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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 245, 17 July 1928, Page 13

Ao Entirely few Powered Wide is Here * i'r~ - ’ f £ ; I I ■ . _ ' ■ - ' 1 The Locomotive was the first self-propelle’d vehicle on rails The Automobile was the first self-moving trackless vehicle. The Truck was the first trackless automotive load-moving vehicle. The Tracklaying Tractor was the first powered vehicle that “laid its own moving track” on the road to give greater tractive power. . A New Era in Transportation is Here!! THE BELAY TOUCK is the first and only rubber tired vehicle that« 44 lays an enclosed track” to surmount obstacles and absorb shocks. - CONSIDER what THIS NEW TRANSPORTATION DEVICE ACCOMPLISHES: Ist-It combines the power of thc fracklaying principle, with the Speed and Smoothness of the Automobile. 2nd—-The load is made to furnish power to pull out of difficulties—over obstructions. 3rd-The load actually swings in a powerful steel cradle-safe from every road shock and blow. v. ■ ' signed with any manufac- f & \ ’WW , A * ’ > turer’s name. w| I \ ’ F* ,\i,’ V&k < I fiHi .g, . £1 \ >, ■’ .- but NOW—The Relay “Snr- IS mounting” Action enables L® s I* t X , ’fat. ~ j < the Relay to do things no , '4 W'lßillOrr B ■ other truck will do. » , CONQUERS-AVct, Muddy, or /- X ' > AV , ' Bough Roads. gg| - ", . 1 ; „ SURMOUNTS (he Bumps. z \g . «WKS3»®MKSSf j ' ROCKS out of the hole. ' ..Pin THF FOI T OWING ACCOUNTS OF EYE WITNESSES OF THIS TRUCK’S REMARKABLE ABILITY. REPORT OF DEMONSTRATION WITH MODEL 40-2/3 Ton “COMMERCE RELAY DRIVE” TRUCK, HELD ON 16th JULY, 1928. REPORT 01' DMIOMMKMwn +i, n ri’ l .,wk wi« driven out, iiie Driveshaft was almost There were present—riding on thc Truck which was equipped wi i (o|icll - u , g (he g r O mid, and, in fact, thc rear Universal Joint actually body—the following (chairman, Akitio County Councii, got into the day. E- l Messrs. R. I. ~R , is y ' (c oU nfv Clerk, Akitio County Council); T[ )C “RELAY,” with its load of gravel and humanity aboard, was f O, HFRBFRT* (Pongaroa); J. McLENNAN (Messrs. Trebble mid Co., then driven down to the Railway Reclamation at llionidon,-"’Judi krm i ImnlcmenrMerd.ants Christchurch); W. E. FOSSEY j oo | ie d upon'by the driver of.the conventional tyje ot Ingas a HJnihiinV roirtractor of Martinborough and Wellington); E. H. snare, particularly after the ram experienced last nifeht. lhe RLLAWATTS g E C E WOODLEY, and W. J. COLLINS, of Commerce Motors, however, was driven into day so soft that the rear limited’ F CHRISTENSEN (Foreman-Mechanic, Driving). To come out again appeared only childs plaj to the RLLAY, 11 The’ route was from Commerce Motors, Limited, Service Station. (ruck being driven out under its own power with an c .n we absence of fi4 Taranak Street Wellington, up Taranaki Street, theme up Bid- wheel “spin” (owing to the feature of the drive, the RELAY will well St“et a grade of one Tin seven, into Ohiro Road. The Truck not “spin” its rear wheels). was then backed into the gully at thc foot of Central lark, which is T)ie Truck was then driven up Sar Street, Wadestown, at the back being filled up with clay and street-sweepings for levelhng-oft purposes. of j|w gji yjores. mid although it bad only been assembled and had After the heavy rain of Sunday night the ground was particu- jj rs t rull 011 Friday last, it took thc grade on Second without any lady boggy, pools of water lying in the ruts made by the City Corpora- cfl . ort or s ( ra j n> (ion Carts, thc spot having the general appearance ol « l '» ars '- back to (own the “RELAY” was driven along Waterloo Several gentlemen present expressed . Q U av, one of thc worst roads around Wellington. City for pot-holes, foolish to put the Truck into such a soft plate. Howevci, the Kent l . placed upon the tailboard of the Truck, and due to the sentatives of Commerce Motors. prC 7Z Hut slw cradluig nature of the rear drive, which absorbs all rear-end shocks, similar demonstration on Saturday, 14 h us . «eie sure «« (he po > shlck (hcrc a ll the way home. could come ou . The Truck was the backed m, and nmnediateij „ Commerce Motors, Ltd.’s, premises, thc abovethe Rear Wheelsi became buned up toi the . . “RELAY” mentioned gentlemen to whom the Truck was demonstrated, were When the drner let he Clutch in, the real enu o i profuse in their laudation for the Track’s performance, and on being >;™ g Mi?“.SwSu^^h«",“ s » ;c “* s ’’ M ' s present. ' icieumei. Testimonials: t „ BKCOMMENDATIONS FKOM A paved One of Kelaj" Park at Ohiro"Road? wraington.‘ l ''Tbo Track r:,oi£ i; a , s U A» *”dXr r m: "-7^ oI X U Mn ° O<I,nCBS ° C ri, ' i " fr '<i g ; n o f f JjX, a»4 » there wiih dOHNSTOK.” . - 1110 truck industry .In Great Britain -UELAT’ is ideal for effort. ’•>"<<" T y reß ln f,out ,lnll 6,011d8 nt for a number of years, and m in.v ~ J. v <h '”^ I,e inßrouD d; plenty “(Sgd.) FRANK HERBERT, ,he rear 'o (Sg(J .) J.. MCLENNAN, ‘ hcr o was not ing s penor io lFo,ver> F 0 , ver> and Jlor abH ity io larm^„„^ rnn •• ••Messrs" Frcbble and Co., Hco" , ute tb e O .wa“ Sh Yet tU fail- -mo “™ “ “Christchurch." cd miserably ~ n If track which could do the same work — ■ surmount obstacles. p ."*)® ll ’any . under similar conditions, nnd I reeom- witnessed a demonstration of s and .lu'i'.ibll'i'ty co?t ves and money! mcna anyone buying a Truck to seo 2/s . loll •COMMERCE RELAY’ Motor .. r witnessed a demonsUaUon of ibo will. l mml sand show <bo ‘RELAY’ before deciding. \ Truck at Wellington on the,l6th Jnb. < k elAY’ Truck this morning, with a ..I rocks wbirt of ten iesJrleted U m R. B. ROBERTSON. ” W2B, and lam satisHed it is iho most follr t((n8 aud nl „ 0 mPn „ n and rocks. wlil<l» otlcn rcstriCTcn ••Chairman, . lb ]n job on the roads to-duj. board The Truck was tirst driven B conned, =C( were .no -J ! m!i U aX« r Whirl? ivm enable triieliß “Tliiw Truck is an absolutely new (ion was made in a. riill.v o 1 <hc ( f" Hie back axle was below the iop ol » « handicap" il cv otten departure. Her. demonstration was tral I’nrk Reserve, wineh is I cing (hn ground nlld (110 wheels up Io the .nenuntor bandiraps they onmzing as io its capabilities in soft Piled in. and later mapm< n of , > nKu lsed V( , ry raurh to ’"Ttimrthat such a drive has been going. * cU{^ y ‘“’^.o^r.mk 0 perfected by a company with a line ■> ~( < ^ u ’ n f v (! j erkt jn(o M ,f(. ground until the axle ’ .rViidPnf one in Vlcht The In C g O le"r N . “AMtio_County Couueii." rested on mo ( The engine w.ns . d d three ’cmnmeree Relay.’" C '° UrSC ’ ° -r (ako an interest in traction work. simply moved fora «fj} " sb" ” was‘°iake» C to' the Thorndnn "Recontlv I ' have had Hie oppor- and this day witnesserl a. dewom-tru- .loik >" >' d f ~u , ,p considering Reclamation, and purposely iho bark lunitv to submit this truck io tests tion with a two-ion RELAY DRIVE -..1_ in nl i Pl i with 'U tons of axlo.was buried in the soft ground. Mier mv own ideas I haver driven TRUCK, carrying a load of grovel n,n . *" ade ‘ ' ’ 1 ' O,,S T| ’ p Tito Cardan shaft made a groove in It thrauahs“nd gravel, im/d. ami with Body weighing about four tons. wet ."I'''’' c '.A’’ tl„. ground. It was great to see lbsnow: sometimes oyer roads that She “with ’the abo v” aboM one 'in sis with the same load way the Relay pulled itself out.. would have shamed France. crude of one in i_s l , u f about'three-quarters of a mile, nod “(Sgd.) W. FOSSE!, ••1 have never seen anything so re- o ’ d and ” v 0 TraHc was stonbe she pulled the load up without any ‘■Contractor. YOU MUST SEE THE RELAY DRIVE YOURSELF TO REALISE ITS POSSIBILITIES. A vehielo is now on bhow ready for demonstration at the New Zealand Distributors Service Station, 64 Taranaki Street. Wellington. SPEC,A V~S a, Sv? 0 -.1. « Bilir omo Tn.es te .v tag w.l U „ sto .. i» yOU1 ‘ ° W OuT address 7 is'64 Taranaki Street (off Courtenay Plate, Wclli U gton)-any taxi will take you there, and wc will defray the cost We shall be pleased to sec you. COMMERCE MOTORS LTD. . - N 7 DISTRIBUTORS COMMERCE RELAY DRIVE TRUCKS - - - TARANAKI STREET, WELLING! . IM.AV mr.WITIES-H i. 6 r.„». tliuulic Brakes, and Cardan Shaft Brake .Latest \Y DRIVE AXLE—(No oilier (rink has it—it is a Commerec n-out and solids rear. Complete EleetneidnimptnraL Mljb: SNOW OR GRAVEL. ratcnl)<_ " : -■.„ ■••*■*