The Girling Carrier on Farm Work.
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One of the standard 6 h.p. Girling chassis, specially fitted with a small float body, 4 ft. long, 3 ft. wide, and 18 in. deep, was recently placed at the disposal of Mrs. Gitting, of Da.shwood Farm, Abbey Wood, Kent, in order to demonstrate, under actual conditions, the all round utility of this type of machine in connection with light farm and da,iry work. Mr. H. J. Buckland, of the Girling Motor Manufacturing Co., informs us that the machine was tried with the various loads which are shown in the photographs reproduced herewith. Altogether, the little carrier conspicuously proved its ability to do anything and everything which came within the limits of a 5 cwt. load.
"It romped merrily over a field,' Mr. Buckland tells us, "with a piled-up load of freshly-cut cattle food. It carried three men and two boys with their milking utensils, and later it carried three 18-gallon churns of milk and two pails. It accommodated two bovine infants, who portrayed a preference for walking until they were comfortably seated in the carrier. Finally, the little motor towed a large hay-rake and a seed-sowing machine, not in use it must be understood, but along a road, or what was supposed to be a road. All of this suggests that-, having regard to the price and low running costs, there are possibilities for three-wheelers on farms."