. Automotive industries . thetime of the Kansas City tractor show. This is an enginedesigned for use as a tractor, marine or truck engine,certain features being made differently for the differentapplications. The Parish Mfg. Co., manufacturers of pressed steelframes, showed a complete truck frame of alloy company is now prepared to furnish frames ofmolybdenum steel, which when properly heat treated issaid to have an elastic limit of 150,000 lb. per sq. in. A large proportion of the heavy trucks exhibited wereshown with closed cabs, and there is little doubt thatthese cabs will becom
. Automotive industries . thetime of the Kansas City tractor show. This is an enginedesigned for use as a tractor, marine or truck engine,certain features being made differently for the differentapplications. The Parish Mfg. Co., manufacturers of pressed steelframes, showed a complete truck frame of alloy company is now prepared to furnish frames ofmolybdenum steel, which when properly heat treated issaid to have an elastic limit of 150,000 lb. per sq. in. A large proportion of the heavy trucks exhibited wereshown with closed cabs, and there is little doubt thatthese cabs will become a standard feature of truck con-struction in the future. These cabs are fitted with win-dows all around, so as to allow the driver free vision inall directions, and they enable him to operate his truckin comfort in all kinds of weather. Provision is made toopen practically all of these windows in mild weather, andthe driver therefore need never be without fresh is now customary to mount the headlights inside the. Rear view of Moline speed truck chassis cab, against the rear side of the dash. This has the ad-vantage that the lamps throw some light through a sidelense on the dash, making it easier for the operator toread his instruments in the dark, and in the case ofkerosene lamps, which are most generally used, there isno danger of the lamps blowing out in stormy addition to complete trucks and chassis, there wereshown a number of trailers and truck bodies, as well asseveral exhibits of truck parts and accessories. Promi-nent among the latter were traction devices and chassislubricating means. A Winter Truck Cab WITH the increase in long distance hauling and truck-ing, and realization of the need of weatherproofcabs in winter time, these units are rapidly being devel-oped. The Acme Motor Truck Co. has just brought out astandard winter cab which can be furnished on all of itsmodels. It is so designed as to preserve the lines of the
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