were necessary, but in order still further to increase the efficiency of an already efficient wagon. Pickfords, Ltd., is a large user of Wallis steam wagons, and unless they were satisfactory in use it is hardly to be supposed this buyer would place repeat orders. The arrangement of control gear on this new threetonner is most convenient for easy operation, and the fact that the crankshaft is separately balanced for each throw should make the engine most smooth running and relieve the entire machine.