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West Midlands low-loader clash
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• Richardson's Transport (Coventry) Ltd., one of four operators in Birmingham on Monday applying for low-loaders in order to absorb the traffic made available by Overland Contracts (Birmingham) Ltd. ceasing to trade, had its application refused. Although the granting of its application for two low-loaders on a new A licence would have meant the deletion of two similar vehicles from Overland's A licence, the West Midland LA, Mr. J. Else, said that a prima facie case had not been made out. Objections were entered by the NFC, Graham and Brown Transport Ltd., Male and Son (Pensnett) Ltd., Red House Garage Co. Ltd. and Starr Roadways Ltd.
Mr. D. Hands, Overland's managing director, told CM afterwards that his Birmingham-based company was leaving road haulage in order to concentrate on building trailers and providing a service to the lowloader industry.
Because Richardson's application required to add machinery to the normal user once operated by Overland, the application would have to stand on its own, said Mr, Else.
Mr. A. Tongue, joint managing director of Richardson's told Mr. D. E. Skelding, for two of the objectors, that 60 per cent of the normal-user traffic, excluding machinery, would be ex-Overland. Mr. D. Hands said in evidence that Overland's four A-licence vehicles had earned approx. £22,500 in the year ending June 1969.
Similar applications by A. M. Garage and D. Ragg, to operate low-loaders once specified on the licences of Overland Contracts were granted, however. There were three objectors—Starr Roadways Ltd., Male and Son (Pensnett) Ltd., and the NFC.
The West Midland LA granted a new B licence to Mr. Ragg for one low-loader and varied the B licence held by A. M. Garage by adding three low-loaders, also deleting three from Overland's B licence.
Mr. A. Mousley of A. M. Garage said that he was at present working to full capacity. His main customer was Eaton, Yale and Towne Incorporated for whom he had performed 36 movements since November 11 1969.
Mr. F. McClurg of Eaton, Yale and Towne, said that A. M. Garage had been selected because it had a special-purpose trailer that his company required. A. M. Garage, he said, would be taking over the work that had been done by Overland.
Mr. D. Hands, managing director of Overland, said that Mr. D. Ragg would be taking over one of its hired vehicles. He would be catering for a number of small customers who would now be without low-loaders.