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Q Reference Has Been Made In Articles On Braking To
the advantage of rapidly "pumping" the brake pedal on wet or icy roads to prevent wheel locking. I have heard that a device has been evolved that provides automatic pumping of......
• / Operate A Fleet Of Light Diesel-engined Vehicles On
deliveries involving fairly long runs as well as stop-start work. I obtain a considerably greater mileage between engine overhauls and a better fuel consumption than another......
A , Am Considering The Possibilities
of starting a haulage business with two 30cwt vans and building up from there. Could you tell me if I would need any special licences, such as a C licence? A Vehicles not......
Q I Run A Fleet Of 8-ton Tipping Vehicles, Most
of which are at least five years old, and in the case of two of the tippers I have been unable to find a cure for clutch judder. In one case a new clutch has been fitted, but......
• / Am Employed By A Haulage Contractor And He
wants to transfer me to a depot —to do this 1 would have to sell my house and move. I know some firms pay some of the expenses involved in selling and buying houses; could you......
Q Could You Give Me An Approximate Breakdown-service...
charges for medium and heavy commercial vehicles, something similar to the AA and RAC scales for cars? I have just added a Thorn ycroft 6 x 6 heavy-lift and winch to our......
Q A New Item In Your June 6 Issue (page
40) could be read to mean that light vans registered before April 1967 require seat belts to meet legal requirements. This is surely not so. We run a large fleet of light vans,......