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. FOR'SALE

CLASSIFIED

B.C. BUILDINGS |

FOR SALE

The British Columbia Buildings
Corporation invites Offers to
Purchase the following land and
improvements.

Location: Good Hope Lake, +/-
40 kilometers Northeast of Cas-
Siar,.B.C.

Legal Description: D.L. 2983 and
Block A of D.L. 6738, Casslar
District

improvement Description:
Former Highways maintenance
building Including~ service
garage, warehouse, carpenter’s
shop, equipment shed, oil
storage, residence, various
storage sheds. ;

Site Description: Irregular
‘shaped: parcel +/- 8.84 ha (+
21.8 acres) and hectares enjoys
excellent frontage and exposure
on Highway #37: -

information/Offer to Purchase
packages may be obtained fram
the office of the Government
Agent, Provincial Government
Building, P.O. Box 340, Connell
Drive, Cassiar, B.C. or from
Michael Sampson, Real Estate
Analyst, B.C. Buildings Corpora:
tion, 3850 Douglas Street, Vic-
toria, B.C., VBW 2T4, at 387-7382
(Victoria) or 1-800-742-6152 (toll
free) or facsimile particulars to
387-7413.

B.C. Buildings Corporation |

B.C. BUILDINGS. oo

_ TRAILERS FOR SALE
FOR REMOVAL.

Location: Former Highways
Complex, Good Hope Lake, +/-
“40 kilometers Northeast of Cas-
siar,.B.C. :

Improvement Description: (a)
+/-1974 Fabco Modular Bunk
House Triple Unit +/- 145.02 m?
(b) +/- 1974 Britco Rec Hall Trali-
er — +/-96.6 m

(c) + #- 1972 Double Wide General
Mobile Home — +/- 98,16 m?

(d)} +/--1974 Atco Kitchen Trailer
— +i 70.98 m?

Information/Offer to: Purchase
‘ packages may be obtained from
the office of the Governmant
Agent, Provincial Government
Building, P.O, Box 340, Connell
Drive, Casslar, B.C. or Michael
Sampson, Real Estate Analyst,
B.C. Bullding Corporation, 3350
Douglas Street, Victoria, B.C.,

VBW 2T4, at 387- 7382 (Victoria)
or toll free 1-800-742-6152 or fac:
simile particulars to 387-7413.

B. C. c Buileings Corporation ;

WAREHOUSE LEIN ACT

One: only (1975. GMC TWO
WHEEL DRIVE PICK-UP serial
| number TCV1451605173 GVW
; 2800 kg. Vehicle owner Is Leslie
WW flutton formerly of. Houston,

‘Outstanding charges against
‘yehicle are $1,250.00. Vehicle
may been seen at North Star Ser-

‘| “vice, P.O. Box 38, Stewart, B.C.
(604) 636-2643, |

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“FORMER HIGHWAYS YARD

A day at the
weigh scales

You'll find just
about anything

by Harriett Fjsagesund

"Just about anything you can
name will eventually come through
here."

So says Vedder Morton, Regional

Director of the North Coast Region -

for the Motor Vehicle Branch, in
referring to the Weigh Scales just
east of Terrace. All vehicles with a
gross vehicle weight over 5,500 kg
must pass through the scales.

’ There are 40 fixed scales and 20

portable units in B.C.

Apart from. checking load
weights (and what the load con-
sists of), transport inspectors must
assess the overall condition of each
vehicle as quickly as possible.
Visibility of the license plates,
whether the company name is
clearly readable, placards announc-

‘ing dangerous goods, condition of

the tires, windshield, lights, brakes
and stecring are just a few of the

_ things they must look for. Even

vehicle sounds sometimes offer

important clues.

Morton (whose jurisdiction
extends from Burns Lake to the
Queen Charlotte Islands and from
Kitimat to the Yukon border)
explains that identifying problem
vehicles is as much a gut feeling

as it is knowledge. Training for a
transport inspector is in excess of '.

a year, including a week at the
Justice Institute in Vancouver, as
well as on-the-job training.

Each inspector is a peace officer
and a dangerous goods inspector,
and as such has the authority to
remove. any vehicle, - including
those of the general public, they
deem unsafe from the highways.
They also have the: authority to
prosecute. And there are no secrets

at the Weigh Scales. They have a
direct computer link. with ICBC.

and ‘Motor Vehicle Records in
Victoria, and can go back five
years.

Fines can get expensive. A minor

safety infraction, an oversize ‘toad
for example, will cost the driver
$75. Ideally, each driver will do a

circle check of the vehicle every:

moming. So called because it
involves a complete circle of the

| . vehicle, these checks are important

because problem areas can be
spotted before they turn critical,
especially where brakes are con-
cerned,

In layman’s terms, the maximum.
allowable slack in an air brake is
one and a half inches — anything
beyond that is unacceptable.
Brakes slightly out of adjustment
is one of the more common prob-
lems encountered at the scales.

Mechanical. problems are easily
explainable when you consider the
trucking industry itself. Transport
vehicles are always on the go,
sometimes under the worst imagin-

able road conditions. Mechanical

parts simply wear out faster. All

_ Commercial transport vehicles must

report to a designated inspection
facility every six months for a
complete and thorough inspection.

"It’s a tough business, especially

for the logging trucks because of
the rough roads and the dirt and
dust," Morton says. Logging trucks
account for about half the traffic
through the scales.

In addition to enforcement, the
Weigh Scales is also a pernit-
issuing office. Quite a few permits
are issued every year to people

_Wwanting..to. move..a.house. The
public can also get information on
the safety requirements and restric-

tions for hauling various types of
loads, etc.

One truck driver from Prince
George felt the safety checks at all
the weigh: scales were too lax,
"They could enforce the rules a
little better, I can’t remember the
last time someone looked at my
brakes. It’s a nuisance too when
they stop a guy and screw around
when you get paid by the mile.”

But another driver from Terrace
took the opposite view. "Yes, I’m
satisfied with the safety checks,
they do a good job. I’ve been in
this business since ’69 and I’ve
only had one fine. But I do my
own circle checks; a lot of people
don’t bother, they just climb in the
cab and go." The driver from
Prince George’ admitted that he
rarely bothered with circle checks.

Morton explains that.part of the
psychology is to convince drivers
‘that Inspections are good for them,
that everyone benefits in the long
run, ‘The transport inspectors are
very conscious of causing delays.
They understand that time means
money to these drivers (a one-hour
delay could cost a trucking com-
pany anywhere from $300 to $400
on up), but neither can they afford
to sacrifice safety.

- The incentive is there to speed,
‘overload and ignore. safety regula-
tions, but Morton ; argues that they
simply cannot accept that proposi-
tion to make trucking a viable
industry. He added that one of the
things they’ve done in the last few.
years is to really tighten up load
‘securily. .

Morton says that 99 percent of

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Looking for accidents before they happen is part of the job at
the commercial vehicle weigh scales in Thornhill. In addition to
checking for overweight vehicles, tires, brake lines and other
critical mechanical parts are also inspected,

the people coming through the
scales are good people. “Trucking
is the life blood of this country.
We'd starve and freeze if it wasn’t
for the big trucks."

When asked if he felt there could
be any kind of an'improvement in

the safety checks now in place, he
replied, "When it comes to safety,
should we be satisfied? There’s
always room for improvement.
_ There should be no compromises
when it comes to safety."

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