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U,MMAGING through the aimler-Benz archives, the 1ercedes-Benz Transport ConJltancy Service has found cost Dmparisons between horsed ahicles and motor lorries in 903 — two years before Com?ercial Motor first appeared. hey suggest that in a year a -tonne motor lorry could per)rm about 90,000 tonne-km as gainst 13,000 tonne-km by a air of powerful horses.
The poor beasts were pparently expected to work 11 ours a day, six days a week, nd were depreciated at 15 per ant a year. What might be de.::ribed as maintenance costs — 'toeing and veterinary attention were placed at only 180Rm a ear as against 1287Rm for pairs to the lorry, which was epreciated at 10 per cent.
The justification for the motor ehicle was its greatly superior erformance. The cost of 8,000 tonne-km by horse arisport was calculated to be 757Rm, or about 20pfg per )nne-km, whereas over a simiir period the motor lorry could aul 90,000 tonne-km for 974Rm, or 9pfg per tonnem.