The sun., 1912-07-28
CONSTANT Use ELEMENT
Of ECONOMY IN TRUCKS
Loading Devices Will Help
Greatly. Says Bennett Of
Gramm Co.
TYPES FOR CONTRACTORS
Work, iJ Bc Done Is DiviSible
Roughly in Two Sep
arMtc Glasses.
TYPES FOR CONTRACTORS

Primarily. contractor can use a mo-
tor truck FOR but two purposes---either
'onN, ,ins the material to the place at
which IT NAV he used OF for conveying the
waste material 10 some place at which 1t
Is to /" dumped. Among building con-
,raoto.s the chi,f us, of a motor truck is
fci the former purpose. Among engineer.
in- contractors the truck is. as rule,
found useful for both.
supplies which an, 20 he delivered to
new woik are apt to he OF widely vary.
iHg nature and the truck Tor the building
cont actor must he so designed as to easily
carry all OF these different classes. Such
material as lumber, brick, stone. cement.
steel and coIb:rete constitute the larter
para of the loads. or course II the guam.
tity to bc carried OF one of these different
types of material Is very large it often
PAYS to install a truck especially designed
t. haul this class of material
When large quantities OF lumber are to
J." carried a lumber dumping truck which
VIII drmp the entire load IN u few Sec
"nds and leave II In n nca, pile is very
useful, cr if large quantities Of crushed
stuu" constitute thr major portion Of the
load another typ" Of dumping truck can
he used 10 advantage. However, Il truck
Mhicl, CaI take cSi' Of th' 80 different
c!isscs OF nlateiial l. best adapted to the
US of the average building contractor.
with "nginteliag az road contractors
condition, arc different as a r,iic and the
load Nhicn the truck Nil! be called on to
cav. Is more apt to hc of uniform ma
tufc. Frequently In work OF this class
ls":c quantities Of earth must be- carried.
When such Is the ease a special truck Of
NE character T.. generally best adapted
I" ire "'rvcr. Either Il dumping body or
u .'i"> uf removable buckets may he
Used If the latter a,c d, cidcd upon sew
oal ,''r a~ a rule provided
S.iu uf them ai~ filled ard made ready
81 N" ;, ne of tho work. while the truck
IL ,puvt wing tn" others To the place at
Nhr'h th, material j. to IL, dumped, ON
ia'co vorl; ar Nh"rc the dis; ne" * great
= is often ad, iS.ihc to btiIi! u,w material
,o til seen" of opeIatiou in dumping
,i'''+ cspcc H., II tncr" ar" large
amounts of sand aud gravel to he used.
Ia road building SON. tyne of dumping
true; is US, d almost exclusively. by the
Use of truck Of th.s type considerable
tno may h" saved In handlin- the ma
ttrial AZ woll as in conveying 1t to
Tn. sr"ne of operations.
IT,, chief advantages OF the motor
truoI uN.. TN. hors" and wagon, of
course. are III" speed with which tho
material may h" delivered and tn" lar-"
loads which may hc carried. B.Sd' (
thc9r ADVANTAGES there is very coHsid
ci able saving In the actual cost Of trans
1tftHVbn per ION tUtt n'' Cl1''t'u
10y tn. use Of the motor truck. II tn"
distance between the source OF supply
and the work Il very great the incr.as cd
sp."d Of the truck Is often of very con-
Siderable importance. esp. cially 50 II there
exists a possibility Of the work l.. ins de-
Ia! Il owing to the failure OF some ma
tcria to arrive AZ expected.
An important point to remember In tho
use Of trucks is that they should be kept
IN operation as much Of the tim. as possi-
ble and not allowed to stand idle. *
often necessary with horses and wagons.
Proper facilities should also he provided
for rapid loading and unloading II II Is
desired ia obtain the maximum service
from ia" tuck. IT IS owing to lack Of
SUCH facilities that many contractors are
not ah. 20 get the maximum efficiency
and work ont Of truck which they
should At very small additional invest
ment for apparatus Of this character the
efficiency OF the truck can often be more
than doubled. This point should receive
careful consideration when considering the
installation Of motor trucks.
Of course the principal reason FOR the
use OF the truck IL that IL can do the work
better than the wagon and at the same
tmc do II cheaper. Conditions vary. and
in some cases tho truck can do many
more times tho work of the horse and
wagon than it can do in other cases. \
conservative estimate. based upon an aN-
oragc Of many cases. is that the truck
can do the work of from six to ten teams
when engaged in the ordinary work re-
ru!l el of them by contractors. Unusual
l,ajiu: facilities or the use OF special
bodies for just one class Of service Will
worry frequently increase these figures con-
side, ably. q. w. BENNETT.
(;ramrn Motor Truck Co.