Word: ton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dreams, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, Polar explorer, saw a 37-ton Jules Verne monster sidling over ice crevasses, carrying an airplane pickaback, and accommodating in its insides everything four explorers would need for a twelve-month tour of the Antarctic...
Dodge: a new 1½-ton cab-over-engine truck, wheelbase 105" or 129", price $825 up. Other models include 23 body styles, six engines (five gasoline, one heavy Diesel), capacities one-half to three tons, prices $465 to $3,650. Feature: horsepower higher than last year...
Federal: range, ¾ ton chassis at $595 to six-wheel, 10-ton chassis at $6,675, 37 models all told...
Studebaker: lowest priced model is a passenger coupé with an express body vice rumble seat -$660. Nine other models from half-ton pick-up ($733) to three-ton truck (cab-over-engine or regular) at $2,055. Studebaker also makes a two-ton Diesel...
Mack Trucks, Inc. (first in sales of heavy duty trucks): the new $1,145 Mack "Retailer," snoutless, shaped like a loaf of bread, 1½-ton pay load, for door-to-door work. The Mack line has 24 standard models at prices from $675 for 1-ton chassis to some $18,000 for 60-ton; others to order. Mack's boast: 72.9% of Mack trucks sold since 1929 are still in service...