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BULLETIN 931, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table VI. — Comparison of time required to haul lire stock with trucks and with 
wagons before the purchase of trucks (339 reports). 
Size of truck. 
With truck. 
With wagon. 
Dis- 
Size of tance 
load (miles— 
(pounds) . one 
way.) 
Hours 
per 
round 
trip. 
i Dis- 
Size of | tance 
load (miles- 
mile. (Vounte)^ „e 
Hours 
per 
Hours Hours 
per per 
round ton- 
trip, mile. 
i-t on and f-ton ! 1,831 8.2 
1-ton I 2,023 12.1 
lHonandli-ton 2,512 11.6 
2-ton , 3,284 ! 9.4 
1.4 
2.7 
2.4 
2.0 
0.19 
.22 
.16 
.13 
1,923 
1,886 
1.947 
8.5 
7.0 
6.2 
6.0 
0.S4 
.74 
Table VII. — Comparison of time required to haul building material icith trucks 
and icith wagons before the purchase of trucks (166 reports). 
Size of truck. 
With track. 
With wagon. 
, Dis- 
Size of | tance 
1 oad (miles — 
(pounds), one 
I way.) 
Hours 
Hours 
per 
per 
round 
ton- 
trip. 
mile. 
Size of 
load 
(pounds). 
Dis- 
tance 
(miles- 
one 
way) 
Hours 
per 
round 
trip. 
Hours 
per 
ton- 
mile. 
5,-ton and f-ton ! 2, 475 
1-ton 2, 548 
LHon and 1-i-ton 3,813 
2-ton : 4 . 22 7 
6.3 
7.6 
8.3 
1.6 
2.2 
2.0 
2.2 
0.20 
.20 
.14 
.13 
2,850 
3,049 
3,310 
3,245 
7.0 
8.1 
7.2 
7.5 
5.1 
6.1 
5.4 
0.51 
.45 
.54 
Table VIII. — Comparison of time required to haul fuel icith trucks, and with 
wagons before the purchase of trucks (120 reports). 
Size of truck. 
With truck. 
With wagon. 
Size of 
load 
.(pounds). 
Dis- 
tance 
(miles- 
one 
way.) 
Hours Hours 
per per 
Dis- 
Size of tance 
(n X£T~ : 
way) 
Hours Hours 
per | per 
ton- 
trip. I mile. 
-5-ton and f-ton 2, 533 
I-ton 2, 523 
H-ton and li-ton 3, 436 
2-ton : | 4,917 
7.4 
8.3 
9.1 
9.2 
1.8 
2.2 
2.4 
2.2 
0.19 
.21 
.15 
.10 
2,808 
2,815 
3,464 
3,067 
7.9 
7.8 
8.3 
9.2 
6.3 
6.1 
6.5 
5.1 
0.57 
.56 
.45 
.36 
TIME SAVED BY TRUCKS. 
The length of time required to haul different distances with wagons 
and with trucks gives a more direct measure of the saving in time due 
to the use of a truck. Table IX shows the average time required to 
haul crops different distances with wagons as given by these men, and 
Table X the time required for hauling with motor trucks. The time 
required for hauling live stock and all other materials is practically 
the same as for hauling crops both with trucks and with wagons. 
For each distance it requires approximately one-third as long to 
make a round trip with a truck as it does with a wagon, and if the 
