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the owners of trucks larger than 1 ton prefer solid tires. The exact 
number of owners of trucks of different sizes, and their recommenda- 
tions, is as follows: 
Of 135 owners of Hon trucks— 
129 recommend pneumatics. 
5 recommend solids. 
1 recommends pneumatics in front and solids in the rear. 
Of 92 owners of f-ton trucks — 
64 recommend pneumatics. 
25 recommend solids. 
3 recommend pneumatics in front and solids in the rear. 
Of 278 owners of 1-ton trucks — 
111 recommend pneumatics. 
120 recommend solids. 
47 recommend pneumatics in front and solids in the rear. 
Of 54 owners of 1|- and l|-ton trucks — 
8 recommend pneumatics. 
44 recommend solids. 
2 recommend pneumatics in front and solids in the rear. 
Of 65 owners of 2-ton trucks — 
9 recommend pneumatics. 
52 recommend solids. 
4 recommend pneumatics in front and solids in the rear. 
Of 13 owners of trucks over 2 tons in size, all recommend solids. 
RELIABILITY. 
The reliability of a motor truck, as that of any other machine, has 
a very decided effect upon its profitableness. If a truck is out of 
commission for several days at a time when its services are needed 
and when its owner is depending upon it to help him through a busy 
time it can scarcely be considered a profitable machine for him to 
own. Likewise, if a great deal of time is lost on the road on account 
of motor and tire trouble, breakage, and other delays, this loss and 
annoyance may overcome all the advantages attending its use. In 
order to obtain information as to the reliability of motor trucks for 
farm use these truck owners were asked to give both the number of 
days their trucks had been out of commission when needed during 
the past year, and the percentage of the time lost while using them. 
Table XVIII shows the average number of days 682 trucks of differ- 
ent ages were out of commission during the year preceding the time 
of reporting. The reports indicated that there is practically no 
difference in this respect among the trucks of different sizes. 
