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Show Six-Wheel Truck Saves Paving Along Highways One of the greatest factors In minimizing mini-mizing highway damage under heavy loads during the last two years has been the development of the six-wheel truck. According to the results of tests made by the United States bureau bu-reau of roads the Impact which is the determining factor In road destruction de-struction of a six-ton, six-wheel truck, is less than that caused by a two-ton four-wheel truck under similar sim-ilar conditions. "Three and one-half years ago," says the head of a truck-making concern, con-cern, "there were but two manufacturers manufac-turers of six-wheel units who were actually marketing six-wheel trucks and busses. Since then the number has Increased to nearly a dozen in the United States, and at least twenty-five twenty-five of the leading truck manufacturers manufactur-ers in Europe are producing six-wheel six-wheel equipment." |