CHEAPENING ROAD TRANSPORT
In the.-running of "commercial vehicles both for passengers and goods, one of the essentials to efficient operation is the- avoidance of all possible causes of waste, and yet, if a close examination be ina'de into details, one would be inclined to believe that in many cases this ia considered to be a minor matter. Vehicles aie often run in a condition which causes them to consume excesßive quantities of fuel, to distribute even more lubricant on the road than can be used by the working parts, and eventually to enforce heavy expenditure in general overhauls, all of which, ttsyi tKe "Commercial "Motor,-" could have been avoided by proper inspection and immediate attention to minor troubles, thus preventing them from attaining major proportions.
Eco'«omy in fuel is, of course, a most obvious desideratum, but even here sufficient attention is often not given. In petrol vehicles, carburetters are frequently found to be out of adjustment and the subject of continual flooding while- stationary through worn needle vaiyes, • Seepages can often be obsorved round the "joints of petrol pipes, which- are not only wasteful, but actually dangerous.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 39, 14 August 1926, Page 18
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187CHEAPENING ROAD TRANSPORT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 39, 14 August 1926, Page 18
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