Engineering and Contracting . iles of as streets as are to be found innearly any city. Another great advantage of the motor truck to the re-tailer is that he not only can supply his customers more •From a paper by W. Howard Clapp, Pasadena, in the OctoberJournal of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 344 (juickly, but also because of the greater mileage rangehis territory is increased to about eight times what hecould serve with a horse. Costs of Gasoline 1 gives curves of cost, weight and horsepower(average values) for all classes of gasoline trucks aslist
Engineering and Contracting . iles of as streets as are to be found innearly any city. Another great advantage of the motor truck to the re-tailer is that he not only can supply his customers more •From a paper by W. Howard Clapp, Pasadena, in the OctoberJournal of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 344 (juickly, but also because of the greater mileage rangehis territory is increased to about eight times what hecould serve with a horse. Costs of Gasoline 1 gives curves of cost, weight and horsepower(average values) for all classes of gasoline trucks aslisted by publishers of motor truck publications. Thenoticeable feature of these curves is the sudden breakof each for the lighter trucks of less than 1 ton show that the demand for a light truck has beenmet by making a vehicle which is much lighter for therated load than the heavier trucks. This is possible be-cause of the higher engine speed, a more simple finaldrive, torque and thrust taken through the vehicle. Fig. Z l\ 3 3a 1 4-; 5 TrjckCapaci+y in Tons1—Averages from All Classes of Gasoline Motor Trucks springs, and by the generous use of special alloys andheat-treated steels. The curves suggest that these trucksare too light for the load that they are rated to this is true is abundantly proved by the records ofmany light trucks, which show that the average life of alight delivery truck is about 35,000 miles, whereas theheavier trucks when properly driven and cared for can bedepended upon to give 80,000 to 100,000 miles, or evenmore for the better grade of trucks, if they are carefullydriven and ordinary maintenance is kept up. It wouldseem that there is a real field for a more serviceablelight truck whicii will at a little greater cost give enoughlower depreciation and maintenance to be a profitable in-vestment. That there is a real field for such a truck not only forcity service but also for use throughout the country isshown by the report of t
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