Show II I Ii i I I I I I I I II I i I I I i I I j I j i i I I I i I j TRUCKS TO BE DRIVEN TO SEAPORTS O Oj ATlANTIC OCE Impressive Pageant of Mi tarp V Vehicles chicles to S Sn Sta First of the New Ye e eI I I You have heard frequently in I years of motor car s g of dc de deens era ens comin coming t lo to factories and ov v land by their own power the required for retail sales But the time time-co CO co I ing year commencing with January Januar witness a a. steady unceasing const driveway that will force all past dr ways into insignificance time the drIng dr dring drIng ing overland by their own powe power trucks from factory to sea seabo for shipment to Europe jm You will w see the new heavy n war trucks rated at five tons cap capaci CI CIal al all t twins every wins every o one e alike possibly alike possibly fn fit f ii with parts carrying four drivers ea rea time the first war trucks truck first first to lo bear the name of 1 V r S. S A A. A Ie Jn ing the assembly plants in the time Mid MidWest MidWest West Vest driving by bv the their heir own n power t toT points of embarkation ion tl m As a great horde B. B traveling over ju of roads these trucks truck will co coto coto to their destinations destination leaving their tories lories singly or In small convoys Ing lag at seaboard points in hundred thousands b beginning as OOOO uniting units unit er eras lag ing as a gigantic army arm of transports REASONS FOR I This vast plan now ow co coma e plated by General Chaunc y B. B B Bk k kI chief of embarkation quart rma tE corps In collaboration with the time truck production board and the high tran transport port committee of fhe ulie national defense defensO includes many porn pOil advantages and aims particularly t ta ta a Save Rave freight tonnage b bj Supplement railroads I c Train military truck truel d ci Mentally visualize the tilt tru true s the public e C Develop military ts s. s 0 f Test each and every trucK trues A freight car has a capacity fo fo foil of the new trucks The h toe fore for saves the use of 1000 fr ir which means mean that 1000 freight cars Lw capacity for forty tons ton faeh or GO GOi tons In all will b be ree iree to haul Oil 1 necessary war wai supplies The trucks with capacio oi J t lre t each may mav themselves baud 11 full cull loa s sI necessary repair pai puts paris is and po ot supplies manufactured tn in the same ame am t tI where the time trucks are aie a a iJo o I load of tons a sav saving ing of t I cars Thus Tims between the time uSe u of t th tor pow power r and the utilization of or 1 hauling capacities a total saving saying v 9 tons will be effected which ir 1 I release of ot j 20 fi eight freight cars ears for toO I 1 purposes I ST Ml BC Bt GOOD DRIVER j j The new truel trucks 40 co I posed of man many units ot tures ture manufactured in different plan J 1 I are strange stange to all truck drivers IK 1 I military truck driver must musi be able abl I handle his imis truck as if n Jl w were re a I car He must be familiar with maimI mn maim I repair work adjustments rit I I unloading lie He must be sufficiently I with his truck to be able ably 1 I handle it in crowded cn ci street streel B I strange unlighted roads loads and und I and any condItions that i-an i arise I the drivers taking turns at I time the he I guiding the trucks through the of the tIme United States over oyer moun tal through cities over good roads will vill seure ure an that willi I le Ie for selvi service e OM aci-OM the time ocean tim l time the farmei al seeing ei r i hi him t tacks t hauling II supplies li of mil and amid the manufacturer watt wati lug lag wit Intel Interest est the time transport of 80 lP t tons of spare spare parts and other war nee ne I I will have hac brought home to them c cI ce I eisel and tangibly the time value alue of tor truck and the vast field of t tr i l I for which it is a adapted an andi i yet vet unused I ROADS NEED REPAIR I Our OUI roads in jim man se ons ions ar are I gently in need of repair Maintenance many man highways s 's has been C I construct war department urging the time of the s has been obliged tOi toll tol vote efforts to man directions and anar 1 roads have suffered buffered as a result iT l 1 lI I calling upon he ime facilities i aid of the highway transport commit I will also thereby include the comp compi cooperation of the highway I of er e every state through which tI time the e true truc I will travel In fact experimental pa aI I finders already engaged In this wo vo I are under the time observation of the tIme camittee co ca and the time road commissioners the result will be a 9 network of 01 f ranging from the Middle Wi Wito to lo the time Kastern seaboard that I worthy of the tue name and possibly el elany equal any roads o on e earth S I anTh Time The 01 last t of f time the lt advantages en I the time testing of tut ever every truck isA Our trucks I of extreme importance Our I service will wilt operate more mor I war H miles from the time place of I They will of course couise be close to estaI est eats repair base baSes and assembly plan I I but the they will to he most I I valuable have to leave our Iho shOre e nearly as possible And thiS suit can caim be attained by i I ough tests in this country countr 6 j jI I a as ac the tests which will V 1 I I Continued on page 3 I TRUCKS I Continued from Crom page 2 2 I In the when all an adjustments and Imperfections can be readily detected de de- and corrected TRUCKS NEARLY PERFECT The first sample trucks s have been subject subject sub sub- jest to grinding grilling tests and found Cound almost perfect with exception only of several minor parts And It Is likely the trucks will be found Cound fit with the exception of oC minor details of oC error that will follow the speedy assembly work of the various assembly plants and plants and it Is such troubles as these that will lie be e quickly emphasized in the overland drive- drive away aYt The IInes lines of ot travel have not yet been completely worked out and cannot be I until the assembly makers makers' contracts are awarded but the general plan now contemplated contemplated contemplated con con- includes the use of or many feeder traffic lines Unes operating from north and south to the main arteries of travel which will probably include the Lincoln highway highway highway high high- way and one or two parallel lines Unes In all probability the contracts will be awarded to makers In Detroit Kenosha and Clintonville Wis Nis Indianapolis Toe Toledo To To- ledo e Lima Llma Dayton Cleveland a Buffalo Jo Cf and Pittsburg and shipments IP will h be from Atlantic ports Various routes mutes will be used for Cor the truck highways and will Include about 2000 miles o of roads oads In all According to information gathered by the highway transportation committee 7 per perI percent percent cent of oC these roads will require complete I construction and 50 per percent H cent more will have to be repaired while all the high high- wave contemplated will demand constant and rigid maintenance to Insure efficient l operation Bridges BridgeR on these those roads are lire areto to be e surveyed ed und and Inspected by bridge I engineers of the different states and In Inmany Inmany inmany many instances will have to be rebuilt i and repaired to stand the heavy strain of oC the thousands of ot loaded trucks Mo Mo Motor tor Age |