NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Prices of Imported Timber {Continued). 



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Haulage of Timber bv Motor Truck. 



The following figures are based on my twelve months' experi- 

 ence in the use of motor haulage of converted timber from the 

 saw-mill to the railway station. I do not make any recommenda- 

 tion for the use of these petrol-driven vehicles, but have pleasure 

 in submitting my figures in the hope that some of the members 

 may find them of interest. My experience is that motor haulage 

 is the method for the speedy removal of timber from alongside a 

 good road, but it cannot compete with the tractor when it leaves 

 the macadamised roads. 



A typical week's haulage of newly-sawn timber was — 



which together contained approximately 7000 cubic feet (allow- 

 ance for wane). These sleepers were taken to the station— a 

 distance of two miles, average road — in 48 loads. The week's 

 consumption of fuel was 52 gallons of Taxibus petrol. In con- 

 signing thousands of these sleepers, I find the weights average 

 about 50 cubic feet to the ton; the week's consignment, 7000 

 cubic feet, therefore, would weigh 140 tons. 



