Show WHITE TRUCKS HELP SA SAVE VE HAULAGE COSTS B By expert d demonstration and constructive constructive con con- comment the White While Motors company compan Is making its display at the thc auto show aho generally educational Jn In its nature The Thc following comment of or the them m manager B. B W W. Mendenhall V. V is typical of oC the kind of or disinterested discussion that may mn be heard daily dally at the White booth hooth The Thc he most shortsighted economy in which the truck owner can engage Is that of ot saving In Sn today's costs of ot transportation transportation transportation trans trans- b by overloading his truck A A motor truck is Ss built bunt to carry rn a a. rated load Its component parts are manufactured with that load in view Reputable builders provide a margin of or strength th above aboe that required for the trucks truck's capacity to guard euard against stress an and strain due duo to unusual road condl i lions This is emer emergency enc strength only It it Is the capital stock of or the truck truck- and Is not mot to bo be u used ed to pay dividends In operating To 10 diminish this emergency emergency emer emer- g-en g gency reserve by constant use Is as foolish as to tear down ones one's house to iced feed this winters winter's furnace I In using trucks for the first time owners ma may be bo excused in falling into I tho the error of or overloading They have I been heen used to horses Serious overloads I II in hort horse o hauling are arc automatically pre pre- I vented A willing horse will haul just PO so much then flesh and bone rebel But nut a motor truck is Inarticulate It does docs not protest and for a time may be he made matle to carr carry considerably more than its rated load Seeing the Immediate dollars to be bo made malIc by replacing the contemplated num number er of or loads owners are arc sometimes blinded to ultimate cost and for tor a time profits pile up Then after atter near a n. year ear or two t when the truck if It prop prop- erly orly used should be at its maximum efficiency ef ef- it sudden suddenly I begins to disintegrate 1 grate Strained beyond its resistive power b by constant overloading It goes oes to pieces like the tho historic one hoss shay shay repair repair bills mount da days s 's out of or service cut Into profits The accumulated accumulated earnings shrink then disappear and one day the tho unwise truck owner awakens to tho the fact that he ho has neither truck nor money mone- Tho facts arc are so o o obvious SOUR that they should make overloads practically unknown un un- un- un known and yet et tho abuse continues Trucks go JO to pieces and conscientious manufacturers who scientifically de determine determine de- de termine the ability of or every evory separate part of or the truck to carry Its proportionate proper proper- share of the tho contemplated load are damned for tor a fault entirely beyond their reach and cure What r hat can the tho truck owner do FAu- FAu cato cate truck loaders and drivers cr to load within the trucks truck capacity c. Comm Commend nd proper loading Where hero tru trucks are aro used In a single le service bull build bodies to earn carry capacity loads on only 1 Vel Weigh h loads whore Train operatives operativE's to judge jud e capacity loads b by deflection defection where weighing is impossible When In doubt as ns to tho weight of or a a. load pl play y safe sate These precautions will pa pay In dollars dollars dol dol- lars and cents in long life lire and more satisfactory service |