Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-16

TRAIL OF TRUCKS
TOWARD SEAP0RTS
Next Month Greatest Drive
away of Motors That Has
Ever Been Attempted.
HUGE TRANSPORTATION TEST
Will Save Tonnage, Develop
Highways and Train Mill
tary Truck Drivers.
HUGE TRANSPORTATION TEST

You have heard frequently in re-
cont years Of motor car driveaWays,
Of dealers coming to factories ana
driving overland, by their own power
the cars they required for retail sales.
Hut the coming year, commencing
with January, will witness steady, un-
coasing constant Driveway that Will
force all past driveaways into insig-
1ificance, the driving overland by
their own power of 10000 trucks
t,om the factory to seaboard for ship
o..ut to Europe, says Motor Age.
You will witness the 10000 now
heavy dueyt war trucks, raised at five
toms capacity, all twins, everyone alike
POSSIBLY Gtled with parts, eari- !lG
{. mn drivers cech. the first standard
i.ci war trusks. the first to bccr the
l.u.c L. : A.. leaving the as'a nU'N
ulauts in the middle west, driving
90; their own pcWer to the 40 MT Ct
,.mbdrkatior.
As a great horde. travelling oVet
hundreds of roads these trucks Will
come to their destinations leaving the
factories sinCly or in small conveys
arriving at seaboard points in nun
dreds and thousands, beginning as
10000 units, ending as a gigantic
army of transports.
This vast driveway plan now con
;omplated by Gen. Chanuncey u.
laker, chief OF embarkauon guar
tcrmasters corps, in collaboration
board and the highway transport
committee of the Council .of National
Defense. includes many possible ad-
vantages and aims particularly TO;
(a) Save freight tonnage.
tb) Supplement railroads.
tc) Train military truck drivers.
(dD Mentally visualize the trucks
10 the public.
(C) Develop military highways.
0O Test each and every truck.
\ freight car has a capacity for
two Of the new trucks. The Driveway
therefore saves the use Of 1000 cars
with capacity for 40 tons each, or
500. OOO tons in all. will be free TO
haul other necessary war supplies.
The trucks with capacity for )
toms each may themselves haul full
loads OF necessary repair parts and
uuSsibly other supplies manufacture
i'm the same cities where the trucks are
~ 3scmbled a total load of 10000 tons,
"a saving of 1000 freight cars. Thus,
between the use of the motor power
and the utilization Of the truck haul
ing capacities. a total saving of $50,
600 tons will be effected which means
the release of 1880 freight cars for
other purposes.
Must Have Competent Drivers.
The new trucks. standardized, com
uused of many units combined OF
features manufactured in different
plants. are strange to all truck driV-
crS. The military truck drivers must
be- able to handle his truck as if ii
were a touring car. He must he fam
iiar with minor repair work, adjust
mcnts. loading and unloading. lie
must he sufficiently familiar with
his truck to be able to handle ii in
crowded city streets i'm strange un-
lighted roads and under all and any
conditions that can arise. And the
drivers, taking turns at the wheels,
puidiug the trucks thru the highways
of the United States, over mountains
thru cities, over good roads and bad
will secure an experience that will
hc invaluable for service across the
ocean.
fore his trucks hauling supplies thou
sands Of miles, and the manufactures
watching with interest the transport
of 10000 tons of spare parts and
other war needs, will have brought
home to them, concisely and tangi-
bly, the value of the motor truck and
the vast fields of transportation fol
which it is adapted and as yet un
uscd.
our roads in mlny sections arr Ir-
Crltly in need of repair. Ml.uten-
uucC of many HIGHWAYS has been ne
glCCted. Our war department urS
i.- the construction Of the highway.
has been obliged to devote effort I,
ihany C.reCtions an" the roads nave
suffered as a result. The drivcawal
,a,llnp upon the facilities and all 81
the Highway Transport committee
VIII. also thereby include the com
rlot4 cooperation OF the alStwat
which the trucks will travel. In fact
experimental pathfinders. already en-
gagcd in this work, are under the oh
Scrvance of the committee and the
road commissioners, and the resui
will be network of military high
ways ranging from the middle ives
to the Eastern seaboard, that will be
worthy of the name and posabl!
equal to any roads on earth.
Advantages of Test.
The last of the advantages enumor
ated the testing of every truck, is on
Of extreme importance. our truck
for war service will operate mor'
than 5000 miles from the place o
manufacture. They will of course
he close to established repair base
and assembly plants, but they will t,
lac most efficient and valuable, hav,
to leave our shores as nearly perfec
as possible. And this result can b
attained only by thoro tests made il
this country, such as the tests whicl
will be encountered in the driveawa,
when all adjustments and impcrfec
tions can be readily detected and cor
rccted.
The first sample trucks have beer
subjected to grinding, grilling test
and found almost perfect with eXcep
ton only of several minor parts. Ant
II il likely that 10000 trucks will u