The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-20
HUMANE TREATMENT GETS
RETURN FROM AUTO TIRE

An automobile is pretty nearly hui
ma In n respect. 1t requires care
to make life long, and care that it
may perform its functions UP to the
standard of it's creation.
That is often entirely overlooked by
the owner of the a and this negli-
gence is certain to hasten the tire
breakdown.
Any tire is subject to more or less
abuse, owing to the fact that it must
encounter all kinds of roads and re-
ce1ve little or no consideration from
the driver. Cuts, stone bruises and
blisters. etc, result and if these are
neglected they eventually spell out the
destruction of the tire, as dissipation
does the man.
Tire neglect runs bills up unbelieve-
ably, There are many more things for
the driver to consider than the mere
driving the car. Road conditions
play an important part in the life of
tires. l~nfiations, distribution of the
weight Of the machine and alignment
OF the wheels are also influential, No
TWO tires in a set may give the same
service, although their quality, work
manship and construction may be iden-
teal. One may give out far before its
time. There is a reason for this. Do
not blame the tire; always look at the
real cause and place the blame where
it belongs.
The service and mileage of a tire
depend as much on the conditions un-
der which it is used as upon the quail
ity of the tire itself. I'll
Possibly three-fourths of the tires
returned to the manufacturers for re-
pairs have been ridden insuficiently
inflated. insufficient imitation is re-
sponSlble to a greater extent than per-
haps anything else for blowouts and
quick disintegration.
When a tire is imperfectly inflated
the walls are continually bending back
and forth as the car moves, with the
same result as when a wire or piece
of metal is bent back and forth in the
hands. e is engendered in the
threads and because of this heat, and
the continued bending the walls soon
weaken n give away. In a short
time they are not strong enough to
support he air pressure multiplied by
the weight of the car n blow-outs
result. Not only that, but when. a tire
becomes loose, a. lump or fold of rubber
and fabric is formed just in front of the
part in contact with the ground. This
is what tire-makers call '"kinking."
This tends to separate the plies Of the
fabric, or in aggravated cases to chew
up the walls of the tire, as we'll as that
portion Of the tube hat happens to get
caught.
Don't initiate your tires by guess. A
big, thickwalled tire will show little
depression under a heavy load, even
though the air pressure is too low for
safety. One annot tell from appea
ances whether or not the tires are. per-
fectly inflated. "A good gauge should
be used n tires tested every day.
Little Cut Like Bad Habit.
a little cut in a. tire, like a little
habit, If allowed to grow, soon gets be-
yond control and eventually destroys
the tire. A close watch should be kept
OF these little cuts. They should be
cleansed from sand and dirt with gaso-
line and then filled with cement and
quick repair gum This gum will set
in a few hours and become an integral
part Of the tire and prevent future
trouble. A very large cut after thus
being treated should be vulcanized at
the earliest possible moment. To ig-
nor these casing cuts altogether Is to
invite sand blisters and mud-boils,
which are caused by sand and dust
entering the cut and working in be-
tween the tread and the fabric of the
casing.
These are diseases to which tires of
n type or make are subject if they
are not checked soon when the symp-
toms appear-small cuts in the tread.
Sand blisters and mud boils are more
complicated and disastrous the long
er they are allowed to go. They mean