Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-06
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Items of Interest About the Most Popular
and Useful Industry of the Day and
the People In 1t.

"Semitrailer attachments. applicable
to users trucks, easily installed and
doubling haulagc capacity" is the
trade slogan of W. o. Duntley, pres.
ident of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool
Company, which builds the Little
Giant truck, writes e. @. Westlake in
the Post.
Mr.. Duntley adds that the more or
less successful efforts Of some mo-
tor truck builders to discourage the
use Of trailer equipment in connection
with their products have had no effect
upon the Little Giant program which
is the voluntary Introduction of the
semitrailer rig that doubles haulage
capacity.
The outfit is being marketed" con.
tinued Mr.. Duntley. complete with
the truck chassis. thus adding large.
capacity vehicle to the Little Giant
line.
1.-THE arrangement Is both simple
and rugged, the trailer axle being fit.
ted with drawbar attachment, In
addition to the draught naturally sup.
piled by the fifth wheel. The con-
nections are worked out In such a
way that the rear wheels absolutely
track with the drivers. SO that the
operator has no concern about the
trailer in ordinary driving.
1.-THE turntable is ball.bearing. and
the design is such that the portion Of
the load that is borne by the truck
chassis proper is practically "a float.
ing load, so that the chassis is re.
lieved of the severe sudden stresses
that result when 1t carries the entire
load, but is free to operate as a trac.
ton machine almost wholly.
THE division Of the load Is such
that the supporting capacity Of the
chassis and springs cannot be exceed.
ed under normal conditions.
while operating expense is little
larger than that Of the single truck,
the duty is practically doubled. IA
an example of It's hardness. II IL
stated that even when carrying a load
of 40.foot lumber II can be turned In
a 36.foot circle. Its adaptability per.
mits 1t to be used INTERCHANGEABLE
with the regular chassis and body II
occasion requires, SO that In effect It
constitutes a two-in.one vehicle"
The Akron Tire & Vulcanizing
Company Of 932 Jackson Boulevard
has branch at 1927 Sheridan Road.
They are experts at repairing auto.
! mobile, motor truck and solid carriage
tires and vulcanizing in all its
branches.
The second annual Automobile
Derby will be held Oh the Chicago
Speedway June II. It will be follow
ed by another meet on the oval on
Oct. IA. These dates were allowed
the Speedway Park Association by
Richard Kennerdell, chairman Of the
contest board Of the American Auto
mobile Association, who met with rep
resentatives Of every speedway In the
United States the day before the Vim
cent Aston race was supposed to have
been run In Gotham.
While no date was assigned, It IL
known that Chicago will have another
date sandwiched between those as
signed for the long.distance events, Il
having been decided by officials of the
speedway to make the 1OO.mile chal
lenpe race an sllcCessful last Aug z
an annual affair.
President David F. Reid, Secretary
Frank Foster and Treasurer Christian
F. Weihe represented the Chicago
Speedway at the meeting. They were
elated to have been SO successful II
securing June II for the first race
that date being idehtical with thu
date of the opening meet
Chicago will be the scene Of thu