USE FOR OLD CHASSIS
Frequently, when the motor of an old car has been worn ty the condition when repairs are too expensive, the' chassis and body are still useful. They are usually broken up for scrap, but a motor trader in an American farming centre has evolved a new us§. By fitting shafts, and removing the transmission line and motor, he converted old chassis into horse waggons, and thus developed a big market among farmers who find horses still useful for short-haul work around the homestead. The motor chassis has the advantage of roller bearings, it lowers the body of the waggon if the frame is used with a flat platform, reduces the height of the loading line, and has a lubrication system which is unknown on horsedrawn waggons. It has been found that horses can draw twice the usual load on automobile waggons. Chassis can be changed into waggons in a few hours at small cost.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3233, 3 July 1928, Page 2
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158USE FOR OLD CHASSIS Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3233, 3 July 1928, Page 2
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