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Measuring Lorry Longevity by Miles.

8th December 1925
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T10 insurance companies were writing I policies on the lives of motor lorries, they would have to leave out of their calculations all rules as to " average expectancy." In spite of occupational hazards the life of a good lorry is still an unknown quantity. It probably will remain so while design continues to improve and highway systems get better.

Because so many veteran lorries continue to give good service after many years of work, it has been found that miles-old, rather than years, is a better measure of lorry longevity. Records which are compiled annually by the White Co. Cleveland, Ohio, indicate that 100,004 miles is not only a common performance for lorries and motorbuses of their manufacture, but almost a standard unit of life measurement. According to the latest statistics issued by the company, owners of 6,019 White vehicles report each of their lorries has covered 100,000 miles or more. Hundreds of -allow, of which no aecurate records are Tvailable, no doubt also come into this category.

The definite records reveal that 759 vehicles have run .merethan 200,000 miles, 336 have achieved 300,000 miles or more whilst 38 have passed even the 500,000-mile Mark: All sections of the world have contributed to this record. A large percentage of the vehicles is 31 and 5-tonners, and many of them are ten, twelve and fifteen years old. "

The 100,000-mile record this year shows a gain of 1,768 lorries over that for last year. Some of the owners listed have only a single lorry, but others report whole fleets of lorries and motorbuses in which every vehicle has covered over 100,000 miles.

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The Gulf Refining Co. claim that 145 of their lorries have covered this mileage, whilst 42 have passed the 200,000. mile mark. The proprietors of a New York departmental store claim that 74 of their vehicles have a six-figure mileage to their credit, and 20 of these have exceeded 300,000 miles. The Motor Transit Co., Los Angeles, own 78 vehicles that have covered more than 100,000 miles apiece. Of these, three have passed the 300,000-mile mark, and 24 have covered between 200,000 and 300,000 miles. The Standard Oil Co. have 72 vehicles that have covered more than 100,000 miles ; the Bradford Baking Co., Los Angeles, 33; the White Transit Co., Plymouth, Pa., 82; and the Provincial Efighway Board of Nova Scotia 26.


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