530 MILES A DAY ON LOG HAULAGE
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DINE fuel logs, cut in the timber 1 country around Mount. Gambia_ South 'Australia, form the loads of an Albion 61-ton oiler and four-wheeled semi-trailer operated by Messrs. Clipper Transport Pty., Collingwood, Victoria.
The vehicle, which weighs 10 tons 7 cwt. unladen and carries about 14 tons, runs between Waarnamboot and Maryvale, a total distance of 530 miles. The single "journey is done in a day and five one-way trips are made
each week. The logs are picked up at a depot at Waarnambool and the First part of the haul is to Melbourne.
After a short break at the Clippet Transport Melbourne depot, for servicing and change of driver, the outfit goes on to Maryvale, which is the pulping factory of the Australian Paper Mills.
A six-cylindered direct-injection engine is employed in the normalcontrol chassis. Low-pressure tyres of 10-in. by 20-in. section are fitted all round. Fuel consumption is stated to be 48-49 gallons per trip, this figure being made possible by the incorporation of an overspeed ratio.