Travelling machine shop repairs trucks on the road

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How is a man to keep his auto trucks in repair when they are out in the country districts, far from the garage, for days at a time, as is the case in road construction work?

One successful way is to carry the repair shop with the trucks. A Pacific Cost paving firm, for example, has converted an old truck into a completely equipped portable garage by installing a special body and compact machinal outfit equipped to handle a majority of the repairs that would usually have to go to the machine shop.

Power from the driveshaft is carried by an overhead shaft, belt, and pulley to the rear of the truck, where it operates an air compressor that will inflate tires, do painting, or operate a riveting hammer. On the same shaft are a tool grinder, a drill press, and a forge blower for the collapsible blacksmith`s forge.

To carry the complete outfit of tools in such a small space, ingenious arrangements have been adopted for utilizing every inch of space inside the body. On the photograph, it will be seen that the mechanics stand upon these extensions while working at the bench.

A complete electric lighting system makes it possible for the mechanics to do emergency work at night.

Source: Popular Science Monthly May 1922 (page 41).

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