The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
INTERNATIONAL
 DUMP TRUCKS
New Heavy Duty Models Noted For Their
 Sturdiness

Conditions that must be met by mo- tor trucks in general contract work, and particularly that done in the mak- ing of roads, are very severe, and ac- cordingly equipment must be utilized that will withstand the hardest kind of service. Through loose dirt, drifting sand. deep mud and up the steep grades the motor trucks must haul their heavy loads of gravel, crushed rock. sacks of cement and other build ing materials. None but the sturdlest trucks can endure such severe usage.
 The International Harvester com many has recently developed a line ot heavy duty motor trucks, equipped with dump bodies in the design ot which par ticular emphasis has been placed on sturdiness of construction to withstand effects of hard usage such as that named above. These new lnternatonals are built in 5000, 1000, 6,0OO and l0.O00-pound maximum capacities.
 The engines in these new motor trucks are simple and powerful and are of the four clyinder, valve in head type: A particularly noteworthy feature or the engines are the ball-bearlng crank shafts. An innovation that accom- nanies the acquisition of a new heavy duty International is a warranty Tn which the seller, the Harvester com nany. agrees to replace free, the crank shaft. should it break during the life of the truck, and also any crankshaft ball-bearing which may break, wear out or burn out during the life of the truck, An unusual guarantee IS this that goes with an unusual crankshatt construction.
 Worthy of mention is the steer easy" steering wheel arrangement which adds greatly to driver comfort. Plenty of foot room in the cab IS pro vided by breaking the steering shaft short distance below the wheel and con meeting the two pieces by worm and gear. Desired rake thereby is given to the uppersection, while the lower sec tion is vertical.
 An entirely new type of hoist drive has been designated. The hoist IS driven direct from the transmlsslon with a minimum of weight and wearing parts. The driving parts of the vertl- cal and underbody hoists are power-op- erated and controlled by the driver with hand levers conveniently arranged Tn the form of units with the hoists and placed just back of the seat.
 The hoist automatically stops when 1t has reached it's highest point and when the load has been dumped turn of the lever permits the body to de- scend slowly by it's own weight The body may be allowed to descend while the truck is. on it's way for the next load, thus saving the time that would be necessary were the body run by power. The vertical hoist is direct ly behind the cab and occupies 12 to Is inches of space. The underbody hoist is directly beneath the body and oc- cupies no space whatever behind the cab. By using an underbody hoist body one to two feet longer may be em- ployed.
 The policy plan for free inspection service during the life of each Inter- national motor truck which was in augurated several years ago and has at tracted so much interest in the motor world, holds for each new International dump truck sold. Under this plan the Harvester company maintains corps of factory trained road engineers travel ing4out of it's more than one hundred company-owned branches. These men insp t International motor trucks m their respective territories at regular intervals and provide the owners with written reports of the condition ot thelr trucks at the time of the inspection: It is a service that has accomplished much in the establishment of correct rnaintenance practices.