Chapter 193 Tractor

Arthur nodded with satisfaction.

Benz's design is very reasonable. Considering the differences between urban and suburban transportation environments, two types of trucks with gasoline and diesel engines were designed, and both were pushed to the final experimental stage.

In this way, having two types of trucks can also be better sold worldwide.

Not only can it meet various transportation environments in Australia, but it can also be sold abroad to obtain a lot of profits. It is simply perfect.

As for whether the sale of trucks abroad will increase the strategic transportation capacity of European and American countries in disguise, Arthur is not worried about this.

Of course, this does not mean that these trucks will not increase the transportation capacity of European and American countries. On the contrary, after the powerful countries obtain these trucks, they will definitely greatly improve the country's transportation capacity, which cannot be denied.

But this is actually inevitable. Just like cars, if Benz One is not born, Ford's T-type car will replace it.

Now even if these two trucks are not born, they will be developed by automobile companies in other countries in the future, and then accepted and purchased by other countries.

Instead of wasting the huge potential market for trucks, it is better to directly use the advantages of Benz Automobile Factory, take the lead in occupying it, and then convert it into huge profits.

Although it may have some impact on the transportation capacity of European countries before the war, this is also unavoidable.

As long as Australia makes a lot of profits from it, it will have enough capacity to make Australia's various aspects also usher in greater development.

Benz also knew that Arthur did not like to talk about war on paper, so the test of these two trucks began soon.

This experiment is actually very simple, mainly to test whether the data on paper is correct. The data of these two trucks are all predictions from previous small-scale tests and designs, and it is inevitable that there will be some errors with the actual situation.

The purpose of this experiment is to determine the specific data of these two trucks. If they are qualified, they can be prepared for further production. If they are unqualified, specific improvements must be made to the unqualified aspects.

Although blind guesses cannot be made before the test, Arthur still has great confidence in the abilities of Benz and Diesel.

The experimental results are as expected. Although there are certain errors with the paper data, most of the errors are developing in a better direction, that is, the data is better.

According to the joint test of a total of ten vehicles of the two types of cars, both vehicles can reach the theoretical maximum cargo capacity, which is 0.8 tons and 1.5 tons respectively.

In fact, such numbers are not the maximum cargo capacity. But if the cargo is too heavy, it is likely to damage the structure and engine of the truck.

Under the premise of not causing damage to the truck, these two numbers are also the maximum cargo capacity of the two trucks.

Regarding speed, Benz's estimate is actually too conservative.

Under the premise of loading the maximum cargo capacity, small trucks and large trucks can reach 44 kilometers per hour and 39 kilometers per hour respectively.

Considering the weight of the cargo they carry, this speed is already quite good.

You know, the most commonly used small cargo tools are still horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts.

But the speed of this kind of cargo tool is very slow, and it is also very dependent on the restrictions of terrain and climate.

But trucks are different. As long as it is not extreme weather, it can run normally even on rainy days.

Although there are also requirements for roads, trains still need to run on rails, and trucks with such excellent performance are already attractive enough.

Of course, it is precisely because of the breakthrough in speed that the maximum driving distance of these two cars has been reduced.

But this is the best problem to solve. The simplest solution is to carry a barrel of gasoline or diesel with you and add it at any time when the oil is insufficient.

And with the popularity of cars around the world, quite a few cities have built gas stations. Although it is not as convenient as it will be in the future, it is still no problem to find a gas station within 300 kilometers in most parts of Europe and the United States.

Of course, it is not ruled out that these areas will have barren areas like the central areas of Australia, but who will not carry enough fuel with the car before going to these areas?

After watching the entire test process, Arthur was very satisfied with the two existing trucks.

At least for Australia at present, these two trucks can solve a considerable part of the transportation problems.

After all, Australia now has developed roads, and cars are like a tiger with wings when driving on these flat roads, and basically there will be no major problems.

"Mr. Benz, when will these two trucks be able to enter production? I look forward to seeing these two trucks driving on Australian roads. They will be great transportation tools comparable to trains." Arthur asked with a smile.

The success of the truck experiment is good news for Arthur. Because of Australia's large land area, transportation has become a big problem.

Before the industrial railway was completely built and opened to traffic, transportation between the east and west coasts of Australia even took more than half a month.

Even with roads connecting major cities, too few cars is a very troublesome problem.

According to the current per capita income in Australia, most Australians cannot afford to buy a car, and this situation will not change in the short term.

Although Australia's per capita income has experienced continuous growth, it still takes more than ten years to save enough money to buy a car.

The problem is, even if it takes more than ten years and there is enough money to buy a car, who would be so willing to spend half of their life savings to buy a means of transportation?

Although the trucks will not solve this problem after they are put into production, Arthur has thought of a solution, which is to start a transportation company.

Although it cannot solve the problem of the people, at least the transportation at the national level can solve part of it, including the military field.

After the army is equipped with trucks, it can also allow small-scale troops to be transported quickly within Australia.

Imagine that the Australian army can reach any area in the country within two days, so do we still have to worry about domestic stability?

"Your Highness, if conservatively estimated, it is possible for these two trucks to be put into small-scale production in three months. Of course, if everything is lucky, I believe that it is not a problem to enter small-scale production in two months." Benz thought for a while before answering.

After passing the test, it still needs to go through a relatively complicated link, that is, to build a complete truck production line.

However, the previous truck R&D stage has been prepared for large-scale production in the future, so this stage is expected to be completed in only two to three months.

Of course, the small-scale production mentioned by Arthur is also a very important factor. If it is mass-produced like Benz One and sold worldwide, I am afraid that the preparation time will have to be extended for several months.

Arthur nodded, not surprised by the time, and ordered: "Then immediately start the production of these two trucks. In the whole of Australia, at least hundreds of thousands of vehicles are needed to meet our transportation needs. When the domestic demand is completely met, we will sell them abroad."

Not only does the military transportation require a large number of trucks, but various weapons and equipment, even large artillery and strategic materials, can be transported by these trucks.

In addition to the different needs of various departments in Australia for these trucks, it is conservatively estimated that at least hundreds of trucks are needed at the national level in Australia to initially meet the transportation needs of various aspects of the country.

"In addition, there is another special car that needs your research." At the end of the conversation, Arthur took out a design drawing and said to Benz and Diesel with a smile.

"Special car?" The two took the design drawing with doubts and looked at it attentively.

This is really a special car! Both Benz and Diesel came up with this idea when they saw this design drawing.

Unlike the car in the concept, this is a tracked machine. The whole car is even a bit like a locomotive, but it uses a fuel engine instead of a steam engine.

The only feature of such a machine that can be called car-like is that it has a driving seat like a car and is about the same size as a car.

But is this really a car? What is its function?

Benz looked at Arthur in doubt, hoping to hear more explanations.

"I believe you should have heard of this thing. Its real name is tractor. It can be installed with agricultural tools to help us carry out better agricultural production." Arthur also knew that such a design drawing could not describe too much, so he explained.

"Tractor?" Benz and Diesel nodded instinctively.

Speaking of tractors, they still know a little bit. Although this kind of machinery has not really entered production, its research and development cycle has been for many years.

Both of them had heard of the concept of tractors, and had curiously seen pictures of tractors in newspapers, but - do tractors really look like this?

Seeing that the two were still a little confused, Arthur did not explain, but solemnly instructed: "This is a design drawing brought to me by a European expert. It is said that this is the most advanced tractor concept drawing. Although it is not as important as a car, it is also an important machine related to Australia's agricultural production. I hope you can conduct research as soon as possible and put it into production. This will play a vital role in Australia's agricultural production."

In fact, Arthur's real purpose is not to care about agricultural production. Although Australia's available planting area is not large, it cannot resist Australia's vast land area.

In general, Australia's available planting land even ranks among the top ten in the world. Coupled with a sparse population and extremely developed animal husbandry.

It can be said that Australia will basically not lack food and meat products before it has a population of 20 million.

But this tractor is related to Arthur's major purpose, so it is better not to let more people know.

Under this situation, using agriculture to cover up is also the best way Arthur can think of.

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