A Ten-Ton Motor-Truck on Eight Wheels 



It combines the greatest possible carrying capacity 

 with the high speed and easy riding of lighter trucks 



The eight-wheel truck is mounted on two sets of four wheels each, with tires of the pneumatic 

 type. This arrangement provides an easy-riding vehicle of great stability and carrying capacity 



THE novel motor vehicle shown in the 

 accompanying illustrations is mount- 

 ed on two trucks, patterned after the 

 old-fashioned four-wheeled railway coach 

 truck, having eight supporting wheels in all. 

 Each wheel helps to drive the vehicle, 

 which is thus always able to secure traction, 

 since it is extremely unlikely that all 

 eight wheels would be mired at once. 



Because of the large number of support- 

 ing wheels, the tires may be of the pneu- 

 matic type, even for as large a vehicle as 

 a ten-tonner. The use of such tires instead 

 of the solid-rubber type, which must now 

 be fitted on the conventional ten-ton 

 vehicle, would cushion the driving mechan- 

 ism to such a great extent that the vehicle 

 could be run with safety at greatly in- 

 creased speeds. This is in line with the 

 most advanced trend in vehicular trans- 

 portation, which is to carry as large unit 

 loads as possible at the greatest speed 

 compatible with safety. Large loads on 

 one vehicle take the place of smaller loads 

 on a larger number of vehicles of less 

 capacity. This substitution means less 

 traffic congestion, which is one of the 

 greatest problems the police forces of our 



most important cities have to contend with. 



Aside from the advantages of carrying 

 large loads at fast rates of speeds on 

 pneumatic tires and of being able to secure 

 the necessary driving traction at all times, 

 even on bad roads, the eight-wheel ar- 

 rangement also provides an extremely 

 easy-riding vehicle of great stability and 

 one of extremely short turning radius, 

 since in the case of the vehicle shown, all 

 the wheels are mounted so as to turn for 

 steering. 



In detail, the vehicle is mounted on two 

 sets of four wheels, each set carried on a 

 suitable cross-frame member. Each cross 

 member has two arms on each end. Each 

 end is made into the shape of a yoke to 

 carry a wheel on a vertical spindle. This 

 spindle simply serves to support the wheel 

 so that it carries its share of the vehicle 

 load and so that it can be turned in steering. 



The power for revolving the wheels is 

 secured from a conventional gasoline motor 

 placed off the center line of the vehicle 

 to the right at the front. The motor shaft 

 extends aft of the crankcase in the usual 

 manner and transmits its power to a four- 

 speed gearbox located between the front 



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