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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH fl, 1920,
PAGE THIRTEEN
MAXWELL TRUCK DOS WELL IN TOUR
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BEST AVERAGE FOR TIRE AND GAS
CONSUMPTION MADE BY LIGHT CAR
SAYS WORD TO NEIL & BARKER CO.
RACING ORIVEr.S TEST
'BALANCE ' Or WHEELS
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The llRhtest, lowest priced ton and
a half entry in the National Motni'
Truck Development Tour which camn
tn a conclusion at Milwaukee, after
travelling over 3, not) miles thr"uff)i the
six rlchcHt farmlnf states of the mid
die went. made, the best average for
consumption of gasoline, oil and wat
er. This Ih not official hut Ik hatted
on authoratlve figures Just received hy
Neil A Harker, local Maxwell dealers.
The feat was accompllHhed by a
Maxwell truck although it traveletl the
snmc rough roads and carried itH Hhare
.of overloads from soft fields aa the ,
other participant. Soon after the,
train left Chicago, Percy (MUM, driver
of the truck, reported that farmers
and business men along the route were
taking a particular Interest In 'the
Mnvwell. The crowds seemed to all.
predate the difference between mas- !
Hive weight and the light sturdy con- .
etruction of the Maxwell.
Officials Watch Maxwell
Furthermore, the Maxwell attract- j
ed as much attention from the officials
of the tour as it did from th farmers. ,
A stock 1 1-2-ton truck was taken j
from production without preliminary !
"tuning up," and placed In the 3.000
mile demonstration tour In competi
tion with the best In America. It
traversed some of the worst roads in j
the country, over plowed fields and In j
country lanes, at tlmoK hauling many
hundred pounds in excess of Its rated
capacity and made a remarkable rec
ord. The Maxwell came through without
the need of mechanical adjustment
and the big 36 by r. pneumatic tires
which carried the truck looked at the.
finish as though they had not run over
100 miles'.
IX Mill to ;allon
necords available show that the
Maxwell averaged slightly over 13
miles to the gallon of gas. over 1.J00
miles to the gallon of oil. and 383
miles to the gallon of wafer.
These gas and oil records from one
to five gallons higher than the average
are good under the most favorable
conditions, but are exceptional when
It Is considered that the truck carried
loads of potatoes out of soft rields to
market, hauled stacks of wheat from
field to thrasher, hurried overloads of
milk from farm to shipping points
and otherwise demonstrated its use
fulness under all conditions, to all
reed of the American farmer. OTer
smooth stretches of road the Maxwell
made as high as 17 miles to the gallon
of gas.
Near Fargo, N. TV. Percy r.lhhs.
driver Of the truck, made his most
difficult demonstration. From the I
ftchroeder Rros. farm two loads of po- I
tatoes each weighing 3.700 pounds j
were taken from u soft plowed field.
where the wheels of the truck sank
nearly hub deep tn the mire, to the
depot rive miles away. Groceries. ,
grain, bran, flour, milk, furnaces, po
tatoes, pop. gasoline, oil. baggage and ,
general merchandise were carried at
different times during the tour prov- j
ing the Harwell'; versatility.
The ability of the truck to pull
through muddy stretches of gumbo j
road and over slippery hills that the
Datives claimed were Impassible, on Its
own power Is a matter of pride with
driver OlbbH who hns travelled some i
some of the worst mads In the country
and who asserts that some of those
traversed by the (melt train were as
bad as any he had seen.
Wristpin is Small
But Important and
Essex Realizes It
Functioning of Engine Depends ;
Larqely Upon Tiny Part;
26 Operations Gone Through ,
in IIS MaKiny.
"The wrist p'n u one of the small
est details entering Into the construc
tion of an automobile." savs J. R. Kl
klns, F.ssex-Hudson distributor, "Hid
den from sight by the svllnder wal's.
P carries the power generats-d by the
expansion of the burning gas from
the piston itself to the connecting
rod. which, In turn, moves the crank
shaft. "It Is a part that Is never seen by
the owner, and yet It is as vital to the.
operation of the car as is the rear
axle To the naked eye all wristpins
look more or less alike. Apparently
Just hollow tubes of polished steel,
their performance is taken f.fr grant
ed And vet a wristpin may be turned
up out of any hit of steel by any
mechanic and hnrdened by a hlack
smlth, or It may be made of a special
steel, passing through a. score of op
erations. The difference becomes ap
parent onlv through actual use.
"When a shop mechanic attempts to
make a wristpin. the metal used is
nnv bar stock that happens to be
hsndy. After being turned up In a
lathe It Is heated In a bed of coals.
The pin Is allowed to remain In the
fire until the workman thinks ft Is
finished. Then It Is hardened after
a haphazard method that permits of
the widest variations In results.
"With the F-ascx 'he extreme care
lavished on these Inconspicuous hits of
metal is typical of the high qua -ity
of material and fine workmanship
to be found throughout the whole
car Rverv wristpin goes through -
operations and Is forced to undergo
the most rigid teets before it Is ac
cepted for use in an Ksscx motor.
Air IiksrBusr, Misfire -Mr leaks
aro a common cause of misfiring,
though they are often overlooked. A
worn valve guide allows enough air lo
be sucked into the cylinders to cause
misfiring, and It nlso permits oil to
leak out. If oil Is discovered leaking
nut It Is fair to nsaumc that excess
air is being Injected Into the fuel
charges.
There la a shortage of S000 echool
teachers In Ontario.
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1 will never touch my cear-shlft
without pushing down ray
clutch.
1 will never kill my engine
when I stop.
I will never turn my steering
wheel too little or too much.
I will never, never disobey
tho cop.
1 will never try to start the thing
when either brake is on,
I will never make a racket
when I shift
I will never run my engine till
oil and gas are gone.
I will never give her more
than she can lift,
1 will never burn my brakes out,
however much I'm scared,
I will travel on my engine
down fne hill.
I will never be a rond-hog. but
will always be prepared,
Frir the other man who can
be If he will.
It In Interesting to note, thai auto
mobile rae.oK drivers be or enterinfl
a championship r.ie. five the most
careful alt nth. n to th- "balanclne'
of their wheels. A racing driver al
ways keep In reserve no on pi,. sn
ply of spare tires mounted on wire
wheels. lie supplies the wheels to th.
tire company's representative whe
mounts the tires and inflates them to
the proper air pressure. As soon as
the driver has received his mounted
tires from the tire man he "balances"
the wheels.
The ear Is Jacked up and a wheel
applied to the axle. If the wheel
moves It is not In balance and the
raolrm driver corrects this by twisting
a piece of wire around a spoke or by
placing a metal washer around the
valve stem, supplving Just enough
added weight to the rim of the wheel,
that when again placed on the axle In
different positions the wheel will re
main stationary. A wheel that meas
ures up to this test is said to be "bal
anced." The object In this Is to avoid
excessive tread wenr antl to gain uni
formity of wheel revolution.
Affifaxffl&S Truck
I rjLS 1 1-2 TONS AND 75 PER CENT OF ALL LOADS CARRIED BY HORSE
OR Mi T m ARE 1 1-2 TONS OR LESS.
A One-Ton Maxwell Truck heavily loaded w
oi d trip across the mountains to La Grand
i iild be placed before any motor di iven ti
the entire trip on its own power and practi
kind with the exception of one broken bear
ith a stripped Maxwell chassis made a rec
e in the face of almost every obstacle that
uck.. Snoev-, mud, washouts, .etc., .making
caly without car or motor trouble of any
in;
75 Per Gent of all Hauling
Can Be Done by a
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Maxwell
Truck
There are now more than 13,000
Maxwell trucks in use. And not a
single business can be found to
which the Maxwell isn't adapted.
Up to this time there has been
listed over 300 kinds of business in
which Maxwell trucks are em
ployed. They will do everything a five
ton truck will do except haul five
tons at one load. Five-ton trucks
aren't better. They're merely bigger.
Big trucks spend more gas haul
ing themselves than the Maxwell
uses at peak load.
How well those Maxwells have
done their work is shown by a ser
vice record of 99.6 per cent perfec-
;ion the greatest record ever
made by a motor-driven vehicle.
$1310, chassis only, f. o. b. De
troit. Electric lights. Electric gen
erator. Worm drive. 2400 lbsj
NEIL & BARKER
NEW YORK "Ici," wire-haired terrier and mascot o( the
American kindergarten uni working with French refuge; children at
Lille, with hi mistress. Miss Sophie K Smith of Urldgeport. Conn.,
arrived in the alales a few days ago Uoia of tbem were glad to get
back.
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MAXWELL DEALERS
PHONE 180
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Maxwell
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EW LINES, more than a score of
notable chassis improvements, the
use of all the finest metals known to
metallurgy for motor car construction, a better ap
pointed body, easy castering effect in steering, and
the maintenance of high efficiency and low economy
through a 1960-pound weight distinguish this Post
War Maxwell, able descendant of more than 300,000
cars bearing this name.
Neil & Barker
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