Author: Usda Economic Research Service

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-07

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781390529111

Excerpt from Costs of Transporting Bulk and Packaged Milk by Truck Loading and unloading times generally depend on the type of equipment at th plants. The larger unit required 2 hours and hours for loading and unloading respectively. No loading time was designated for the smaller unit as it would have completed its load and been ready for the trip to the plant or transfer point One hour was needed for unloading, assuming the pump on the small truck had: capacity of 70 gallons per minute. Repairs, lubrication, and other maintenance were prorated according to mileage per trip. Driving time was based on a truck speed of 40 m.p.h. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.