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Show NASH QUADS MAKE 11EH.SEC01S Cost of Operation With Nash Trucks Low as Compared With Horse Vehicles Interesting figures reflecting credit on the dependability of tho Nash Quad are disclosed In official records of the Cass county road commission, Cassop-olis, Cassop-olis, Mich., according to N. C. McCon-noll McCon-noll of the Pacific Nash Motor company. com-pany. Contrast between tho use of motor trucks and horse drawn vehicles In the work of road building Is made In the annual report of the road commission. commis-sion. The figures show that truck hauling on tho Wayne road Is done at i a total expense of 22 cents per yard , mile, while, the commission points out, the same work. If done by horsc-j horsc-j drawn vehicle?, would have approxi-I approxi-I mated fi2 cents per yard mile. Thn report nf the road commission, referring to six Nash Quads In service 1 on tho roads of Cass county, In part, ! Is .-fo follows: "In accordance with the authority J granted by the board of supervisors ' for the purchase of a suitable truck, , the commission selected and purchased pur-chased one two-ton truck, which war.1, delivered and placed in service early . in the spring. The results were so i satisfactory that two more were purchased, pur-chased, and later three similar trucks were received from the state highway I department. These trucks have all been in service on the Wayne road. "As the haul on this road 3 very long, it is a good place to test the ad- vantages of truck hauling. No team hauling was done. The work cards as . returned Jjy the drivers how-that the truck Tiauled J.36S yards of gra el to , the Wayne.. road. The totaT mncagc , wrtii j.i.io iiiiiuh. uasoiiuo useu wasi 2.601 gallons at a cost of 5G73.50. The ! oil used was 600 quarts, which cost $G0. The total cost for driver's wages , was ?832J7o. She average haul was ' about se en miles. ' Taking the above figures as a bali I the cost ner yard mile would be 16. G j cents for operating expenses, while rc-i rc-i pairs and replacements would cost 5.4 j cents per yard mile, or a total operat-j operat-j ing and repair expense of 22 cents per i yard mile. j Compared with truck hauling on this same job, with team hauling. It would cost about as follows: Tho av-i av-i crage distance being seven mile3, tho round trip would be fourteen miles, i As two trips would be out of the I question, this would represent a day's work, which could not be obtained fori less than $6,50. Un a yard mile basis' , the cost would have to bo 62 cents toj enable a team to earn J6.50 per day' hauling the above distance. Our o-j perlence has been that on hauls of less than one mile the difference in cost' between Uruck and team hauling is1 not very great. But cheap hauling is I not the only advantage of mechanical hauling. Trucks thrive in hot weather, weath-er, and there Is no falling off In work on that Recount. They also will work as many hours per day as necessary. "Only ono tire has failed the pi.u season, and as the makers acknowledged acknowl-edged Ii to be defective, an adjustment adjust-ment was arrived at with trifling expense. ex-pense. The trucks are now being cleaned and overhauled, and beyond the replacements of some small parts are found to be in splendid condition." condi-tion." i |