Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-05 | Page 7 | Make Close Study of You Truck Says Al Tourssen

I Make fake Close Study of Y Your i Truck Says Saks Pal AI T I Millions of dollars are wasted annually annu- annu ally through the injudicIous choice of trucks according to A E E. I intermountain factory representative of 1 the Oldsmobile company By that I mean saId Mr that the average business man does not make a close enough study ot of the actual hauling conditions that exist In I his business before deciding on what I I type of truck to he buy does not real real- ly analyze his own problems As a result as often as not he secures a truck of the wrong capacity and that spells waste Stand on any business corner foran for tor toran an hour or 01 so and you will discover that this is the literal truth You will notice particularly that a very large percentage ot of the heavy duty trucks are loaded far less than their rated capacity often the load will be less leRs than a quarter of at what the truck is capable of hauling The reason for this Is very often Indicated by the nature nd na ture ot of the load It Is apparent that the owner does sometimes have occasion occasion occa- occa sion to haul capacity loads And It Is equally apparent that in buying the truck he had In mind chiefly these oc oc instances rather than th the da day day- In and out day service the truck would I be called upon to deliver Now Kow suppose he had chosen a truck ot of far smaller capacity ills His average load would cost far less to haul The amount Invested would be less fuel and oil costs would be cut practically in two maintenance Bests would be bevery bevery very much reduced Besides the lighter lightel truck will make malte a great deal better tune time especially it it Is mounted on pneumatic tires hence It will have plenty of time to split the occasional big job in two or even three ha ha ls without inconvenience to anyone Our experience with the Oldsmobile Economy truck which has a rated capacity capacity ca- ca of 1500 to 2000 pounds is demonstrating demonstrating dem- dem every day that the speedy staunch truck ot of relatively small capacity capacity ca- ca Is the logical economical solution solution tion of the average hauling problem I But business houses who put their I II haulage on a purely mathematical basis have learned this lesson and it I will not be long before it is a generally generall I recognized fact