Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-24 | Page 32 | Success of Tractor for Canyon Hauling of Ore Demonstrated

I SUCCESS OF TRACTOR FOR CANYON HAUliNG OF ORE DEMONSTRATED Until tho the recent heM heavy 3 the tho temporarily blocked the tho canyon non Cardiff has hns been moving about tons smelter dally daily of at ore to the Murray urr Relative to tho work of ot tho tractors actorS ciOTa In Big Dig Cottonwood canyon canon the following tol- tol lowinG account Is given synopsis of ot the thel re result results ro- ro Following Is a Tho The demonstrations sult uIt of at eleven consisted of at ono model 36 86 equipment ore oro body hody with ton five Knox tractor trailers ton five Troy two and equipped with regular aPparatus ap ap- ap bearings and 6 ob by Dj roller from On the thc do down n trip Inch 7 tires the mines the trailers were ore practicallY b the tho brakes on always held back by the tho grades In many places tho tractor Traffic IG 16 cent arc as steep as per pcr interfered with In an any manner man man- never was the account ot of the tho tact fact that ncr ner on a athe athe as ns easily aUy Knox tractor could pass The tractor the ordinary fourteen tour four with steel wheels i was equipped fitted Inches wide which were teen with diagonal onal cleats Atter the eleven and down the tho canyon no AP- AP trips up noticeable on tho wear was were fire the Demonstrations tires Some of ot rainstorms r and no made macic during luring hea heavy difficulty diffiCUlty in negotiating the trip was encountered at any time haul hauled cd i The total tonnage of at ore oro during those thise elevon eleven demonstrations was wa coal conI was as and although pounds not taken back bael on over every return trip pounds of ot coal was vas a 0 total of ot hauled back from the valley alle up to the mines Tho The amount of coal hauled per I Sp trip ranges rang from GOO to pounds of at consumption An n average gas as gallons per round trip was twenty one ijas consumPtion consumption consumption registered and the road trip Two tion of ot oil oU era a averaged ed two quarts twenty four trips were made malIc every down hours the tho average e time coming coining being three and half One hours and returning four foUt and ono one hours which with allowing one hour for loadIng loading load load- Ing and unloading gave o a three hours horns for tor oiling taking on ga gas baR and inspectIng inspecting inspect inspect- ing the machine No repairs of an any the eleen cleven cleven clev- clev nature were ne necessary during each en trips Tho The distance covered on trip down included nine pine miles In the canyon proper and seven miles across the alIo valley which included one ono very steep hill The radiator showed signs of ot boiling at no stage st of at the tion Considering Considering- that a a. rise of or feet is negotiated In this trip of at sixteen sixteen sixteen six six- teen miles seven of or which are arc across tho valley the tho fact act that tho the radiator did not overheat o is even more moro remark remark- ablo able Their records show an nn average oraSe of ot twenty tons of ot ore per tractor each cach trip and that the schedule of ot tho the trips tripe does not vary seven seen minutes