Moreland Six-Wheeler In Use In the North

Moreland six-wheel trucks are rapidly being adopted in the west. Recently they made their appearance in the state of Washington where they were acclaimed bv truck operators. In this age of keen competition, what satisfied truck operators a year ago, is not good enough today. Today's buyers are more critical and are better educated in truck requirements and truck operation than ever before. Mere statements of salesmen as to truck economy and performance have no weight-positive proofs are demanded.

Some extraordinary tests were made with three Moreland six-wheelers in San Francisco a few weeks ago, which were witnessed by a score of the most prominent engineers of Northern California.

Last week, Spokane saw the arrival of Moreland sixwheel trucks and has been astounded by their extraordinary pulling and braking powers. In the north, rains are more plentiful and during the rainy season, roads and the subsoil are waterlogged and a heavy load on one wheel can do considerable damage. This is the reason highway engineers condemn the ordinary four-wheel truck for he-avy duty work. Even with the limitation ol 22,0N lbs. on four wheels, the load on each rear wheel may occasionally reach 8500 or 9000 lbs. and this, in many cases, is sufficient to damage the road.

The Moreland six-wheel truck, with its balanced dual drive rear axle, ofiers great advantages over four-wheelers, for under a gross load of 34,000 pounds the weight 9n ln_y one wheel cannot exceed 7000 lbs. This is due to the balanced axle construction which divides the load on the rear wheels under all conditions of service.

Adopting the heavy duty truck- for the transportation of merchandise and goods to great distances demands extraordinary braking ability, in order to stop the truck on the steepest hills or in skiddy weather.

The ordinary two-wheel brakes provided on four-wheel trucks, have been found inadequate for heavy duty work.

The Moreland six-wheel truck is equipped with four rear wheel brakes which have proven their positive action on grades ol 26 per cent under full load, and in wet weather. - When a heivy load is propelled by two driving wheels a great deal of slippage occurs because the entire torque must 5e furnished by two wheels and when one wheel loses traction it begins to spin, hence the comparatively short life of rubber tires for heavY dutv work.

In the Moreland six-wheel construction, with its four driving wheels, the balanced axle automatically balances