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Fuel Economy Driving Tips

Avoid congestion: stay outof rushhour traffic.

Stay close to your route: use food and fuel stops on the highway.

Cruise at low engine RPM: gear up, throttle back.

Keep speed down: high road speed uses more fuel.

Use torque, not horsepower: let the engine lug way down onhillsbefore shifting down.

Avoid idling: more than 5-10 minutes of cool down idling time wastes fuel and contributes to engine wear.

Manage the road ahead: minimize braking by slowing down in advance, gain speed downhill to help carry the vehicle up the next.

Keep tires inflated: below recommended levels increases rolling resistance.

Keep truck clean: dirt and bugs on leading edges cause turbulence which increases aerodynamic drag. Reduce electrical loads: keep fans, lights and electrical accessories off when not needed.

Keep the trailer snugged up: gap between the cab and trailer increases aerodynamic drag.

Use cruise control: hold a steadv road speed.

Suggestions from Aero-Run '91

New Telephone Fraud Scam

Companies with Direct Inward System Access (DISA) on their switchboards are in danger of being victimizedby telephone hackers who make unauthorized long distance calls charged to the company.

Companies can be unaware that they have DISA, which allows a person at an offsite telephone to dial an outside line through the switchboard. However, they are responsible for paying for the illegal calls, according to the courts.

The North American Wholesale Lumber Association is warning its members to check with their PBX system vendor and long distance company to be sure thatproper security measures are in place. Those who must have DISA are advised to change the password frequently.

January 1992

Moulding Plant Revived

Just before it was to go on the auction block, WestPac Moulding Co. of Texas, Clifton, Tx., has been purchased and reopened by Rocky Mountain Forest Products Corp., Laramie, Wy.

Closed late last year, the company, once known as Wilson Building Materials Corp., is running on a smaller scale as Clifton Moulding. "The bank did sell some of the equipment," explained mgr. Dwight Brewer. "But we still have an incredible cutting capacitv."

Fireproof Wood Roofs Coming

The Texas Forest Service, a major force behind the revival of southern yellow pine shakes, is developing a totally noncombustible wood roofing product.

Continuing research to find a suitable fire retardant for cedar and southem pine shakes, they are working on a fire rated, borate-treated SYP shake to surmount stability problems in the wood, says wood technologist Brian Buchanan of their Forest Products Laboratory.

Buchanan sees great potential in a wood composite roof tile currently receiving high marks in fire and weatherizing testing. Wood chips, newsprint, scrub trees and other low cost woodbased materials are recycled into roofing. "It can be pressed into any configuration to look just like handsplit shakes, Spanish mission tiles, even slate. It's ecological, affordable and totally fireproof, even though there's upwards of 80% wood in them."

He adds: "The technology's here. If everything goes right, we see having a wood composite roof tile in the marketplace next year."

And after roofing, he foresees wood composite fire doors, telephone poles.