. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. his equip-ment has been amplified by the addition of modern tractors and truckswith the various attachments adapted to each. Low-bodied, high-speedpower dump trucks, of one to one and on(!-half-ton capacity, now conveythe men to their work, making i)ossible the assignment of some thirty toforty miles of territory to each patrol unit. In comparison betweentrucks of this capacity and those of a heavier type on short hauls suchas usually prevail in maintenance, the differential
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. his equip-ment has been amplified by the addition of modern tractors and truckswith the various attachments adapted to each. Low-bodied, high-speedpower dump trucks, of one to one and on(!-half-ton capacity, now conveythe men to their work, making i)ossible the assignment of some thirty toforty miles of territory to each patrol unit. In comparison betweentrucks of this capacity and those of a heavier type on short hauls suchas usually prevail in maintenance, the differential in load is more thancompensated for in the lower cost of operation, speed in , andease of hand-loading the lower body. Grading of the roadsides and traveled way is now performed bytractors, either wheel or crawler type depending largely on the tractiveconditions encountered, drawing engine steer graders or operated as aunit with grader attachment. Of the crawler type tractors, capacities of approximately two- andfive-ton have to date proved most satisfactory. The comparatively 72 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Shoulder drag on State Highway in Ffo.^ikj cnuniy.
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