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construction is exemplified in the accompanying illustration of a six-wheeled articulated farm lorry, one of several actually made by the farmer himself, Mr. A. J. Hosier, of Wexcombe, Wilts.
As can readily be seen, this vehicle is made up of an old Buick lorry and a semi-trailer, the components of the latter being mainly Ford lorry pants. The noteworthy point, however, is that the semi-trailer axle is driven.
Mr. Hosier has mounted a universal coupling on the back of the rear axle of the tractor unit and drives thence to the rearmost axle through an ordinary propeller shaft and the gearing of the Ford axle which supports the trailer. He tells us that he regards driven mechanism on the third axle as essential for a vehicle of this description for use about the farm. It enables him to use it on grass, in muddy by-lanes and off the roads, affording adhesion for traction which
otherwise would be insufficient to move the vehicle and its load under all the conditions of operation.