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History
Mystery
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theatre named 'Ford'.
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford'.
Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid
in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran
and hid in a theatre.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
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Repairs: (Stuart) 01538 308 383, Tanker Sales: (Ian) 07976 839 733,
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New Rolling Roads
The rapid escalation of business activity in the hire fleet has highlighted
one of the few areas where we did not have the operational flexibility that
we needed. With well over a hundred tankers and other vehicles in the
hire fleet, most weeks saw the need for a least one vehicle being taken
about 30 miles just to have the brake testing carried out. When business
was quiet, the time element was not too significant, but now that we are
so busy and tankers are in such demand, we felt that the time had come
to invest in our own equipment. We have now installed the very latest
rolling road equipment, both at Foston and at Waterhouses.
This represents a considerable capital investment, but in the current
circumstance, we felt the commitment was justified. The equipment is
now fully operational, working well and we are making it available to all
operators, at a competitive rate, at both sites.
For more information, contact:
Waterhouses - Darren Moore 01538 308383 Extn. 4.
Foston - Steve Collins 07967 580212
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Another Dire Warning
We are showing this picture, a totally different incident to the one we
showed previously, just to illustrate the damage that can be inflicted
when a tanker explodes. We do not know the implications of this
particular disaster, which apparently occurred in mainland Europe, but
one can but hope that it did not involve any loss of life.
The message is obvious, so make sure your pressure tests are up-to-date
and that pressure relief valves have not been tampered with.
For Sale/Wanted
We have available for sale a number of used GHH CS80 packs for tractor
mounting, complete with all belts, brackets etc as well as wet kits, but we
want to buy used CS80/CG80 power packs in good condition, make of
engine not necessarily important.
For more information see contact names opposite.
Prop Shaft Angles
With modern tractor units, and space at a premium, obtaining
satisfactory drive shaft angles has become extremely challenging.
However, just because there is not much space available, does not
mean that the acceptable angle of the drive shaft can be increased to
make up for the lack of space.
In a competitor’s installation, see picture below, you will see that this
point has not been accepted by the installer so consequently the
installed angle is way above the accepted practice. In this application,
not only will the bearings in the prop shaft wear very quickly, but there
is every chance that the yoke of the universal joint will touch the
flange under load. This will, of course, lead to premature failure, as
well as inducing considerable noise and vibration.
With our very considerable experience, we have been able to carry out
a similar installation to the above, but this has been achieved with a
minimum prop shaft angle.
We believe that we have a satisfactory resolution to all GHH
installations onto any current make of tractor unit and if you would like
to contact either: John (07813 968055), Alan (07855 960955) or Jason
(0777 295 2433), you can discuss your particular application in detail.