MOTOR TRUCKS ON EASTERN FARMS. 
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time required for the round trip included the time required for loading 
and unloading the truck or wagon. 
Table IV shows a comparison of the size of load, length of haul, and 
time required for hauling crops with trucks of different sizes and with 
wagons. 
Table IV. — Time required to haul crops with trucks, and with wagons before purchase of 
trucks (567 reports) . 
With truck. 
With wagon. 
Size of truck. 
Size of 
load. 
Distance. 
Horns 
per 
round 
trip. 
Hours 
per 
ton- 
mile. 
Size of 
load. 
Distance. 
Hours 
per 
round 
trip. 
Hours 
per 
ton- 
mile. 
Pounds. 
960 
1,851 
2,391 
3,469 
4,928 
8,125 
Miles. 
10.4 
12.9 
13.0 
10.1 
13.6 
21.1 
2.5 
3.2 
3.4 
2.8 
3.6 
6.0 
0.50 
.27 
.22 
.16 
.10 
.07 
Pounds. 
1,505 
2,213 
2,582 
3,306 
4,488 
5,783 
Miles. 
9.0 
11.4 
10.4 
9.2 
12.9 
19.7 
7.2 
8.6 
8.3 
7.3 
9.5 
13.8 
1.06 
f-ton 
.68 
.62 
I 1 ,- to lj-ton 
.49 
2-ton 
.34 
Over 2-ton 
.24 
Table V gives a like comparison for hauling milk, Table VI for 
hauling feed, and Table VII for hauling fertilizer. 
Table V. — Time required to haul milk with trucks, and with wagons before purchase of 
trucks (132 reports). 
Size of truck. 
With truck. 
Size of 
load. 
Distance. 
Hours per 
round 
trip. 
Hours per 
ton-mile. 
With wagon. 
Size of 
load. 
Distance 
Hours per 
round 
trip. 
Hours per 
ton-mile. 
i-ton 
Hon 
1-ton 
Pounds. 
1,264 
1,301 
Miles. 
4.3 
7.9 
5.1 
1.4 
2.(1 
1.6 
1.10 
.52 
.48 
Pounds. 
657 
1,332 
1,309 
Miles. 
4.1 
8.4 
4.9 
3.1 
5.0 
3.6 
2.30 
.90 
1.12 
Table VI. — Time required to haul feed with trucks, and with wagons before purchase of 
trucks (113 reports). 
With truck. 
With wagon. 
Size of truck. 
Size of 
load. 
Distance. 
Hours per 
round 
trip. 
Hours per 
ton-mile. 
Size of 
load. 
Distance. 
Hours per 
round 
trip. 
Hours per 
ton-mile. 
i-ton 
Pounds. 
942 
1,555 
2,407 
3,214 
4,S00 
Miles. 
4.6 
6.6 
6.8 
5.6 
8.0 
1.2 
1.8 
1.9 
1.8 
2.5 
0.55 
.35 
.23 
.20 
.14 
Pounds. 
1,943 
2,331 
2,824 
3,071 
3,300 
Miles. 
4.8 
7.4 
5.7 
5.6 
7.8 
3.9 
6.7 
4.8 
5.0 
7.0 
0.84 
.75 
.60 
H- to li-ton 
.59 
2-ton 
.56 
