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

.................................................... <■ 1 ... . < STEAM WAGON AND STEAM TRACTOR 107 1919-1920. £ s. d. No. 1 with two trailers, purchased Nov., 1915 . 800 - - No 2 „ „ „ July, 1916 . 850 - - No’. 3 „ Nov., 1918 . 926 10 - No. 4 (of a third make) purchased second hånd from Government, May, 1919 ..... 500 — — Working expenses for 1919-20, including £ s. d. wages, repairs, coal, oil, etc. . . 1,837 8 1 Add Depreciation at 12| per cent. p.a. . 374 2 11 £2,211 11 - No. of days worked ..... 860 ,, ,, loads hauled ..... 2,742 „ „ tons carried ..... 17,956 ,, ,, miles travelled .... 15,770 ,, ,, ,, ,, loaded . . . 7,885 „ ,, tons hauled per journey . . . 6-54 £ s. d. Cost per day . . . . . • • • 2115 ,, „ mile ....... 57 „ „ ton per mile ...... 10-2d. In Chapter XVII, on “ What Records to Keep,” will be found reproductions of specimen costing slieets, filled in, in respect of 5-ton steam wagons. Approximate Average Weekly Running Costs of Steam Motor Tractor. Capital Outlay. Capital cost of Tractor designed for an approximate net haulage capacity of 10 tons . . . £1,149 10 6 Approximate Weekly Running Costs. £ s. d. Driver’s wages . . . . . . . 3 - - Assistant’s wages . . . . • 2 5- Good steam coal at 39s. 6d. per ton, with an approxi- mate consumption of 17 Ibs. per mile, and an estimated run of 40 miles per day for 5 days per week — 200 miles per week on a coal consumption of 30 cwts. . . . . . • . 2 19 3 Oil, waste and firewood . . . • ■ 14 4 Repairs at £75 per annum . . . • • 1 8 10 Depreciation at 7|% per annum . . . • 1 13 2 Interest on Capital outlay at 6% per annum . . 16 6 Estimated Total weekly running cost . . • £13 7 1 Consequent cost per vehicle mile . . • • 16d. Cost per net ton mile, loaded throughout journey • l-6d. Cost per net ton mile, loaded on half the journey only 3-2d.