The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-23
DRAWBAR PULL
GIVEN EMPHASIS
Republic Sales Manager Says
II Increases Use
'fulness.

The draw-bar pull Of a motor truck
such as the Republic one-ton trucks is
appreciated by very few owners" says
II. F. Harris, sales manager Of the
Republic Motor Truck Co, Inc, Alma,
Mich. yet this is q factor that gives
the Repwa9ic 'one-toper" a much wider
field ofsasefulness than is generally
ascribed 10 trucks of this capacity.
THE draw-bar pull OF the Republic
one-ton truck Is such that In addition
TO carrying its own capacity load Il
will easily haul over ordinarily good
four times heavier. In other words
the draw-bar pun Of a one-ton Repub-
lie enables its owner to handle a five
ton load Instead OF a one-ton load by
simply adding a good trailer 70 his
multiplication OF capacity becomes more
plainly evident az the motor truck user
makes a more careful analysis OF his
trucking requirements. The man who
fails to recognise this principle often
bpys heavier eqplpment Just to be sure
heavy loads. He may know that heav-
Ter loads are BY far the smallest part
OF hts trucking program and that a
lighter, speedIer truck would better
meet his requirement so per cent or
SO per cent Of the time. But he says
to himself, Sometimes we have loads
OF three or four tons so I guess ri
have to cross the one-tonners off my
list Of possibilities.
''of course, an efficient one-ton truck
such AZ the Republic of that capacity
and o well-built trailer would ideally
loads the trailer would be detached
and the onertoR truck with its lighter
construction and greater speed would
cover moro territory and operate far
more economically than would be posi-
bla with o heavier truck, Then when
the heavier load was encountered the
trailer could quickly be hooked on and
the necessary capacity secured.
"Republic oAe.tan trucks have been
designed with this possibility in view.
They have been given extra power and
stamina for. Just this purpose and their
records Of heavy hauling at minimum
expense made In the service Of many
greatly varying kinds OF business have
proved the value OF the plan. OF
course, We do not recommend the one-
ton truck as an every purpose vehicle,
That would be the height Of folly,
There's q Republic, truck to meet every
business will require trucks Of different
capacities. merely suggest this ton
truck land -traller plan as an economi-
cal means for the owner of a one
ton truck to handle big loads without
going to the expense Of adding a heavy1
duty truck to his equipment, II. loads
OF from two to five tons are to be
hauled constantly, not occasionally,
then 4 heavy duty truck Is absolutely
essential.
ITO get the greatest value from any
motor truck Equipment, It must be
suited to q constant. day n -day-o
haulage problem. It is obviously an
inefficient wasteful plan Of things to
run, a big truck on 10 trips when its
capacity Is only needed on two OF these
trims. And, OF course, It Ia wrong to
deliberately overload a small truck, So
is we'll 70 keep this factor OF draw
bar pull In mind, for 1t makes posi-
BILE the use Of the trailer and an elias
tic. changing motor equipment that
means efficient handling Of the work
at a greatly reduced operating c%ost."i