20 DEPARTMENT BULLETIN 1254, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE. 
REGISTRATION AND LICENSE FEES. 
There is considerable variation in the registration and license fees 
in the different States, but the following charges are based upon the 
averages for the year 1922 in the 11 States included in this inves- 
tigation: 
Average 
Average 
registra- 
annual 
tion and 
registra- 
license 
tion and 
fees per 
license 
mile of 
fees. 
travel 
(cents). 
?>-ton trucks . ..... ..... 
$12 
0.4 
f -ton trucks . . ... .______._. 
15 
.4 
1-ton trucks ___ _. ,_ . . . . ... 
18 
30 
.7 
1. 
2-ton trucks . . 
36 
1.0 
REPAIRS. 
As with various other items connected with the use of motor 
trucks, a wide variation in the repair costs for individual trucks of 
the same size and age was shown. However, the averages given will 
show the prospective purchaser what trucks in actual use for different 
periods of time have cost their owners in the way of repairs. It is 
to be expected that the repair costs will be higher for the larger 
machines, and that they will increase as the trucks become older. 
Under ordinary circumstances, and barring unusual accidents, the 
repair costs during the first year or two of a truck's life will be low. 
Each truck owner was asked to state the amount spent on it for re- 
pairs from the time he purchased it to the time of reporting, exclusive 
of the cost of new tires. Two hundred and eighty-five of the men 
reporting in 1920 gave the amount they had spent for repairs to 
that time, and 259 of the men who furnished information in 1922 
stated the amounts they had spent for repairs on their machines 
from the time of purchase to time of reporting in that year. 
Of the 285 men who reported in 1920, 45 had owned their trucks 
six months or less, and 29 of that number had spent nothing for 
repairs, while the average amount spent by the 16 making repairs 
had been $5. Sixty-seven men had owned their machines from 7 
to 12 months; 28 of these men had spent nothing for repairs, while 
the average expense for the 39 who had made repairs had been £18. 
Eighty-five owners had had their machines from 13 to 21 months, 
and of this number 11 had had no repair bills; the average amount 
spent by the 74 men making repairs was $43. Eighty-eight trucks 
concerning which reports were received in 1920 were over 2 years 
old, and something had been spent for repairs on all of them. For 
the 57 machines from 25 to 36 months old the average repair charge 
was $90, and for the 31 trucks which had been owned 37 months 
or longer the average amount spent for repairs was $219. 
None of the trucks reported on in 1922 had been in use less than 
32 months at that time. Of the 259 owners who reported repairs in 
L922, L08 had owned their machines from 32 to 42 months, and their 
costs from the time of purchase had been $85. 
