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TLX Series Rotary Tillers Perfect for preparing seedbeds or controlling weeds, Case IH TLX Series rotary tillers are durable machines designed to provide years of service. 1/8-inch (3.2-mm) thick steel deck construction provides built-in strength. Box section steel frame supports the Category I or II hitch depending on the model. Oil-bath input and side gearboxes assure smooth, efficient, power transmission and superior durability. Driveline universal joints and rotor shaft bearing have grease fittings for longer life. Adjustable skid-shoes allow you to change tilling depth. Adjustable rear shield allows you to adjust between fine and coarse tilling. Accommodate for offset operation—like tilling close to a building or obstacle—by adjusting the outside hitch pin brackets which are bolted to the frame. Heavy-duty (H) models offer these added features: High speed tines - greater tip speed allows for one-pass tilling. Gear drive - reliable performance in difficult conditions. Curved-tip steel tiller tines - optimum soil mixing performance.

Models    Width   Tractor Requirements TLX140   40 in. (102 cm)   DX18E, DX22E, DX24E, DX25E, DX21, DX23, DX24, DX26 TLX152   52 in. (132 cm)   DX18E, DX22E, DX24E, DX25E, DX21, DX23, DX24, DX26, DX29, DX33 TLX160   60 in. (152 cm)   DX29, DX33 TLX172   72 in. (183 cm)   DX29, DX33 TLX172H   72 in. (183 cm)   DX35, DX40, DX45, DX48, DX55 TLX180H   80 in. (203 cm)   DX35, DX40, DX45, DX48, DX55, JX55, JX1060C

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Clymer repair manuals are your number one source for repair and service information. They are specifically written for the do-it-yourselfer as well as the experienced mechanic. Using a Clymer repair manual is an inexpensive way to keep you vehicle working properly. Each manual provides step-by-step instructions based on the complete disassembly of the machine. It is this level of detail, along with hundreds of photos and illustrations, that guide the reader through each service and repair procedure.

Clymer manuals are the most user-friendly repair manuals available today. Some highlights of this manual include…

# Overhauling and servicing procedures
# More than 240 models and more than 30 manufacturers
# Engine service
# Drive-bell identification chart

Written and edited by industry experts, every manual provides reliable step-by-step technical information in a wide variety of industries. If you are involved in the repair and service of motorcycles, ATV’s, marine engines and outdoor power equipment, Clymer should be an essential tool.

ARIENS
RT214, RT320, RT324, RT424, RT424X, RT424CI, RT524, RT524S, RT524C, RT5020, SRT5020, RT7020, RT8020, RT8028, RT7927.

ATLAS
12-2100, 12-3010, 12-3011, 12-3100, 12-3150, 12-5012, 12-5013, 12-5015, 12-5016, 12-5021, 12-5022, 12-5100, 12, 5300.

BCS (BCS MOSA)
204, 205, 715, 725, 735, 745.

CLINTON
500-T-14.

JOHN DEERE
216, 324, 524, 624.

FELDMANN
73335, 83335.

FORD
1005, 1013, 1023, 1094, 1105, 1114A, 1134, 1183, 1200.

GILSON
51081, 51088, 51097, 51174, 51082, 51085, 51083, 51094, 51096, 51106, 51080, 51084, 51095, 51170, 51105, 51114, 51134, 51159, 51175, 51175A, 51176A, 51135, 51179, 51179A, 51104, 51171, 51171A, 51181, 51116, 51158, 51142, 51143, 51172, 51173.

HABAN
861-002.

HOFFCO
Li’l Hoe.

HOMELITE
MTC-12, FT-5, RT-5.

HONDA
F210, F401AD, F401A2, F501A1, F502A2.

INTERNATIONAL
526, 526A.

KUBOTA
AT25, AT55, AT60, AT70S, AT70S-E.

LAZY BOY
T5500, LB200GT, 3LBCT, S265, 756T, LB5RT, LB8RT, Max.

MERRY
Custom G-77, Custom G-78, Custom 7300, Exporter G-90, Exporter G-91, Exporter G-92, Exporter 7600, Exporter 7601, Exporter 7602, International 7600, International 7601, Minnie MM-1, Minnie 2000, Minnie 2001, Minnie 3200, Minnie 7100, Professional G-83, Professional G-84, Professional G-87, Professional G-88, Professional 7500, Professional 7501, Professional 7502, Scotsman G-76, Scotsman 7200, Suburban G-80, Suburban G-82, Suburban 7400, Suburban 7402, Suburban 7480, Suburban Rev. 7401, Suburban Rev. 7403.

MIGHTY MAC
324, 524, 524R, 822RT.

MTD
030, 320, 355, 385, 386, 405, 408, 409, 410A, 412A, 418A.

MURRAY
1000, 1190, 1202, 1203, 1290, 1302, 1303.

J.C. PENNEY
3040, 3041, 3046.

ROPER
RF300, RF500, RF550, RT130, RT150, RT180.

ROTO-HOE
SP, 220, 904, 910, 990.

SEARS
29852, 29936, 29937, 29943, 29945, 29958, 29966, 29968, 299130, 299150, 299382.

SNAPPER
300T, 301T, 301TR, 401T, 401TR, 401TCR, 500T, 501T, 501TC, 501TR, 501TCR, RT5, RT5X, RT8, RT8S, R5000, R5001, R5002, R5002R, R8000, R8001, R8001S, R8002, R8002S.

TROY-BILT
Econo-Horse, Horse, Junior, Pony, PTO Horse, Tuffy.

WARDS
1580, 39000, 39008, 39011, 39023, 39025, 39031, 39032, 39095, 39098, 39103, 39083, 39084, 39096, 39097.

WHEEL HORSE
Engine Series 8000 (B&S), FA130 (Kawasaki).

WHITE
Roto Boss 200, Roto Boss 300, Roto Boss 350, Roto Boss 500, Roto Boss 800, Roto Boss 802.

ENGINE SERVICE SECTIONS
ACME
A 200 B, ALN 290 WB, ALN 330 WB, VT 88 WB, Servicing ACME Accessories, ACME Special Tools.

BCS
180, Servicing BCS Accessories, BCS Special Tools.

BRIGGS & STRATTON
60000, 80000, 90000, 110000, 130000, 170000, 190000, Servicing Briggs & Stratton Accessories, Briggs & Stratton Special Tools.

CLINTON
500-0100-000, Clinton Special Tools (500 Series), 498-0301-000, Servicing Clinton Accessories, Clinton Special Tools (498 Series).

HONDA
GV100, GX110, GX140, Servicing Honda Accessories.

KAWASAKI
FA130.

KOHLER
K91, K-141, K-161, K-181, K-241, M8, M14, Servicing Kohler Accessories.

KUBOTA
GS90V, GS200, GS230, GS280, Servicing Kubota Accessories, Kubota Special Tools.

LOMBARDINI
3LD510, 6LD360.

TECUMSEH
TC200 (2-Stroke), 4-Stroke, Servicing Tecumseh Accessories.

WISCONSIN ROBIN
EY18W, W1-145V, W1-185V, Servicing Wisconsin Robin Accessories.

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Bush Hog’s RT Series Rotary Tillers are the ideal tools for both landscape contractors or homeowners. With tilling widths available from 38 to 88 inches, there is sure to be a model to meet your needs. These tillers allow you to control the soil mix. With the rear shield in the open position, courser soils and debris can be worked. Closing the rear shield produces finer mulching, maximum trash chopping and soil blending. Whether you need a home garden or have the heavy duty requirements of a professional landscape contractor, these rugged tools will give you outstanding tillage performance.. year after year. <a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c7.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=714736&java=0&security=0059578c" alt="counter easy hit" border="0"/></a>

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It’s no secret the best way to learn is by doing. The best kept secret is that Reverse Tilling is about the greatest thing that has happened to tillers since dirt.

If you put a Reverse Tine Tiller next to anybody’s forward Tine Tiller (that’s right, even another Land Pride tiller), you will learn that the reverse action beats the others every time. It’s just the nature of the action. Typically, fewer passes will be needed with a Reverse Tine Tiller.

Forward rotation tillers tend to "walk" on top of hard ground. Reverse action "sucks" the tiller into the ground, and it loves it down there! There’s nothing that pulls it out except the tractor.

The Reverse action doesn’t push the tractor, the tractor pulls the tiller, resulting in greater and easier ground penetration. The reverse rotation of the tiller tines forces the tiller in the ground, preventing "walking" on hard ground. Once it’s in, it stays put!

Ground cover in your way? No problem for a Reverse Tine Tiller. It turns it up, chops it a time or two, and buries it under a cascade of large clods, which are buried under small clods. Large clods fall first, and they just get smaller as they pile on top of each other. What’s left on top is a perfect seedbed to foster your wild imagination!

RTR25 Features Include:

• 6 Tines per flange for faster tilling action
• 17" Rotor swing diameter
• #100 Drive chain enclosed in oil bath, with fill plug and drain plug
• Spring loaded rear deflector levels the freshly tilled seedbed
• Hinged front flap with rubber insert helps prevent damage to deck from debris coming over the top of the tines
• Skid shoe on drive side has additional chain case protection
• Heavy-duty slip-clutch driveline
• Quick Hitch System

The Multivator is a high clearance rotary tillage machine designed for inter-row cultivation of vegetable, fruit, nursery and field crops. Control weeds, improve soil conditions, and reduce your dependence on herbicides. There are Multivator models to suit every individual’s needs from 1 row to 6 row configurations with tractor requirements ranging from 15-150hp. The Multivator is customer assembled to suit your needs. Optional equipment can also be added to your Multivator such as fertilizer hopper, ridger assemblies, and a steering guide. The light duty FL, medium duty FP, and the heavy duty FPSR machines are all available in high clearance as well. The FL is designed primarily to suit tractors between 15 and 50 hp in light soil conditions. The FP is suitable for 25 to 100hp and average soil conditions while the FPSR it designed for 50 to 150hp in heavy soil. The FPSR is also widely used as a strip tiller.

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Ashikaush Agency 16/2, K. B. Commercial Centre Near : Dinbai Tower, Lal Darwaja, Mirzapur Ahmedabad - 380 001 Phone : 2550 7238 Mr. Ashit Mody Dealers : All types of Filters for Heavy Earthmoving Machinery and Hydraulic Hose.

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BANGALORE

Bharani Heavy Equipment Spares 24 Ratnavilasa Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560 004 Phone : 2660 7072, Fax : 2661 9421 Mr. Rajen Dealers in : Filters, Seal-kits, Oil Seals, Track Rollers, Sprockets, Idler Wheels.

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John Fowler (India) Pvt. Ltd. Plot No. 6 & 6P, Bommasandra Indl. Area Hosur Road Bangalore - 560 099 Phone : 7836794-111, Fax : 080-7836791 Mr Anil R. Kulkarni Manufacturers : All kind of Filters & Filters elements for Earthmoving Equipment

CHENNAI

Jayvee Sales & Service (P) Ltd. Room No. 8, 3rd Floor Wellingdon Estate 24 Commander in Chief Road Chennai - 600 005 Phone : 2827 6022 Dealers : Cummins International Hervestor Spares and Firtz Filter Element

COIMBATORE

Brindha Engineering 28-J2, Moogambikai Nagar Maniyakarampalayam Road Ganapathy Post, Coimbatore - 641 006 Phone : 0422-2532552, Fax : 0422-2532552 Cell : 98422 98981 Mr. S. Raja Ram Mfrs. of : Industrial Filters

DELHI

Ashavpad Engineering Works Barrack No. 8 (C.C.V.) Upper Anand Parbat New Delhi - 110 005 Phone : 2572 7939 Mr. Ajay Malhotra Manufacturers : Genuine Magnassium C.R. Plates and Corrosion Filters for Cummins Engines

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Makhija Udyog 3141/31 Shanaz Building Ram Bazar, Mori Gate Delhi - 110 053 Phone : 2396 6505 Mr. Davinder Makhija Manufacturers : All Kinds of Filters for Diesel Engine & Earthmoving Marchinery.

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Shelly Filters Pvt. Ltd. 705/4, Ward No. 3 Nai Basti Mehrauli New Delhi - 110 030 Phone : 2680 8953, Fax : 2685 3480 Manufacturers : Filters for all kinds of Earthmoving Machinery Diesel Engine and Marine Engines.

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STAR EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT (P.) LTD. 3538/5, Nicholson Road, Mori Gate, Delhi-110 006 Ph.: 23951434, 23961465, 20530570, 32626268, Mobile: 093122-49928 Contact Person : Mr Anil Verma E-mail: star_earthmoving@yahoo.com Mfrs. & Suppliers of Filters, Gasket, Spares for Cummins, CAT, JCB & other Heavy Earthmoving Equipment

Super Tech. Engineers 3513-3515/7, 1st Floor, Chutani Manzil Nicholson Road, Mori Gate Delhi - 110 006 Phone : 2393 1884, Mr. Susil Manufacturers : Air Oil Fuel, Hydraulic Filter Elements for Gen Set Dumpers Loaders & Dozers.

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Sibal Industries 1/131 C Bazar Ganda Nala, Kashmere Gate, Delhi - 110 006 Phone : 2395 7359 Manufacturers : Frick Filters for Heavy Earthmoving machinery.

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Snow-White Labs (P) Ltd. A-2/93 Sector - 16, Rohini, New Delhi - 110 085 Phone : 3233 8042 Mfg. : Filters for Cummins & H.E.M.M

JABBALPUR

Earthmoving Enterprises Near Chhotiline Fatak, Jabbalpur 482 001 (C.G.) Phone : 2427 183 Mr. Solanki Hasmukh Dealers : Earthmoving Spares & Fleetguard Filters

KOLHAPUR

United Earthmovers 1325/116E, Dwarka Complex, S. Udymanagar Kolhapur - 416 008 Phone :2662301 Dealers in Spares for : Caterpillar, Komatsu, Cummins, Russian-JCB All Types of Filters

KOLKATA

Agarwal Industrial Feeders 27, Weston Street, 3rd Floor, Room No. 324, Kolkata - 700 012 Phone : 2236 3415, Fax : 2236 4272 Distributors : Fleetguard Filters Ltd.

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Cadillac Engg. Works 12 Park Terrace, Santoshpore Kolkata - 700 075, Manufacturers : Industrial and Earthmoving Filters.

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Fuelguard 1, Princep Street, 3rd Floor Kolkata - 700 072 Phone : 2237 7103 Manufacturers : Filters and Filters elements for Heavy Earthmoving Machinery, Diesel Engines.

MUMBAI

Contech Parts Depot. 161 Girgaum Road, Khotachi Wadi Corner, Mumbai - 400 004 Phone : 022-2385 0263, 2380 8585 Fax : 022-2385 0981 Mr. Pulin Shah Imported Filters for Excavators : FAIREY ARLON, CASE, HITACHI, POCLAIN, MANN FILTER.

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John Fowler (India) Pvt. Ltd. 19 Khetan Bhavan, 198 J. Tata Road Churchgati Mumbai - 400 020 Phone : 2285 0028, Fax 2285 0029 Mr. Sudhir Kamat Mfg. Filters & Filter Elements.

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Trades International 144 Girgaum Road, Majestic Shopping Centre, Basement - 10 Mumbai - 400 004 Phone : 2382 8628, Fax : 022 2387 9123 Importers : Fleetguard Filters, MANN, West German Filters, AEC, USA, U.J. Cross, Italy Fuel Injection Spares

PUNE

MAHLE Filter Systems (I) Pvt. Lid. Gat No. 410/411, Mauje Urawade Tal.Mulshi, Pune - 411 042 Phone : 020-2292 2150-3 Ext. 215 Fax : 020-2292 2147-49 Mr. R. H. Kulkarni (Sr. Manager Marketing) Deals in : Pistons and engine Components Filter Systems Valve Train Systems.

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Trak Hydro Power Components Pvt. Ltd. S. No. 721/3, Plot No. 2A, Shree Swayansiddha Society, Behind Senadatta Police Chowki, L.B. Shastri Road, Navi Peth Pune - 411 030 Phone : 020-5623 0373 Fax : 020-2433 07362 Mobile : 98221 18256 Authorised dealer for Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd. and TENGL..

RAIPUR

G. M. Agencies Yashwant Gore Chowk,(Tatyapara), Raipur - 492 001 (C.G.) Phone : 2536885 Authorised Distributors: Kirloskar Filters Pvt. Ltd. Poona Authorised Stockist & Dealers : Kirloskar Pneumatic Co. Ltd. Poona

Steam rollers first appeared in 1865 and were a familiar sight in Britain for over 100 years. They were joined thirty or so years later by motor rollers, and both are now the objects of affection and nostalgia by very many collectors.

It is not often that a new book devoted solely to road rollers be comes available, and therefore, when it happens it is eagerly acquired by enthusiasts.

Wallis & Stevens Simplicity roller, built 1929. 3 NHP, No. 7981.

Such a book, entitled Road Rollers, has recently been published, written by Derek Rayner, Archivist of the Road Roller Association of Great Britain. Derek is the author of a book on the life and work of Thomas Aveling (the father of the steam roller) and he is an authority on rollers, propelled either by steam or the internal combustion engine.

Although only a small book, there is a terrific amount of information packed into Road Rollers, supplemented by over forty photographs and illustrations. A chapter, "Pioneering Developments," takes the reader from the first steam roller, built in 1863, through many of the various changes evolved by different manufacturers, on to the advent, in the late 1890s, of the motor roller. The chapter also gives reasons why internal combustion engines were gradually preferred to steam power.

In a separate chapter on motor rollers, mention is made of the two distinct lines of initial thought as to what form the development might take: whether to have the single-cylinder slow running engine, or a multi-cylinder high speed engine.

Road making and road makers are discussed, with photographs of different types of rollers at work on traditional tarring, chipping, and patching of roads.

Aveling & Barford diesel road roller, built 1940. Works No. AE551, Type DX8.

Many interesting rollers are de scribed and illustrated under "Unconventional Rollers," including two powered by humans. One, built in 1889, had a crew of two who traveled on it, turning a wheel or crank handle, which through a series of gears propelled the 5 ton machine along, albeit very slowly. The other, made in 1912 by a Mr. Robinson, was operated by pedal power, and an illustration shows the inventor sitting over the rear roll as he steered it over his lawn.

Finally, a list of over 100 roller manufacturers is given, which includes a dozen or so American and Canadian firms.

The post free price is 1.95 (one pound 95 pence), which can be paid by U.S. dollar cheque or by sending details of a Visa or MasterCard to Shire Publications Ltd., Cromwell House, Church St., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, Eng., HP17 9AJ (Phone UK 084444301).

LET us roll back to 1993 when the Andhra Pradesh Government hiked road tax on vehicles. The Road Rollers Owners Welfare Association in the state objected to the rise and challenged the validity of the order. When it was held that the Government order was valid, the association argued that road rollers were not motor vehicles under the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act, 1988 and, hence, no tax could be levied on them.

At the Andhra Pradesh High Court, things turned favourably for the road rollers. The court looked at the definitions of motor vehicle and light motor vehicle in the MV Act and concluded that that a road roller was not suitable for use on roads because it was meant only for laying roads and not for transporting people or goods from place to place. Connotation of a vehicle meant a conveyance for carrying people or goods, opined the High Court, before ruling that no tax could be imposed on road rollers.

The Andhra Pradesh Government was not inclined to leave the matter at that, and so the case reached the apex court. The decision that came in April, and reported in the latest issue of Supreme Court Revenue Cases (www.cliofindia.com), reversed the High Court’s decision.

In their judgment, Justices S. N. Variava and H. K. Sema noted that the AP Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963, did not define `vehicle’, but adopted what was in the MV Act. The two definitions that came under focus were those that the High Court had dealt with, viz. motor vehicle and light motor vehicle.

Vehicle definitions

`Motor vehicle’ or `vehicle’, according to Section 2(28) of the MV Act, 1988 means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises or a vehicle having less than four wheels fitted with engine capacity of not exceeding twenty-five cubic centimetres.

`Light motor vehicle’, as per Section 2(21), is a transport vehicle or omnibus, the gross vehicle weight of either of which, or a motorcar or tractor or road roller, the un-laden weight of any of which, does not exceed 7,500 kg.

The apex court pointed out that road roller was specifically included in the definition of a light motor vehicle. "If a road roller is a light motor vehicle then it is a motor vehicle," said the judges. Where the intention of the legislature is clear and unambiguous, courts cannot ignore the clear wording and hold to the contrary, opined the apex court. "As the Act categorically provides that a road roller is a motor vehicle, we fail to understand how the High Court, even after noticing the definition, could have held that road roller was not a motor vehicle."

The road roller association had relied upon an earlier case, viz. Bolani Ores. There, it had been said that the purpose of the MV Act is basically to provide for transport. Every vehicle cannot be taxed, argued the association; "before a vehicle could be taxed it should be a vehicle which is capable of forming part of the traffic and must be a vehicle which is utilising or using the road for its own purposes." They submitted that merely because a vehicle was capable of moving or was propelled by mechanical power did not mean that it became a motor vehicle which could be taxed. No, said the apex court, because the Bolani Ores case was about dumpers, rockers and tractors, which were not built for being used on road; they were "never used on the roads" and so they were not motor vehicles. But that was not the case of road rollers, said the court. These could only be used on the roads, and were not built for use off the road. "As it is built for use only on the road it is a motor vehicle."

Reasoning on a roll

The High Court had reasoned that road roller was not suitable for use on roads because it was meant only for laying roads. On this, the Supreme Court had this to say: "Undoubtedly, a road roller is meant for repairing roads. This itself shows that it is adapted for use on roads. A road roller is not capable of being used off the road. Merely because its purpose is to repair roads does not mean that it is not suitable or not adapted for use on roads." Thus, the counter-reasoning put the road roller firmly on the road.

Another reasoning of the High Court — that road roller is not meant for transporting people or goods from place to place — was a puzzle to the apex court, because of the implied connotation that vehicle was meant to be a conveyance for carrying people or goods, something that the definition of motor vehicle did not envisage. "Merely because a vehicle does not carry passengers or goods does not mean that it ceases to be a motor vehicle," said the Supreme Court. "So long as it is a vehicle, which is mechanically propelled, and is adapted for use on roads, it is a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988."

A case of how road rollers could not steamroller through the definitions.

Boxes of biscuits

A few weeks ago the Supreme Court had to discuss the Bihar biscuit case, or more specifically, Parle Biscuits P Ltd vs the State of Bihar. Parle was unhappy that it was not given the benefit of concessional rate of sale tax of 4 per cent on purchase of cardboard or corrugated box (CB) used for packing, but made to suffer sales tax at 10 per cent.

The Deputy Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Patna, was willing to allow packing materials such as plastics and polybags, gunny bags, gum tapes and adhesives, complaint slips, tin containers and pouches but rejected the prayer for including packing materials made out of paper, such as cartons, cardboard and corrugated boxes. At the High Court, it had been held that the view taken by the Department not to include packing materials made out of paper was correct.

Citing a 1989 case of Card Board Products vs State of Bihar, Parle’s counsel argued that `cardboard boxes’ are different from `cardboard’, and that `carton’ used in the Notification would not include `cardboard boxes’. The Notification spoke of paper (of all kinds) "including paste board, mill board, straw board, card board, blotting paper, cartridge paper, paper bags, packing paper, cartons, cards and blank registers, note books, exercise books, envelops labels, letter pads, writing tablets and flat files made out of paper."

The State’s counsel contended that there was no evidence to show that in common parlance `cardboard’ and `cardboard boxes’ are different commodities; also, that the government’s policy was to protect trees, plants and forests, by encouraging the use of substitutes of paper as packing materials.

The apex court studied dictionary definitions of paper, and opined that cardboard was different from cardboard box. It then analysed if `carton’ would include `cardboard box’. There can be no universal standard of difference between the two, said the court, and directed the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax to consider the question whether the cardboard box used by Parle came within the definition of `carton’.

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The road roller industry experiences demands from two directions. A high level of technological sophistication is the key for some customers while others look for a simple, robust design. Yet, all customers have several things in common – they want ergonomically sound, fuel-efficient, high-performance machines at a competitive price.

Sauer-Danfoss manufactures high-quality products that match the demands of the road roller industry. We offer steering and propel systems for road rollers of all types and sizes, hydrostatic and open circuit vibration solutions as well as a wide range of advanced control functions. This includes features such as anti-stall control, anti-spin control, and constant speed control.

Refer to the top navigation for more about Sauer-Danfoss Road Roller solutions.

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CASE’s range of SV series rollers are designed with safety in mind and claim to offer stability, operator comfort and easy maintenance.

With six models in the range, operating weights vary from 7.6t to 25.5t and drum widths from 1.7m to 2.24m. Engine power ranges from 100 hp in the SV208/SV210 to 148 hp in the SV212/SV216 and extends to 200 hp in the SV223/S228.

The SV range has a unique design philosophy: Case has removed the traditional “rear axle”, and utilised two separate drive motors. This allows the engine to be mounted much lower, giving the roller a low centre of gravity and improved stability. The engine can be serviced from ground level.

“We feature an electronic hydraulic system protection that stops the machine if more than 7.5 litres of oil is lost, preserving the life of components and protecting the environment,” says Richard Mastrangioli, Case product manager.

Exclusive to Case is a thermostat in the closed hydraulic circuit that prevents oil from passing to the cooler until operating temperatures are reached. This extends the life of the components by up to 40 percent.

“The service interval is doubled to 2,000 hours with the unique hydraulic oil flushing system. Using a special service pump, oil is pumped to the tank via the hydraulic system which means that almost all of the oil in the system is replaced.”

A heavy-duty articulation joint means that the rollers are able to withstand tough compression and vibration forces. With 36 degrees articulation, the joint ensures a reduced turning circle and 10 degree oscillation from either side. The joint features large bearings for both the oscillation and articulation.

The drum frame weight is balanced ensuring equal compaction forces to both sides of the drum preventing the machine from “sideways bounce” under vibration and an uneven finish. The entire range is versatile and can be used as a vibratory or ballasted static roller and options include pad shells for smooth drum rollers and electronic compaction meters.

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