New Dual-purpose Grain Carrier
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ANEW bulk grain carrier has been placed in service by Messrs. C. Young and Sons, Spring Gardens, Alresford, Hants. It is being used for the haulage of wheat and-barley grain, and is being operated on behalf of McDougalls, Ltd., Millwall Docks, London. E.14, running principally from their Andover branch.
The vehicle consists of a Leyland Comet ECO2/7R tractor with a Tasker semi-trailer from which the grain container is removable. Thus, the vehicle
can be used either as a specialized grain transporter, or as a platform lorry.
It has a rated payload of 10 tons, but in recent tests 111 tons of wheat were carried. It was loaded in 30 minutes by gravity. Discharge was completed in 20 minutes at a height of 6 ft. by a Star 5-in. discharge-conveyor.
J. H. Sparshatt and Sons, Ltd., London Road, Pnrtsmouth, completed and supplied the outfit.