EXPERIENCE WITH MOTOR TRUCKS. 
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complishes 10.61 ton-miles of hauling. Since it takes 1.7 hours to 
make the round trip the time required per ton-mile is 0.16 hour. 
A comparison of the hours per ton-mile required for hauling with 
truck with the hours per ton-mile for hauling with wagon gives the 
proportion of time saved by the truck. When hauling crops and 
building material the average size of load hauled with the |-ton and 
f-ton and the 1-ton trucks is smaller in each case than the average 
size of load hauled with wagon. The reverse is true for the larger- 
sized trucks. When hauling fuel the loads hauled with all except the 
2-ton trucks are smaller than the loads with wagons. On account of 
this the proportion of time saved by the larger trucks is somewhat 
greater than that saved by the smaller ones. 
Fig. 2. — Unloading hogs at stockyards from farm-owned truck. Motor trucks enable 
many farmers to haul live stock direct to central markets which are too far away 
to be reached with horses and wagons. 
Table V.- 
-Comparison of time required to haul crops ivith trucks and with 
wagons oefore the purchase of trucks (481 reports). 
With truck. 
With wagon. 
Size of truck. 
Size of 
load 
(pounds). 
Dis- 
tance 
(miles- 
one 
way). 
Hours 
per 
round 
trip. 
Hours 
per 
ton- 
mile. 
Size of 
load 
(pounds). 
Dis- 
tance 
(miles- 
one 
way). 
Hours 
per 
round 
trip. 
Hours 
per 
ton- 
mile. 
!-ton and f-ton 
2,652 
2,626 
3,490 
4,409 
8.0 
9.1 
8.9 
9.4 
1.7 
2.2 
2.0 
2.3 
0.16 
.18 
.13 
.11 
2,892 
2,937 
3,098 
3,143 
7.1 
8.8 
8.9 
8.6 
5.4 
6.4 
6.3 
6.2 
0.53 
.50 
.46 
2-ton 
.46 
