EXPERIENCE WITH MOTOR TRUCKS. 

 Table XIII. — Price received for custom work. 



17 



Material. 



Crops 



Live stock 



Building material 



Fuel 



Other 



Number 



Price per 



ofreports. 



ton-mile. 



103 



$0. 38 



119 



.46 



22 



.38 



30 



.32 



46 



.53 



EFFECT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROADS ON USE OF TRUCKS. 



It has been shown that the majority of these farmers considered 

 poor roads the greatest disadvantage in the use of a motor truck, and 

 that most of those who still use horses for part of their road hauling 

 do so because of poor roads. In order to gain a more definite idea 

 of the effect of the kind of roads on the use of motor trucks each 

 farmer was asked to specify the kinds of roads over which his truck 

 traveled and the number of . weeks during the past year the roads 

 had been in such condition on account of mud, snow, ice, or frost that 

 the truck could not be used. 



All kinds of roads, from unimproved dirt roads to high-class 

 highways, were reported. However, 80 per cent of the men who 

 reported on this point stated that their trucks ordinarily travel only 

 on dirt roads, and 14 per cent stated that the roads which they ordi- 

 narily use are part dirt and part improved, and the remainder stated 

 that they have only improved roads, either gravel, macadam, or 

 better. 



On the average there were 8.4 weeks during the year when the 

 trucks could not be used, and only about 6 per cent of the men re- 

 ported that they were able to use their trucks every week. The men 

 whose trucks usually travel on improved roads only, however, were 

 prevented from using them but five weeks during the year, and over 

 one- fourth were able to use them every week. 



The reports indicate that poor roads are not such a great handicap 

 to pneumatic-tired trucks as to those equipped with solid tires. 

 Table XIV shows the average number of weeks per year trucks with 

 different kinds of tires on roads which are all or part dirt could 

 not be used. 



Table XIV. — Effect of kind of tires on length of time trucks could not be used 

 on roads which are all or part dirt. 



Kind of tires. 



Pneumatic 



Solid 



Pneumatic in front, solid in rear 





Average 





■niTmhp.r 



Number 



of weeks 



reporting. 



trucks 





could not 





be used. 



152 



€.6 



211 



9.4 



338 



9.1 



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