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Show Overloading Is Harmful to All Trucks and Tires j Here Is how a practical tire man ex- ' plained why overloading a truck Is a fault for which the owner or operator gives up profit. Say the full pack of a soldier on the ; march yeighs 40 pounds, the day's I march is about ?,0 miles. Carrying 40 pounds this distance equals 1.2iK? j pound-miles of work. 1 Now suppose the sohihT was given j a GO-pound pack. To do the same amount of pound-miles of work he need travel only 20 miles. j Eut It is doubtful if he could enrrj i such a load when 40 poun' had al ' ready been proved to be Ms limit. It is just this way with truck tins Properly loaded, they v. ill do their Job i well. Overloaded. Ho y s :on break ' down. |