Chase Motor Truck Company (1907-1919), founded by Aurin M. Chase, is a truck manufacturer in Syracuse, New York. The vehicle is known for its air-cooled engine and design simplicity.
The company also produces utility carts in the form of cars, which can be converted for use in business or pleasure. With a few minor changes the car can also be used as a commercial wagon .
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Chase Motor Truck Company has its roots in agricultural equipment making. The company founder, Aurin M. Chase, former vice president of the Cold Hijacking Company Syracuse, a company that has been in business since 1904, started production of a one-ton truck with air-cooled, three-cylinder, two-cycle engines. Chase is supported by Paul Bellinger of Solvay Process Company, Roy Grant of Grant's Hardware and other Syracuse business figures.
That same year, Aurin Chase negotiated the sale of the Syracuse Cold Hogging Company to Deere & amp; Company.
Chase had what looked like a solid idea in the early days of car-making, "gasoline-powered" wheels that could be turned into trucks or passenger cars.
The motto of the company in 1912 ad was "Symbol of efficiency." According to the company, "Chase trucks are not fun cars.. They are service vehicles." More and more prominent business houses everywhere are sending re-orders are due to the fact that after a thorough study of the efficiency of their motor trucks are satisfied that Chase truck is the simplest light-duty truck and most efficient on the market today. "
Initial production
Initially, the company produced all parts except wheels. The local factory at 332 South West Street in Syracuse employs 200 people who are busy building and assembling skeletons, transmissions, bodies, machines and gears.
In 1909, the company produced two-cylinder air-cooled engines with 129 cubic inches and 12-horsepower, built in-house. The truck has a Bosch magneto and retrofit Holley carburetor, linked to a two-speed planet transmission. It also has a hand crank starter.
Over the years, Chase built a one-cylinder, three-cylinder, and four-cylinder engine; everything is two strokes. Aurin Chase designed his truck for seamless conversion to the car and returned to the truck as needed; "Being high-wheelers, they look maybe a little weird when configured as cars, but when using truck bodies as" expressive "or" running tracks ", they look like early Brockways."
Chase was apparently involved with Brockway's initial production in 1910 and then supplied the components to the Cortland, New York, company.
Expansion and export
Chase set up a factory branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June 1905, and E. F. Howell was appointed manager.
During March 1910, the company was preparing to double its factory production and did so by expanding the old skating rink located at the corner of Wyoming Street and South West Street in Syracuse, owned by the company and uniting their current stores. Offices are built on the South West Street side of the arena with a performance space in the back. The entire area of ​​the arena is rejuvenated and used for manufacturing purposes.
The company ships its products at two-car-day speeds to all parts of the United States. One sack a week is sent to San Francisco for distribution on the West coast and two other cargo to Boston and Newport, Rhode Island. In addition, three payloads are delivered to Kansas City, Indianapolis and Lynn, Massachusetts.
In 1912, they established "branches" in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Albany, New York, Springfield, Ohio, Fremont, Ohio, and Memphis, Tennessee. The company's management has just returned from a "successful" trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where arrangements were completed for a new Chase agent under the supervision of J. A. Rogers. The agency chose the "excellent corner location" on the streets of Broad and Wallace on the main roads of car journeys in Philadelphia and "in the heart of the motor truck district."
In addition to the agency, Rogers is also assigned to maintain service stations in the nearest neighborhood. E. F. Howell, district manager of Philadelphia moved his agency headquarters to the same location.
In 1912, the company branched out and began exporting trucks to Great Britain.
In October 1912, the company had doubled their business in less than a year. Various models "all enjoy active sales," in particular, 1,000 pounds (450 kg) and one ton truck. The increase in business came somewhat surprisingly to management, "given, this is the year of the presidency when business conditions are not always considered the brightest."
Car business
In July 1909, the company advertised "Chase Cars designed for special business purposes" also called "new utility carts for western roads." The vehicles are referred to as surrey or business carts and according to their companies in "big demand" in the Western United States.
This design calls for a combination of business and fun and the new Chase model is patterned along the lines that allow it to be used for both purposes. With a few minor changes, the vehicle can be converted into a commercial wagon. Construction of utility carts does not differ significantly from other Chase products.
The power is supplied by a three-cylinder vertical engine of a two-cycle type. Bore is 3.75 inches (95 mm) with a 4-inch (100 mm) stroke and a conservative 15-horsepower rating. The engine is air-cooled and therefore no pumps, water is often updated, leaking pipes, "or any other source of trouble."
The simplicity both in the number of parts and their operations "increases with the use of two-speed and reverse planetary transmission, running in oil tanks." The oiling system reveals the attempts made to reduce the number of parts to a minimum. For this reason, the makers introduced a self-oiling system in which oil was introduced to the fuel tank when the fuel tank was filled. This method brings the lubricant to the cylinder with fuel and lubricates the inside of the engine thoroughly. From the cylinder, the oil falls to the bottom of the crankcase and from there "splashed to the sides of the casing" where it flows into the two bearings.
From the jackshaft, the final drive is controlled by double side chains to the 40-inch (1,000 mm) rear wheel and is equipped with solid rubber tires, 1.625 inches (41.3 mm) in diameter with 1.25 inch (32 mm) radius.
Combined with large wheels, this vehicle has a 100-inch (2,500 mm) long wheelbase made for "very easy car riders" while providing unusual number of free roads and the ability to overcome major obstacles if required. The car also features a full set of elliptic springs for a smoother ride. The brakes are a type of band and are located on the rear wheels, "layers like that to allow easy updates." The total weight of the vehicle is 1,500 pounds (680 kg).
The car became standard with a surrey body type with a removable rear seat and can accommodate a total of four passengers. After the backseat is taken out, the car is converted to runabout and the total seating is reduced to two. The top of the canopy style can be purchased at an additional cost above and above the price of $ 900 vehicle.
According to the manufacturer, the car was "designed to take care of the needs of the traveling salespeople and allow them to cover a large number of cities every day." For this reason, the ability to remove the rear seats provides additional space for luggage or sample cases of sellers and cars has low operating costs coupled with the simplicity of the mechanisms and inherent controls. The advertisement also notes that the use of vehicles will reduce the need to pay for rail fares. "Phone companies and electric lights will find this model of high value to their troubled men, while the farmers will appreciate it for the wagons, and with the addition of the backseat, for a pleasure trip."
Founder of the company
Aurin M. Chase is the son of Austin C. Chase (born 1835), who was vice president of Syracuse Savings Bank and Syracuse city postmaster for 9 years.
At the end of 1904, before he formed his car company, Chase was hired by H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company as factory supervisor-assistant. He used to be the second vice president of the Chilled Syracuse Pirate Company.
Truck sales
In 1912 in New York City and the south, there had been a heavier increase in Chase model sales due to heavier traffic demands from the city and poor public road conditions on the south road. Some buyers that year, Wm. J. Lemp Company ordering two tons of Model J , S & amp; W Bauman department store and the third "repeat" order from Dillman Baking Company as well as some "famous" manufacturing problems.
In New York City, re-orders were received from Brunswick Laundry in Jersey City, New Jersey and in the south, Coca-Cola Company of Georgia and Pepsi-Cola Company of North Carolina had bought half a dozen tons and 1.5-ton Chase trucks. Six trucks are also sold to United Gas & amp; Enterprise Improvement Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a one-ton model equipped with selective sliding type gear transmission.
Foreign orders include one for Melbourne, Australia, one for Varna, Bulgaria, and three for St. John's, Newfoundland, which consists of 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) express, a ton of standard trucks and a closed one ton truck.
In June 1912, the company advertised that Chase was popular among New York department stores including; R. H. Macy & amp; Company and James A. Hearn & amp; Children and Stern Brothers who are regular customers. Abraham & amp; Strauss was a new customer that month and purchased a special Model K . Chase dealers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ordered 62 trucks, six of which were shipped to Aberdeen Dakota Central Telephone Company, South Dakota.
Among other orders are from Auto HL Keats, from Portland, Oregon, to nine trucks, Intermountain Auto Truck Company, Butte, Montana, for six trucks and Seattle City that order five Model D and Model K states.
Agricultural tractors
Chase started production of agricultural tractors in 1911.
Commercial vehicles
Chase is credited as the first manufacturer to build commercial grade motorized trucks. The initial Chase truck has "big wheels, buggy wheels" and can reach speeds of 25 mph (40 km/h) on "appropriate grade". In 1912, the company ended its robbery into passenger cars and focused on exclusive motorcycle trucks.
The company complements the use of a self-made two-step engine by offering "a variety of Continental strengths for its rig." Body size is increased in size to 2.5, 3.5 and 5 tons.
The truck underwent a radical change in 1912 when a four-cylinder, water-cooled engine designed by J. E. Gramlich, a resident of Fayetteville, New York, replaced the original air-cooled engine. In the same year, the company also began to practice buying all parts except the body. This helps the company advance its design to a "conventional layout with a final drive worm and a four-cylinder power from Continental."
The "make money" Chaser truck in 1912 was a ton with chain drives, wooden carts and solid tires. To meet the ever-increasing demand for a 500-pound (230 kg) motor truck, the company offered Model M Express for $ 500. The company advertises that they "Trust that it will meet the immediate needs of a large number of business houses everywhere, we offer them to a market of hope. Model M embodies all of Chase's great efficiency features, simplicity and economy. "
In 1912, Chase advertised that "trucks were purchased in many groups." They have five models that year with a bed capacity of 1,000 pounds (450 kg) to Model J Express at 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg).
In 1913, the advertised company had "six efficient models in every body style." Truck bed capacity is 500 pounds (230 kg) up to 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg).
Company officer
Aurin M. Chase founded the company in 1909. In 1912, Edward A. Kingsbury was secretary and treasurer of the Chase Motor Truck Company. In March 1922, Chase's interest in Chase Motor Truck Company had bought the interests of "former" secretary and treasurer, Kingsbury, after he was connected to Sanford Motor Truck Company. It has been reported in the local press that "rumors have been circulating locally that the Chase Motor Truck Company will be" taken over "by some worries outside the city.In any case, AM Chase, the president of the company, is discounting rumors.
World War I
All models have four cylinders, Bosch ignition with clutch disk and worm end drive.
Hal T. Boulden was general sales manager in February 1916. He noted that "There has never been such a bright truck prospect as now, the only problem is the lack of materials." According to Boulden, if not for lack of materials, the company will "work day and night to fill orders." The Chase factory ran at full capacity that year and saw a 200 percent business increase in 1916. Boulden also stated that the company "does not accept a single order from one of the warring countries and that goes against our idea of ​​Americanism to do so."
Next year
In 1918, Chase had five models in production:
- Model T - Cost $ 1,500 - Capacity 1,500 pounds (680 kg)
- Model A - Cost $ 1,650 - Capacity 2,000 pounds (910 kg)
- Model R - Cost $ 2,200 - Capacity 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg)
- Model B - Cost $ 2,475 - Capacity 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg)
- Model O - Cost $ 3,300 - Capacity 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg)
Financial difficulties
Financial problems arise as a result of losses incurred in providing spare parts to customers. This led to the abandonment of truck production during the war period that began in 1917. Ironically, many other truck manufacturers found the "source boom" war, but it was reported that Chase had rejected a large government contract.
During World War I, Chase was one of 150 trucking factories vying to get government contracts to build Class B Liberty military trucks. The majority of orders are canceled, which makes a large number of truck builders out of business.
During the months after World War I ended, the factory continued to produce three-wheeler tractors, which Chase began production in 1911. By the end of the "Growing more food" campaign in 1919, the demand for tractors was leveled and the company sold its rights and goodwill to suppliers components of Canada.
It is estimated that as many as 5,000 Chase vehicles were produced. Less than 30-40 Chase trucks still exist today.
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External links
- The Automobile Collection of the Owls Head Transportation Museum - 1909 Chase Truck
- Chase Tractor
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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