Motor Road Transport For Commercial Purposes
(Liquid Fuel, Steam, Electricity)

STEAM WAGON AND STEAM TRACTOR 101 Running Costs 4-ton Fuel 1-68 15 miles per cwt. at Is. 9d. plus 20% for firing and waiting. Lubricants -27 2-J- gals, oil at 4s. and 2 Ib. grease at 8d. for 500 miles. Tyres 1-5 Maintenance 1*0 Depreciation 1 -8 150,000 mile life. (in pence per mile). 6-ton 2-3 11 miles per cwt. at Is. 9d. plus 20% for firing and waiting. •34 2| gals, oil at 4s. and 21b. grease at 8d. for 400 miles. 1-8 1-0 1-84 150,000 mile life 10-ton. 2-8 9 miles per cwt. at Is. 9d. plus 20% for firing and waiting. •36 2| gals, oil at 4s. and 3 Ib. grease at 8d. for 400 miles. 3-4 1-5 2-7 120,000 mile life. Total Running costs in pence per mile 6-25 7-28 10‘76 (Depreciation is based on cost of wagon without tyres, spread over useful life.) This will give the total cost per mile—on a 200- mile week basis—at 15'25, 16'35, and 20'13 pence respectively. Taking a 400-mile week basis, the costs are, of course, proportionately lower, and are as follows— Total cost per mile . 4-ton 4-ton 10-ton. 10-75 11-81 15-44 Approximate Average Weekly Running Costs of Steam Motor Wagons Heavy type on solid rubber tyres to carry approximately 5 tons on body at a legal speed of 8 miles per hour. Light type on solid rubber tyres to carry approximately 3 tons on body at a legal speed of 12 miles per hour. Capital Expenditure. Chassis complete with standard wooden body and mounted on solid rubber tyres £ s- d. 1253 - - £ s. d. 1106 - - Approximate weekly Running Costs. Nixons navigation coal at 52s. 6d. per ton, with an approximate consumption of 7 Ibs. per mile and an estimated run of 64 miles per day for 5 days per week = 320 miles per week on a coal con- sumption of 1 ton 2 12 6