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Show HOW REPUBLIC TRUCK FITS BMESS NEEDS Dispatch Model Among the Most Popular Types, Says Manager Duncan. A large volume of sales of Eepublic trucks in the local territory is evidence of the increasing popularity this truck is enjoying throughout the country, according ac-cording to Manager Duncan of the Ean-dall-Eopublic company. That the Eepublic type of truck is exactly suited to the needs of most businesses is shown by the demand which is keeping the builders of these ; trucks working night and day on ca- ! pacity output. In the field where trucks of limited capacity are found deliberately overload a small truck. So, for the owner of a oue-ton truck it is well to keep this drawbar pull m mind, for it makes possible the use of the trailer and an elastic, changing motor mo-tor equipment that means efficient, handling of the work at greatly reduced re-duced operating cost." most useful, the drawbar pull feature of the Republic, which permits of its capacity being greatly increased by the addition of a trailer, is scoring a great success, according to Mr. Duncan, and is one of the reasons why Republics are outstripping rivals in sales. The "Dispatch model" is one of the most popular Republics. Among the latest purchasers of this type are R. L. Housted and N. A. Nelson, Salt Lake fruit and produce dealers, who last week purchased one of the dispatch models from the Randall-Republic company. com-pany. "The drawbar pull of the Republic one-ton truck is such that in addition to carrving its own capacity load it will ca'sily haul over ordinary good roads on a well-built trailer a load four times heavier." said Mr. Duncan 'In other words, the drawbar pull of a oue-ton Republic enables its owner to handle a five-ton load instead of a one-ton load simply by adding a good trailer to his equipment. The man who fails to recognize this principle often burs heavier equipment just to be sure of being able to handlo occasional occa-sional heavy loads. "To get the greatest value from any motor truck equipment, it must be suited to a constant day-m-and-day-out i haulage problem. It is obviously an inefficient, wasteful plan of things to run a big truck in ten trips when its : n nnK' t WO nf tllOSP |