EXPERIENCE WITH MOTOR TRUCKS. 



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complishes 10.61 ton-miles of hauling. Since it takes 1.7 hours to 

 make the round trip the time required per ton-mile is 0.16 hour. 



A comparison of the hours per ton-mile required for hauling with 

 truck with the hours per ton-mile for hauling with wagon gives the 

 proportion of time saved by the truck. When hauling crops and 

 building material the average size of load hauled with the -|-ton and 

 f-ton and the 1-ton trucks is smaller in each case than the average 

 size of load hauled with wagon. The reverse is true for the larger- 

 sized trucks. When hauling fuel the loads hauled with all except the 

 2-ton trucks are smaller than the loads with wagons. On account of 

 this the proportion of time saved by the larger trucks is somewhat 

 greater than that saved by the smaller ones. 



Fig. 2. — Unloading hogs at stockyards from farm-owned truck. Motor trucks enable 

 many farmers to haul live stock direct to central markets which are too far away 

 to be reached with horses and wagons. 



Table V.- 



-Comparison, of time required to haul crops with trucks and with 

 wagons before the purchase of trucks {^81 reports). 



Size of truck. 



With truck. 



Size of 



load 



(pounds) 



Dis- 

 tance 

 (miles- 

 one 



way). 



Hours 



per 

 round 



trip. 



Hours 

 per 

 ton- 

 mile. 



With wagon. 



Size of 



load 



(pounds) . 



Dis- 

 tance 

 (miles- 

 one 



Hours 

 per 



round 

 trip. 



Hours 

 per 

 ton- 

 mile. 



§-tonand f-ton.. 



1-ton 



lj-ton and lj-ton 

 2-ton 



2,652 

 2,626 

 3,490 

 4,409 



8.0 

 9.1 



9.4 



1.7 

 2.2 

 2.0 

 2.3 



0.16 

 .18 

 .13 

 .11 



2,892 

 2,937 

 3,098 

 3,143 



5.4 

 6.4 

 6.3 

 6.2 



0.53 

 .50 

 .46 

 .46 



