Show Y to 2 1 II x Y r. r rII r J V S r i THE iSALT LAKE OVERLOADING TRUCK IS A K F-K THESE WAR AR TEMES By By W. W H. H White Manager Intermountain mountain Motorcar Company Company Com Corn pany Kissel KIsse Agents Motor truck owners and drivers In helping to relieve tI the e railroads of ot short hauls hauls' by employing trucks for freighting purposes purposes are apt to overload them In their enthusiasm and desire to haul as many tons per load as all possible The promptness with which Intercity and Interstate motor truck transportation tion companies return loads bureaus etc were formed 1 Is hi proof of ot Americas America's truck owners' owners and drivers' drivers patriotism It be estimated at this tim time how many hundreds ot thousands of-thousands of tons of goods motor truck owners have helped the railroads t to move but that the amount is considerable can be proven in inmost inmost inmost most every city where the motor truck has teen Leen brought into int play for this pur pur- pose But with the growing scarcity of at help in garages due to the he mobilization of the country's mechanics and expert automobile automobile au au- automobile au- au men to keep the governments government's trucks and service stations going full rull speed it has now become just as patriotic patriotic patriotic pa pa- for tor owners to k keep lep ep theirs trucks out of at repair shops by not overloading them as to keep them in constant service ser ser- ser ser- vice vico Overloading a motor truck not only re results results results re- re in excessive strains and a greatly accelerated rate of ot depreciation but In unnecessary high maintenance cost Overloading affects frame springs Wheels axles tires power plant and even the driving mechanism mechanism and and while the truck i Is designed with a certain factor factor fac tac- fac- fac tor of ot safety this this' factor was Intended merely for tor emergencies and not for continuous continuous con con- and continual abuser abuse Overloading means motor truck suicide While Whilo It is true that the fatigue of steel Is much slower than that of flesh tissues the fatigue is there just the same The first bad effect on the motor truck from overloading is that the springs are forced down to a flattened position This practice if it kept up reduces their flexibility resulting in th the springs losing losIng losing los los- los los- ing their life lite and becoming Inactive like a solid soUd bar of at steel or Iron Greater tire wear is is' is another result of ot ov overloading The h heavier the load the harder the tires Ures are forced agal against st tIe the road or pavement causing greater friction friction fric file tion and wear Truck tires are guaranteed guaranteed guaran guaran- teed for so many miles The Te tire manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- base their guaranteed mileage on the fixed weight a a. certain size tire is built to carry Thus a Use tite that Is carrying carrying carrying car car- an overload cannot possess the mileage of the tire which is carrying the We rated loa load Overloading the truck Is equivalent to ta overloading the motor because the motor Is designed to produce power equivalent to ta the performance of at the truck with a normal load This shoW plainly that If the truck is overloaded more gear shifting shifting shifting shift shift- ing and slower speed as well as higher gasoline consumption must be bo expected I For example the truck with a rated ca capacity capacity ca- ca of ot five tons tOne has we will say a motor of ot a size necessary to take this truck with a ton five load up a 6 per percent percent i cent grade without shifting gears If It I 2090 additional pounds were added shiftIng shifting shift shift- I ing gears gealS would be necessary to make the same grade or It might only make a al 4 per cent t grade without th S shifting g gears I l And efi i if cr is the same way on the level i road A A. truck that Is built to ta carry a rated oad load at say fifteen miles per hour woUld wo be able abie to move 9 an overload at at probably no greater speed than ten to twelve miles an hour With the axles wear axles wear and greater re resistance resistance resistance re- re caused by excess weight forces the wheels Into the ground When the power is turned on the differential gears are subjected to greater stress to move the excess weight Thus we can see that when the load is too far In excess the driving effort on the axles will also be excessive With the fr frame fIame me built to ho hold d a certain tonnage an overload is IB bound to ta cause a deflection each time it is so overloaded If It tho the elastic limit Is overstepped continually continually continually con con- the frame will frame-will will eventually break It must not be forgotten that the motor truck Is built to perform a certain service the same as any other common carrier I was recently talking with a driver ot of a II motor truck which I knew had been in commission for tor a considerable ble number of ot years I asked th the driver how it was that the truck was in such good condition and he answered Because Because Be De cause it has never b been n overloaded I make It a point at all times to see th that t tit It does not carry more than Its rated capacity I have driven trucks that have been overloaded and I could not get et any any- I I thing out of f them They were alwa always in in I the repair shop and nd when they were In commission I was continually forced to should shift gears on an grades grades' that they have hav taken on high with ease I had tobe tobe to tobe be in rounding corners for fear that a sudden jolt or slight shift shifting ng of ot weight would prove the breaking point to the axles o ot frame I was never sure of ot reaching my destination without having to stop and tighten up the b bolts and Instead of ot getting ten or twelve miles an hour on ol ola a gallon of ot gas a as I should have I was lucky if it I got four tour or five While I am m on the subject I want to state that there Is Just as much science In loading a truck as there Is In loadIng loading load- load Ing log a. a a freight car A good many owners do not appreciate the fact tact that If It a truck Is not evenly loaded loaded loaded-by by that I 1 mean the i weight evenly enly distributed they distributed they are subjecting subjecting sub sub- subI I certain parts to the same stress and strain a as If the truck was carrying an overload when in reality It might be carrying only half of ot its rated capacity In loading a truck I always ascertain If It possible Just what articles are ached sched scheduled tiled to go on the on-the the approximate Individual weight the size and shape and whether they are boxed or loose By knowing this beforehand in loading my truck Ican Ican I Ican can arrange the goods so so that when entirely entirely en en- entirely en- en loaded there Is a a a. minimum amount of at waste space space- between the different cases This not only produces an evenly distributed weight but makes the load more compact and less liable to ta slide elide about while In transit If It truck drivers would use judgment t In loading and Insist on not overloading their trucks would not prematurely wear out better tire gasoline and oil mileage would be secured secured more more dependable service service ser ser ser- vice of ot the trucks would result which would insure owners meeting shipping and express schedules more easily and with a great deal del more certainty Truck is another habit easy to ta acquire which results In excessive excessive sive strains and a a greatly accelerated rate of depreciation The advantages of at motor truck haulage over horses are not only a matter of ot speed but rather the tho gain accruing from constant operation In all sorts of weather at any time of ot the day or night Upkeep and depreciation are serious items to the truck owner and the relation relation relation rela rela- tion between efficiency and speed Is of equally vital Importance That's why the of heavily loaded trucks in rough and tumble fashion Is every bit as aslan dangerous lan enous as truck truel overloading |