The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-08-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
wlDe-TlREo O
Conditions In which They Can Always he
Used tn Advantage.

Conditions In which They Can Always Ds
Used tn Advantage.
A prominent manufacturing concern
has instituted a series of experiment.
lately to find out the conditions under
which the broad and nnrrow-tired
wheels could be used to advantage. In
the experiment to ascertain the differ.
ence in draft between wide and mar.
row tire upon grass sod, the figures
arrived at were:
Weight OF wagon and load ........45D pounds
Draft to start load with iH-inch
tire, cutting into sod ~ inches
....i.eb) pounds
Draft to move at dead pull ........ $50 pounds
Draft TO start same load on good.
hard roads ............... $50 pounds
Draft to draw load on good. hard
roads ........"......"......... $50 pounds
Draft with tire 3 inches wide on
same sod ......-...............I,eoo pounds
Draft to move load ut dead pull
same sod .......... So pounds
Draft to start load with 3-inch tire
on hard roads. ................. 200 pounds
Draft to move at n dead pull on
hard roads ............ $50 pounds
Draft at adead pull on hard pave
ment- zee. ........ zee. ........... ie5 pounds
Another expe riment vas with four
inch and Observation-Disclosures tires
respectively on block pavement, good.
hard, sandy road, good, level, gravel
road, and in each soft and deep mud.
The conclusions arrived at by the
committee we're:
1. On hard roads, block pavements
and other permanent and substantial
roads, there Is no argument, SO far as
actual draft is concerned, In favor of
the wide tired, the effect being rather
against the wide tire.
2. In their effect upon hard roads.
the wide tire nave the advantage, and
thai this benefit is not sufficiently Up
preciated by turnpike and macadam
road companies.
3. In soft mud, slush, and under sim
liar circumstances, under which even
the wide tire cuts in, the advantage is
against the wide tire and in favor of
the narrow.
a. On soft sod and soft ground,
where the wide lire does not cut in,
and the narrow does, the advantage is
on the side of the wide tire.
5, In loading a team, n draft Of CSC
pounds steadily applied is as much as
should be expected Tor a days work,
and that on soft sod this may mean,
when n dead pull has to be taken, an
increase in the draft of 1000 pounds.
6. The difference in the latter case
between the regular draft of $50 pounds
and the increase of l,2o0 pounds is
equivalent to an addition of 1850
pounds to the load.
z. Or, in other words, the draft of
the load being $50 pounds may be con-
sidered as equivalent to a load of 1850
pounds, and the difference from the
steady draft of the load in fair mo-
:ion, and that Of the same load started
ut a dead pull, is equivalent to doub-
ling the load.
The committee closed their report
with: 1--WE advocate wide tire for
farms, and narrow tire for good roads
and ~pavements,"
Experiments at the Utah experiment
station demonstrated hat a given
load on 1A-inch tire drew IL. per cent.
heavier than when on a 3-inch tire,
the draft being on a fairly stiff grass
sod; on n moist but hard road the ~
inch tire drew 1917 per cent. heavier
tn an the 3-inch.