Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-09-28
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NEVADA PRAISE
PACKARD TRUCKS
Tried Six Types of Trucks and
Tractors Before One Found
to Stand Test on Bad Road.

F.. III. Plat of Ely, New, secretary of
the Nevada United Mines Leasing
company, and q mining engineer ana
mine operator of experience, has, in
signed letter to the Sims company. |
1879 Social Hall avenue. Packard
distributor for the intermountain dts
trict told something of how Packard
trucks We're tried out and made good
at his property. Mr.. Plat, under date
of Sept. 16, writes:
ut may be of interest to you to
know OF the performance of your Pack
ard f trucks on an ore haul from
. the mining camp of Ward to East ELY
New.
ROADS ARE DIFFICULT.
"The road is on a 10 per cent grade
| for the first three miles from the mine
and then IA miles OF desert ROAD
| through slightly rolling country with
no adverse grade exceeding SIN per
cent. In the dry summer months the
road is exceedingly dusty, but we at
tempted to keep it in shape by sur
facing with gravel. For two years VIC
experienced the greatest difficulty in
hauling ore, and tried six types Of
trucks and tractors before Packard
trucks were installed. Nearly $l0O,-
| OGO of truck tractor and trailer equip
| nent was used up on this road before
vcur trucks were tried. AS a mining
company, we had given up the idea OF
company ownership in the haulage
equipment; furthermore, we had be
come skeptics as to accuracy OF es-
Inmates and figures given by truck
sslesmen.
.'rrhe first Packards tried were tiVeJ
ton trucks each credited with nearly
10000 miles of desert work, ana l, Tor
one thought that we were probably
getting more junk on the haul Due
credit must be given to Robert NlchoiS
the contractor who Installed these
trucks. for he kept them in satisfac-
tsry service in spite of age. These
old machines did so well that we CO.
orerated with Mr.. Nichols in the pur-
chase of two new 6 z trucks, and
these made three round trips every
day to the mine, hauling seven &c
eight tons per trip.
PRAISES EFFICIENCY.
"Our record on the first hundred
trips made by one of these trucks
showed that It lost only three trips
~ other words, its efficiency was 8
per cent. Comparing this perform
ence with the experience the preViou
year when frequently we had diff
rulty in moving so tons daily witt
truck and trailer equipment OF neari,
900 tons rated capacity, You can Sc
how much the performance of tn
Packards meant to us.
"The difficulties of operating a min
II miles distant from railroad VII
such spasmodic output as we flfst eA
perienced made us feel that II wa
nearly impossible to run the property
After our first season with trucks W
went back to teams for the "lhte
months Last winter, however IN
Packard trucks managed TO operat
with the help of teams used In ploW
ing out the snow road down the rlus
that first three miles from the MIN
When these roads were Icy they ais
helped the trucks up the hill
st have not at hand the cost da'
ord other facts relative to our opei
ations in recent months, for. due
low metal prices, our production M
been irregular My recollection Is II
brake Innings on your trucks lasted
Iaast six weeks, whereas in the pr
cedinr season, brake Innings on al
other truck had to be renewed abo
every third day. Brake duty on u
ridge road with Its 10 per cen' dow
grade was severe for any truck al
trucks of other makes could not ke'
on the road due to burning out drl
shaft bearings. Faulty lubricatloh w
the seat of this trouble. Inc oth
trucks in question were decldedlS o"
classed The man in charge OF I
other trucks would not use dlstIlla