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قراءة كتاب Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12

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دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

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BY
Frederick Malcolm Knapp
Student in the College of Forestry,
University of Washington.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE UNIVERSITY
APRIL, 1921

Entered as second class matter, at Seattle, under the Act of July 16, 1894.

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INTRODUCTION		5

HISTORY OF TRUCK LOGGING		5
	First use of motor truck in logging—Development of logging trailer—Possibilities in the use of motor trucks.

TRANSPORTATION OF LOGS—RAILROADS VERSUS MOTOR TRUCKS		7
	Comparative advantages and uses of motor trucks and railroads—Relative cost of road construction—Advantage of flexibility of motor trucks.

COSTS		8
	Operating costs of a typical 5-ton truck—Actual cash outlay—Total expense—Variable charges—Recapitulation of work performed.

ROLLING STOCK EQUIPMENT		10
	Rigid versus flexible truck bodies—Chain drive versus worm drive—Weight of trucks—Speed—Depreciation.

INSURANCE		14
	Fire and theft insurance—Collision insurance—Liability insurance—Property damage insurance.

TRUCK EQUIPMENT		14
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