EXPERIENCE WITH MOTOR TRUCKS. 



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same size loads are hauled with trucks as with wagons the time re- 

 quired per ton-mile will be practically one-third as much with truck 

 as with wagon. 



Table IX. — Time required for hauling crops different distances with icagons. 



Distance 

 hauled 



(miles). 



Number of 

 reports. 



Hours per round trip. 



Average. 



Hours reported 

 most frequently. 



2 and 3 



6 and 7 



8 and 9 



10 and 11.. 

 12 and 13 . . 



14 and 15.. 



16 and 17 . . 

 18 and 19.. 



31 

 89 

 133 

 94 

 72 

 51 



22 



12 

 11 



2.5 

 3.7 

 4.7 

 6.1 

 7.5 

 9.0 



8.9 



10.8 

 11.2 



(2h (10 reports). 

 \3 (8 reports). 

 (3(19 reports). 

 \4 (26 reports). 

 /4 (31 reports). 

 \5 (33 reports). 

 (5 (26 reports). 

 \Q(19 reports). 

 /6 (17 reports). 

 \S (22 reports). 

 /8 (9 reports). 

 \10 (13 reports). 

 (9 (6 reports). 

 \10 (7 reports). 







Table X. — Time required for hauling crops different distances with motor 



trucks. 







Hours 



per round trip. 



Distance 

 hauled 

 (miles). 



Number of 

 reports. 







Average. 



Hours reported 

 most frequently. 



2 and 3 



32 



1.0 



1 (18 reports). 



4 and 5 



89 



1.2 



fl (33 reports). 

 \1J (20 reports'). 



6 and 7 



142 



1.6 



fl| (51 reports). 

 \2 (35 reports). 



8and9 



99 



2.0 



flj (Hreports). 

 \2'(42 reports). 



10 and 11 . . 



82 . 



2.4 



(2 (26 reports). 

 \2i (21 reports'). 



12 and 13 . . 



50 



2.9 



\2\ (13 reports). 

 \3 (14. reports). 



14 and 15.. 



28 



2.9 



3 (13 reports). 



16 and 17.. 

 18 and 19.. 



17' 

 17 



3.5 

 4.1 









RETURN LOADS. 



The percentage of time which a truck is run without load has a 

 direct bearing upon the cost per unit of hauling with it. If an 

 owner can arrange to haul a load to market and then bring^back a 

 load of supplies to his farm on the same trip he can reduce the time 

 required and expense by practically 50 per cent. The reports of these 

 men show that they have return loads for their trucks about 34 per 

 cent of the time. About 10 per cent, however, stated that they never 

 have return loads. Apparently the size of the truck, the length of 

 the time it has been in use, and the distance from the farm to market 

 have little to do with the number of return loads for the truck. 



