Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-21 | Page 51 | Questions and Answers on Truck Operation

. . f I Questions and Answers I on Track Operation . 'o aro going to buy a one-ton truck and want some udvic.i regarding the running of il. This truck will have to carry ;'.(H) pounds three times a week in two directions, making total for I1' miles. Tho roads are ordinary country roads. Do you think this overloading is Ruing lo damage tho truck.' Wo cannot, can-not, afford a two-ton or a one and a half ton and really sco no n'ed for the larger size, since most, of tho work will call for less than 'one ton. In such case .1 would suggest, a fino-ton fino-ton trailer. Overloading at, any titno is bad for a truck. Ji T have been rending your arlicV-s on truck operation and wish lo ask your opinion on the following: If .1 were to stop my truck every time something is wrong with it 1 don 't. think it, would run nioro than one hour a dav. F am speaking of smaller matters. nYoently, for example, a wrist pin developed looseness ami would like lo replace the pin, but it. would mean tearing down the motor. Would you run a truck with a loose wrist, pin.' A loose wrist pin is likely to score the cylinder wall nnd then it will cost, you a lot more to have the engine put in shape. You must use iiulgnieitt in laying up a truck, but 1 do not. believe that you would experience anv road troubles if the truck wore looked after adjusted, oiled, etc. once each week and also for a short tinio at. the end of each dav. YVhat is your experience wit li operating oper-ating trucks that, tire no longer manufactured? manu-factured? I !,ae two such trucks and they aro in fairly good shape, and though 1 have an opportunity to sell I would have to sell al a very low price and buv at, a comparatively high price. If the truck is made of standard UU'ts it will pay to keep tho truck. If they have units made by the manufacturer manufac-turer of the truck and the trucks have seen more than tlrve years' service tind are only in fair shape l.would advise selling.