PERFORMANCE OF TRUCK

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1048, 12 August 1930, Page 6

PERFORMANCE OF TRUCK

PRAISE FOR BIG FLEET A recent English Press report 01 a gruelling test of the Guy “Conquest model brought out in bold relief th

outstanding performance- which this vehicle is capable of putting up under the most severe weather and road conditions.

The report shows how the bus carried 32 passengers up a gradient of 1 in 4J, having negotiated narrow lanes where cart ruts and pools of mud took the place of hard roads. It stated that the bus maintained a steady 50 m.p.li. on hard roads, increased its speed from 28 m.p.h. to 40 m.p.h. on a severe gradient, accelerated from 0 to 30 m.p.h. on top gear only in 18 seconds, and was brought to a standstill from 40 m.p.h. in 4 seconds.

As a matter of interest it may bo mentioned that the "Conquest'’ bus is in the service of many of the largest municipal corporations and bus companies in Great Britain. Letters to the editors of local papers in the South Wales district state how impressed the writers are by the new fleet ofd!2 Guy single deck “Conquest’’ buses which are being put into service in that district. This new fleet of buses —a repeat order from The "Western Welsh Omnibus Company—has been put into service on IS mile routes where stops are not so frequent as on the town bus service, but the übiquitous "Conquest” is suitable for all kinds of bus and coaching service.

Again the Guy order book shows that a large number of orders and repeat orders ligve been received for various types of Guy vehicles from many important users, including, among others, the Belfast Omnibus Company, Crown Agents for the Colonies, Great Western Railway Company, National Omnibus Compauv, Royal Automobile Club, Republic Motor Company, Hong-Kong, ShellMex, Ltd., Sheffield Corporation, Southampton Corporation.