Show ROAD I BUILDING MUCH DEPENDS ON HIGHWAYS Leading Manufacturers Have AbolIshed Abolished Abolished Abol Abol- Ton Rating and Are Fitting Trucks to the Job Every farmer tanner knows that a a horses horse's efficiency depends to n a large extent up upon n the roads over o which It hauls bauls For example One horse on a concrete road will pull pun as much as two horses horseson on a macadam highway The same same load on on a n good earth road requires five horses and on loose gravel ten Obviously It Is to the haulers' haulers advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage to have roads permitting the hauling of maximum loads with a minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum of power If It a horse drawing two-ton two loads o o over oer er r city pavements Is sold to a farm- farm I r F WN ry r y Trucks Are Mighty Handy for Hauling HaulIng Haul Haul- Ing Farm Products er the seller does not tell the buyer huyer the horse will haul two tons In the country The farmer knows his conditions and what he can expect In view of the fn fact t that farmers are using an ever Increasing number of It Is interesting to note what a leading transportation authority authority authority au au- au- au recently said about doing this with trucks that is calling them two three four etc ton trucks Obviously It Is as illogical for a manufacturer to label his truck a tw two ton ton hauler as It would be for a horse dealer to say how much mucha a horse would haul Clearly In either case the load which may be transport transported ed ad depends almost entirely m up uJ on conditions condi condu For this reason leading lea manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- have abolished the ton rating ratIng ratIng rat- rat Ing method and are fitting the trucks to the Job A transportation engineer goes over th the haulers hauler's conditions thor thor- All AU his difficulties and adt ad vantages are carefully considered l. l and the proper size unit prescribed Thus a truck formerly rated at two tons may be used for tor a ton four load In the city while In an unusually bad section section sec sec- tion of the country a unit with a larger rated horse power capacity may be necessary If the owner Is to prevent wasteful depreciation In other words manufacturers are taking advantage of the experience gained In horse hauling They realize real ize ire It takes ten horses on loose graveland gravel gra graveland and one on concrete They are sellIng sell sen- Ing lag their transportation accordingly |