Show TRUCK BUREAU TO AID MD FARMER J Local Dir Director ector of Firestone i Bran Branch h Would Eliminate x of Provisions j Use c of in Izi rural l hauling by bym m motor tor truck Is not so o common as it R 5 Jd be according to tho the Firestone truck hip bureau which believes es th that t tho the trailer would popular IC If the saving saving- In money and time timo it possible were better understood A truck can cOon carry a load up to its own capacity and amI at the same sarno time I pull a n load Joad twice this capacity in trailers trail- trail ers the tho bureau points out It also alao calls attention to tho the fact act that more moro popular popular popular pop pop- ular use uso o ot oC the trailer would result In Inless inless less monO money belD being spent in repairing and rebuilding hard surfaced roads The fact act that a truck operator can triple pLc his load by tho the use of or trailers trailor was ascertained not long IonS ago o by an Il Illinois II- II lumber company after alter careful experimentation and tests said W. W B. B Jenkins director of or tho the lo local l branch of or the Firestone bureau at 31 a W W. Fourth South direct yesterday They found that a a. ton IJ-ton truck carrying c. its own pounds could haul pounds more on a n trailer that a two- two ton ton truck carrying Its own pounds could haul pounds additional additional addi addi- on a trailer and that a five five- ton truck carrying its own pounds could haul an n additional pounds on trailers The use uso of or the tho trailer tr rep represents a a. considerable saving roving in It tho the strain upon menus a lightening of ot Th surface of or roads road This is no tie small thing the theo o days daSo when wo ico O not o only lf are arc agitating for tho construction j oY roads but also are urging tho Conservation conser of at those thos already con con- Tho trailer can earl rave e highways In InA A i. i e tt vt in Tn the thA first place pl A IC o 3 j n U t r-t J j n It Itis is not so IO o hard on road surfaces because It weighs less than Ul a. a truck In Ir the second nd pl place ce It la In not hard bard hardon bardon on road surfaces because having no driving wheels wheel it does not DOt exert any ny traction ert effect t on the surface approxImately approximately A A ton five truck track weighs pounds A ton five-ton trailer weighs only to pound pounds The difference of at course Is 15 due to the fact that the trailer tn has bas neither engine nor driving mechanism rn Since the trailer t to not self pro Its Us wheels make no effort on the tho roads As compared to the suction n necessarily t. t Jy developed bythe bythe by bythe the driving wheel of ot tho the truck the wheel of oC th the trailer produces only a 3 rolling effect It merely meN press down doWD The It does not loosen tho surface fact that rubber tires on trailers yield from two to three times the mileage e of equal sized tires on trucks Is a n. striking striking- proof of ot this rath rather r obvious point 0 i nt Mr Jenkins said that his bureau which offers it its services to shippers and truck operators without charge in promoting all phases of the ship ship-by- truck movement mO is particularly desirous desirous desirous desir desir- ous at this time of ot hearing of or any ony lo locality lo- lo entity allty in which products of at tho truck carden and farm are In danger r of ot be being be- be ing wasted as a a. result rosult of or the lack of ot oft t l transportation ra Ion Those ho know of at rach uch sitsa- sitsa t Mons ions said saM Mr Jenkins aid in promoting tho the interests not net only of or the community c directly affected but Mso IlSO 50 of or tho the country generally by promptly getting In touch me Our central bureau at Akron is as- as such data from all over the tho I with the Intention of ot 1 nc n the way for the advent ad of or tho the moo motor mo trio- I tor or o- truck in such communities |