Public works . eing tilted m tliat direction as the cube re-volves. 1 he illustration shows a small cube in thetilted position with the driving pinion and ring gearin mebh. Highway Maintenance Truck forKern County By Charles W. Geiger Carries very complete equipment forroad maintenance work. The accompanying photos show a novel highwaymaintenance truck recently placed in operation bythe Board of Supervisors of Kern county, Calif.,for general road maintenance and other highwaywork on road district No. 4. Stanley Able, chairman of the Board of Super-visors of Kern county, was partly responsible
Public works . eing tilted m tliat direction as the cube re-volves. 1 he illustration shows a small cube in thetilted position with the driving pinion and ring gearin mebh. Highway Maintenance Truck forKern County By Charles W. Geiger Carries very complete equipment forroad maintenance work. The accompanying photos show a novel highwaymaintenance truck recently placed in operation bythe Board of Supervisors of Kern county, Calif.,for general road maintenance and other highwaywork on road district No. 4. Stanley Able, chairman of the Board of Super-visors of Kern county, was partly responsible forthe development of this idea, which was developedand the truck designed and built by the FageolMotors Company of Oakland, Calif. Following is adescription of the equipment: Chassis: Fageol heavy duty, fitted with 4-cylinder,4^ in. motor, S. A. E. rating H. P., actual45 H. P. at 1,000 Equipment: (1) Cab, windshield, and storm curtains;(2) air compressor Rix. 6 in. twin cylinder, oper-. CUBE MDCER TILTED FOR DUMPING. AirxIXG AXD PLACING CONCRETE. March 4, 1922 PUR Lie WORKS 159 ated by belt from forward driveshaft, capacity 80-cu. ft. perminute; (3) large air receiverfitted with safety valve, gauge,hose connection; (4) 200 feet hose and connections; (5)combination material bins, capacity1,1X10 lbs. cement, 1 cu. yd. sand,2 cu. yds. gravel or rock, gravityfeed from all bins, controlled byhand operated gates, to mixingaprori; (6) water tank, gallons, contents can be with-drawn by gravity or under pres-sure; (7) rotary concrete by shaft fromtransmission; (8) centrifugalpump with self-priming device andsuction hose for filling water tankfrom wells, rivers, etc.—this canalso be used to good advantage inpumping out caissons in sewer orbridge construction, relievingflooded highways, and for otheruses; (9) draw bar hauling trailers; (10) power driven nigger-head winch; (11) tar or road oil heatingt
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