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 wagons. 
Hours per round trip. 
Distance 
hauled 
(miles). 
Number of 
reports. 
Average. 
Hours reported 
most frequently. 
2 and 3 
31 
2.5 
(2\ (10 reports). 
\3 (8 reports). 
4 and 5 
89 
3.7 
/3 (19 reports). 
\4 (26 reports). 
6 and 7 
133 
4.7 
f4 (31 reports). 
\5 (33 reports). 
8 and 9 
94 
6.1 
/5 (26 reports). 
\6 (19 reports). 
10 and 11 . . 
72 
7. 5 
/6 (17 reports). 
\8 (22 reports). 
12 and 13 . . 
51 
9.0 
/8 (9 reports). 
\10 (13 reports). 
14 and 15 . . 
22 
8.9 
/9 (6 reports). 
\10 (7 reports). 
16 and 17.. 
18 and 19.. 
12 
11 
10.8 
11.2 

Table X. — Time required for hauling crops different distances with motor 
trucks. 
Distance 
hauled 
(miles). 
Number of 
reports. 
Hours 
per round trip. 
Average. 
Hours reported 
most frequently. 
2 and 3 
4 and 5 
6 and 7 
8 and 9 
10 and 11 . . 
12 and 13 . . 
14 and 15 . . 
16 and 17.. 
18 and 19.. 
32 
89 
142 
99 
82 
50 
28 
17 
17 
1.0 
1.2 
1.6 
2.0 
2.4 
2.9 
2.9 
3.5 
4.1 
1 (18 reports). 
fl (33 reports). 
Ui (20 reports), 
hh (51 reports). 
\2~(35 reports). 
j\h (14. reports). 
\2~U2 reports). 
(2 (26 reports). 
\2i (21 reports). 
\2% (13 reports). 
\3 dU re ports). 
3 (13 reports). 
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. 
