Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-16 | Page 8 | Miles per Gallon on Various Roads

I MILES PER GALLON ON VARIOUS ROADS I Motor vehicle owners are Interested Interest-ed In the problem of pavement trac- ( tion In tests recently made five two- ton trucks carrying a full load, averaged aver-aged 11.78 mile per gallon of fuel over a concrete road and 5.78 miles per gallon on earth road in aver-ftgro aver-ftgro condition. Other roads showed the following: resistances to traction In terms of miles per Rallon: Fair gravel .7.19 miles per gallon Good gravel .9.39 miles por gallon Fair bituminous macadam ... 9.4 8 mileipirfl Fair brick 3 88 milts ptr Oopd brick . 11.44 miles ptrH Concrete 1178 miles nn 1 I