HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Motor Trucks for Lumber Hauling 



The modern motor truck has emphaticalh* 

 demonstrated its practicability as applied to 

 a groat n\any lines of manufacture. As an 

 instance of the many uses for which this 

 product of modern ingenuity can be requisi- 

 tioned, one large motor truck company reports 

 that its three- ton trucks are used by manu- 

 facturers in sixty-six distinct lines of busi- 

 ness, and that 197 of this type of trucks are 

 in use. Brewers head the list with 63 ma- 

 chines, while furniture makers, lumber manu- 

 facturers and builders ' supply houses use 

 17, 9 and S ears respectively. This applies 

 strictly to the output of one house, and among 

 the different industries which have bought 

 from this firm, the following are pertinent 

 to the lumber trade: box manufacturers, 

 liuilders, cable manufacturers, cooperage 

 houses, piano factories, sash and door, paint 



sively industrial motor vehicles. Some of the 

 latter have been in existence ten years. Dur- 

 ing all this period the actual use of the 

 machines in the great variety of trade resulted 

 in impro%'ement in design, manufacturing 

 methods and quality of material used, until 

 the motor trucks of today are greatly superior 

 in the service given, economy and durability 

 to their predecessors. 



The modern method of building motor 

 trucks is to build the running gear, power 

 plant and driving mechanism as an indepen- 

 dent operative unit called a chassis. To this 

 can be fitted any style of body adapted to 

 any line of work. By this method a single 

 model of chassis can be applied to a varied 

 line of work, thus eliminating cost of special 

 construction. Many forms of bodies have 

 been designed to facilitate the rapid loading 



protect machine operatives from the dangers 

 of moving belts is used at the plant of the 

 Massillon Lumber Company, Massillon, O. 



The woodworking machines in the plant are 

 driven by induction motors, each of which is 

 installed on a concrete foundation in a con- 

 crete lined compartment below the floor level, 

 and connected with the machine by a long in- 

 clined belt. To prevent the motor compart- 

 ment from becoming filled with the accumu- 

 lation of sawdust and shavings, each com- 

 partment is provided with a trap door cover. 

 In this way no floor space is used by the 

 motor, and at the same time a much longer 

 belt center is obtained than could be had 

 by mounting the motor under the machine. 

 The belt from the floor to the driving pulley 

 is enclosed in a wooden easing, which pro- 

 tects it from being clogged with sawdust and 

 protects the operators from possible injury. 



The machine at the left of the accompany- 





LOADING MOTOR LUMBER TRUCE 



WESTIXOIIOUSE MOTOR INSTALLED IN MASSILLON 

 LUMBER CO.'S PLANT, MASSILLON, O. 



and varnish and woodenware plants. With 

 such diversified and extensive use being made 

 of the trucks of a single company it is ]ilain 

 that companies somewhere in the United 

 States in almost every line of manufacture 

 have adopted motor vehicles to facilitate their 

 shipping. According to competent authority 

 there are approximately 20,000 motor trucks 

 and delivery wagons in service, of which 

 probably fifty per cent are of from two to 

 seven tons ' capacity. 



Assuming the average value of motor 

 trucks, ranging from 2,000 to 14,000 pounds' 

 capacity, to be approximately $3,000, the 

 10,000 such machines in service represent an 

 investment of $30,000,000. The work of in- 

 vestigation and trials has gone on for years 

 and now models have been placed on the mar- 

 ket by the leading pleasure car manufacturers 

 as well as by houses manufacturing exclu- 



and unloading with the object of keeping the 

 machine actually running as many hours in 

 the day as possible. 



Authoritative figures show that ten three- 

 ton gasoline trucks, traveling forty miles a 

 day, three hundred days a year, can be main- 

 tained and operated at an average daily cost 

 of $9.75, which includes running expense and 

 fixed charges. Similarly a five-ton truck costs 

 $11.48 to operate. These figures are consid- 

 ered well above the average. 



Manufacturers of motor vehicles will have 

 a special exhibit at the coming automobile 

 show in Chicago, the early part of February. 

 The leading manufacturers will have a display 

 showing from 150 to 200 industrial vehicles. 

 The prospective user will be given an excel- 

 lent opportunity to gather accurate statistics, 

 and undoubtedly many sales will be consum- 

 mated. 



ing illustration shows the trap door open and 

 the belt casing removed. The machine at the 

 right has the trap door and casing in place. 

 The crosscut saw is driven at 3,500 r.p.m. 

 by a Westinghouse type CCL motor of three 

 horsepower capacity at 1,700 r.p.m. The 

 planer at the right is driven by a similar mo- 

 tor of 10 horsepower capacity. Altogether 

 there are about 75 horsepower of CCLi mo- 

 tors in the shop, not all of which, however, use 

 tliis inethod of installation. 



A Unique JMotor DriVe 



A rather novel method of installing mo- 

 tors so as to get sutficient distance between 



pulley centers for good belt •ontaet and at 

 the same time economize floor space and 



Foreign Liunber Trade 



The Bureau of Manufacturers of the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce and Labor at Washington, is 

 establishing a file ot the names of American 

 manufacturers and traders tor use in distrib- 

 uting the valuable intormation which reaches it 

 from time to time in regard to foreign trade. 

 Almost dally the bureau receives Inquiries for 

 sources of supply for American woods, and such 

 lumbermen as desire to avail themselves of the 

 facilities offered for extending their trade abroad 

 should send to the bureau their names and 

 addresses, and advise it as to the class of busi- 

 ness in which they are interested. 



