H.P. FOR HORSES
USE TOR OLD CHASSIS. Frequently, when the motor of an old car has been worn to 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 use. By fitting shafts, and removing the transmission line and motor, ho 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 to horsedrawn waggons. It has been found that horses can draw twice the usual load on automobile waggons* Chassis can bo changed into waggons in a few hours and at a small cost.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6630, 8 June 1928, Page 10
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163H.P. FOR HORSES Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6630, 8 June 1928, Page 10
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