Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-28 | Page 36 | Dump Body Made for Ford Truck

BliSIP HID! H Ffla FDRDTRUGK Alkire-Smith Gets the First Consignment to Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Territory. The first shipment of Hercules dump j bodies fi.r mounting on the Ford model I T on..--ton truck has just been received .by the Alk ire-Smith Auto company, Utah's oidest Ford agents and state distributors dis-tributors of the Hercules commercial bodies. One of these dump bodies mounted mount-ed on a one-ton chassis is now on display vt thu Alkire-Smith Auto company's j quarters. When combined v;iih one of, the d;;mp bodies the Ford ton-truck chassis makes an ideal delivery vehicle :"or ha.;':::? coal, ra:n or other bulky material, ma-terial, a sordini? to R. J. Froiseth, general gen-eral ir.: i.a-jer of the rompany. I In (i-.-. ri.'iii'? t lie Ford ton-tnu-k and ! du:.:p : -ji.y, ..it-. Fruisctn had the luhowing i to s.iy: "V... ;.r::ck with Vo ly has a enpacity of in : i", v-t iir.-e i-u.-h.'jiy of - oe Kr;un or t won;; -f.v- bushels of lump coai. T;:e ! lo i r: a ; e v : i i U of t : : e b j d y is SI 5 pou:u..-'. wrbeh. a iued to l-iTiO Jo;mus for . j ;iie w.--:j'it rf I'-ie chassis, mak-.-s a coin- ! bjned v. r-i'ht or ra-ariy pounds. Tne ' ody i.ira'ir--.-' forty-three inches in w i d i h by s v 1 o i n e h s in i e n ?i h , and b.-iubit of the par.eis measures ei?.:t-, -n and one-half incbe3. "Tbo i n,;y is s;ro:".-:y ironed together r-nd i- r.:op..-rly l.-alanod for easy aump-inu'. aump-inu'. v.b.i' h is arvompdshed by rnenns of a tl.'ind rd !uind iioit. "Ti" f f:'l -b-nr-y and re'iabjlity 0f T.he Ford mn-trurk i- evident from its stead- .-?. :. li.is : iid n'; :n.---? 1 1 1 i i i r ::..! ; h -r.'.e' --aLb.-,- its unji.t raPt-it-i! --r;. t-.-):.o:i.y in bot.i t.:c thLy and " T i j i-'.e-d mnb T one-tnn tna-k hat i .e u in s. rv: -e of ti - r.;-t'.iar Ford ' . . r . i - y i - ' - ; m y i s ; r e n -1 n i : i the -.i:iss s j-'-'d its iend.d aiiiii.iunm 1 ;rnn j v r.rm fi-iv-i. T f:in:rUri p..v ,-r piant, t n - r .-.-ms Ford n:b-i T niMor that :s :.:..: m.-.i-u than .".C-,., i-v,i-, t cars r--. -rv rl-.v. i tlK- r"-vr (r.H rir r.f ton- truck, thus assuring simplicity and ease in control, with economy in fuel consumption con-sumption and the minimum of expense in upkeep or maintenance. "The truck chassis is made lieht in weight without sacrificing strength through the use of the celebrated Vanadium Va-nadium steel. The complete chassis weifihs but 1450 pounds, and, as the re sult of this litrht weitrht, tho L ratio of power is delivered tc Vp wheels. At the same time th tire expenses are reduced, am of control through the stearin insured. One f aturo not ti siL-ht of In the selection of a c vehicle is the fact that this be turned in a 40-foot circle." 'JV