Arizona republican., 1918-10-20
'TRA|LERS INCREASE
 THE EFFICIENCY OF
 MOTOR TRUCK HAULS

The increasing scarcity of motor trucks. as well as the growing problem of railroad transportation is bringing the importance of the modern truck trailer to the fore as never in the his tory of the country" declares K. D. Horrall, manager of the Bennett Lum- Der company. "The thousands of truck owners who have used trailers have found their transportation costs can be gut half, and in many instances more. by the use of one or more trail CTS. The trailer is solving the hauling problem in all parts of the country and this is particularly so in western America.
 The demand for trailers today calls for a type of construction equally as sturdy as the truck itself, owing to the wide use to which trailers are adapted and the fact that every conceivable kind of road must be negotiated,
 Tt requires no argument on the part of the trailer salesman to convince the | prospective buyer of the many excel lent features embodied in traileriZed transportation. Many trailer users have found that they can haul a given ] load, say 5000 pounds, which is the maximum cap9 city of a three-ton truck, with a one and one -half-tOn truck trail erized-that is to say by distributing the load so that the truck is relieved of ne-half it's burden and by pulling one l half the load through the draw bar, the truck is able to move twice it's rated capacity, and on good roads we find hat it is possible to even carry from two to four times the trucks capacity.
 AS an example of the increased profit possible by traileriZing, we cite 1 the case of a construction company making deliveries of heavy loads of material. One of the concerns single trucks is capable of earning $25.00 per day gross from which the average oper- ating costs Of s15,00 per day are de- ducted, leaving a net profit of 5000 each operating day. By adding a Utility trailer, the hauling capacity can be doubled with an increased expendi- ture of about $200 per day; thus it is possible to earn q revenue of S50.00 per day gross and deducting s1700 ex- pense, a net profit of s330O is obtained, making an increased net profit of over SO0%.
 According to E. W. Bennett, presi- dent of the Los Angeles Trailer con- pany, Although our factory is operat Ing at Iull capacity ana Ine demand TOT trailers of all sizes is keeping our de- livery department busy, we are able tC make immediate deliveries to all our distributors. Our line of trailers now include 2-wheelers, 4-wheelers, semi trailers, lumber trailerS and logging dollies, and our field of distribution ex- tends from northwestern Canada tc Lower California and from the coast as far east as Denver. Owing to the as- sistance trailers are rendering in solv- ing the transportation problems, and cutting the costs of deliveries, the United States government is encourag ing their manufacture and we are able to secure an adequate supply of stee and other materials necessary in theii construction. The United States gov ernment has adapted the Utility log ging dolly in the spruce forests of the northwest in hauling spruce timber: necessary in the construction of aero planes"
 The Los Angeles Trailer company i. the largest trailer concern in westerl America and turns out perhaps nor, r trailers than any concern in the United , States. It operates a large factory ol z Palmetto street, Los Angeles, and ha authorized distributors in all parts 0 the west.