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Show Pulling Trucks Out of Mud Holes Made Easy On a job in Central America, where a number of self-dumping trucks were used, some of the drivers have a novel and effective method of getting themselves them-selves out of mud holes. They merely let the power of the hoist of the truck do the work. The dump body overhangs over-hangs the rear point of support so that when the front part of tha body Novel Method of Raising Self-Dumping Trucks Out of MuH Holes. is raised for dumping, the rear end goes downward. Taking advantage of this, the drivers put timber struts under the body as indicated In the tirawing. The body, bearing down on the struts, thrusts the wheels out 3f the mud, permitting the drivers to lay planks under them. R. C. Hardman, San Jose, Costa Rica, in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. |