OVERLOADING VEHICLES
So prevalent lias the habit of overloading commercial vehicles become that only a short time ago several of the leading makers of solids and cushion tyres announced that they had been forced to modify their terms concerning allowances upon alleged unsatisfactory tyres, which, in actual fact, could only have failed through this practice of overloading. It is one strongly to he condemned from every point of view. It hampers the designer of hew chassis in that- he cannot cut weight, it causes rapid wear of the vehicle as well as of the tyres, and, consequently, puts up the maintenance costs; it is not good for the roads, and it sometimes renders the guilty party liable to prosecution. This liability will probably increase in the near future, as the authorities threaten more drastic action.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 February 1931, Page 13
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135OVERLOADING VEHICLES Hawera Star, Volume L, 7 February 1931, Page 13
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