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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 1920 



Trucks Haul Mules to Walnut Groves 



A most original and unique metliod of co-operation between 

 motor power and mule power in the logging of walnut timber has 

 been originated by the Frank Purcell Walnut Lumber Company of 

 Kansas City, Kan., in its operations. The scheme, together with his 

 firm'n experience with the use of motor trucks, is described in a 

 most interesting letter from George E. Shanklin, general manager 

 of th.' Frank Purcell company. Mr. Shanklin writes as follows: 



Wb ivouia advise that we are using two Indiana Motor Trucks, 191S 

 Model !D, 2-ton capacity. The trucks have practlcall.v been in continuous 

 operation since August, 191S, and under certain coudition.s offer a consid- 

 erable Having In the transportation of logs over the old team method. 



We Jiave found it advisable to use a team in connection with the trucks 

 to butiih the logs on dry ground so that no delay is experienced in getting 

 the Ii>,i!s on the trucks and getting them away from the woods. About the 

 only iJiusual feature which we have introduced into the operation of these 

 truckw Is a removable rack and frame for hauling the mules and log wagons 

 betwtBu operation. 



Du.i to the widely separated points, even in the same general locality, 

 from iirhich we secure our usual supply of walnut, it would be necessary to 

 eithei ship the team by rail or lose considerable time by having it driven 

 overltiul, and to avoid this we had constructed a sectional frame for one 

 of thi- trucks, which will accommodate a team nicely — the tail gate when 

 lower<il to the ground forms a gang plank for the mules to be loaded. The 

 Interesting feature of this arrangement is that the mules display as murh 

 pleasue over a prospective "tour" as children over a joy ride. 



Our trucks are operated under an average load of a little over 400 feet of 

 walnuf, the equivalent of about 5.000 pounds. We have found it possible to 

 haul four such loads a distance of twelve miles in a 10-hour day. 



Thf equipment used in connection with the trucks is in no way different 

 from tbat generally used with log wagons, and the trucks are equipped with 

 a 7-fo,cit cross bunk to permit placing a good share of their load in the first 

 tier of the logs, thus removing any tendency of the load to become top 

 heavy. 



Our records of consumption of fuel and oil have been so kept that it is 

 only possible to arrive at a per thousand foot hauling cost for any given 

 period. We are, therefore,' unable to give you very definite information on 

 this important item. We can only say that on a haul of five miles or mure 

 it is possible to reduce the cost of hauling about 25 per cent over handling 

 the same work with teams. 



One of these trucks recently went through a country bridge with a 

 load of 500 feet of walnut logs on it, and when retrieved from the bottom 

 of a creek after a 16-foot fall the logs were reloaded and the truck pro- 

 ceeded under its own power without any repairs. 



Holt Tractors Will Keep New York Streets Open 



iS'^ew York City will fight snows this year with Holt "Cater- 

 pillar" tractors, the Department of Street Cleaning having just 

 purchased fifty of these tractors to be used in clearing the snow 

 from streets in the congested districts of lower Manhattan. They 

 will be equipped with snow plows and will be expected to contribute 

 largely to the solution of the problem of keeping the streets of the 

 great metropolis open for traflic during and after the terrible 

 blizzards that are characteristic of every winter. 



New York has been forced to adopt the most efficient methods 



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Holt Tractor Pushing Snow Plow 



possible for clearing the streets of snows, after the experience of 

 last winter wlien one big storm is said to have cost the city 

 $60,000,000 in loss of business and cost of the ineffectual attempts 

 to keep the streets clear. It is said that $6,000,000 was spent on the 

 efforts to clear the streets alone, the money being practically wasted 

 because the .cleaning efforts were not effective. 



Mule Team Ready for- a "Joy Ride" to Frank Purcell Walnut Lumber Company Logging Operation 



