The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-07-21
TRUCK BILL TO
Be INVESTIGATED
Nv
AS Well as the Method Pro-
4 posed for its
y enforcement.
MEDINA FARM BUREAU
: APPOINTS COMMITTEE
Brief Synopsis of the Law
Intended to Correct
Abuse of Public
Highways.

At the directors meeting of the
Farm Bureau July 7, the following
committee was appointed to investi-
gate the Burke Truck Bill and the
method OF enforcement: Secy.
Early, County Agent Halderson and
Paul P. Elliott, chairman.
The Burke Truck Bill was enacted
by the last legislature to correct if
possible the abuse of the highways.
70 carry out the provisions of this
bill, it has authorized the county
commissioners to furnish suitable
scales for weighing and the employ
ment of a deputy to enforce the pro-
visions Of this law.
The following is a brief synopsis
of the law:
Traction engine, steam roller, etc.,
not to exceed IL tons.
Truck, trailers, wagons, etc., in
Icluding weight of vehicle, and load
not to exceed 10 tons with no more
than IS per cert. of the load on any
one wheel, nor more than seventy
per cent. of total load on any one
side.
Metal tires, 8 inch or less load
OF 300 pounds, for each inch of tire
width; more than three inch width,
500 pounds may be added for each
inch in total excess of IL inches.
Example, wagon or four wheel
trailer with three inch tires had total
tirf width of IL inches. Therefore
syos may load to 5000 pounds (three
tons) including weight of vehicle.
But if you have a IL inch tires or
total of Is inches in width, which
exceeds 2>inches by Inches, you are
allowed 5000 pounds for the first IL
inches, six times 800 pounds or 4,S00
for the additional 6 inches, or a total
gross load of 10000 pounds Is tons,
800 pounds).
Rubber tires-In vehicles having
tires Of rubber or other similar SUBJ
stances, a load of $50 pounds for
each inch Of the total width of tires
on all wheels.
Example-If truck is equipped
with 10 inch rear tires and five inch
front tires it will have total width
of thirty inches. And consequent
ly will be allowed a gross load of 80
times $50 pounds or 19,500 pounds
mine tons, $1,500 pounds.)
But no matter how wide the tires,
they are not allowed more than 10
tons gross.
Neither are they allowed to con-
centrate the load on any one wheel
il excess of $50 pounds per inch of |
tire width on that wheel.
Solid tires, five inches or less in |
width, must average not less than |
7~8 inch in thickness. Solid tires
more than five inches but not exceed
ing eight inches in width must av-,
arage rot less than one inch in thick
ness and tires of more than eight
inches in width must average at |
cast 18 inches in thickness. This
means as measured from tops of the
ianges.
No vehicle shall be operated upon
,he highways of this state whose
width is greater than 96 inches, ex-
'ept traction engines whose width
shall not exceed 1872 inches; and their
1eight shall not be more than IL feet,
inches, nor their length more than
30 feet, and no combination of We
licles coupled together shall be so
l
'perated whose total length, includ-
ng load, shall be greater than IS
eet.
Some people are of the opinion
hat, this law will be impracticable
n that they may simply load lighter
nd drive faster, but that phase is
aiken care of as follows;
No vehicles equip ed with iron or :
teel tires carrying more than six
ons shall be operated at speed
reater than ten miles per hour.
Solid rubber tires--less than five
ons, 20 miles per hour; five tons to /
light tons, IS miles per hour; eight
9 10 tons, IL miles per hour. II
Pneumatic rubber tires--1ess than I
I've tons, rs miles per hour; five tons
Q eight tons, 20 miles per hour; eight /
onsto ten tons. IS miles per hour. /,
ANY ones violating this Inv win be