The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-07

'Onnef" InTlaGlon causes rim cuts
and shortens life of tire. General
rule for air pressure is 20 pounds
per inch of cross section diameter
Of casing; for example, a 3L2-inch
tire should carry 70 pounds.
Last year 100000 automobile
| tires, valued at $3.50, 600 900 were
made in this country. This is an
average of SIS a tire. If each one
made it's guaranteed mileage it cost
a little over one-half cent per mile
TO operate them. g.
Too many motor car owners are
neglectful and wastefuI in the use of
| their tires and at this time when it
1 is so difficult to obtain rubber on ac-
| count of the scarcity of ships to
transport it across the Pacific, ev-
eryone connected with the manufac-
ture and use Of tires should conserve
to the limit. And the burden of this
economy rests largely upon the user.
! Owners Are Careless.
Strange as it may seem, the tire
cost. one Of the largest items of ex-
pense in the operation of a motor
car, usually receives the least atten-
| ton from the owner. ass
Hhe buys a tire with the idea that
| itis guaranteed for and will run only
so many miles anyway, and until the
| time when he begins to have trouble,
it leads a sort of happy go-lucky ex-
stence.
1t true that the purchasing Of
tires is somewhat of a lottery. but it
Is more of mystery how tires under
neglect and abuse make even their
guaranteed mileage, when most Of
| them do. r'. q.
Many motor car drivers can re-
member when 1900 was big mileage
for tire. Today good tire should
run twice that distance. .7v
No one can estimate the mileage
that any tire will give. Too many
conditions influence the service. But
it is a fact that very few drivers get
the, full mileage out of their tires.
He Enters Complaint.
The owner who neg1ects his tire.
until 1t Is too late to get good mile
| age limits the casing to the repre-
sentative Of the manufactures, with
the claim that it has not rendered
| the, guaranteed service and must be
| defective. He may be sincere in his
! belief, although the tire man knows
| from the appearance of the shoe that
it has been used without sufficient
| initiation.
Frequently the owner argues that
his tires were pumped up three
weeks ago" and he has had no
| punctures since to reduce the pres
| sure, but he fails to realize that
| leakage can occur through the best
of tubes. Conditions under which
the initiation was made must also
be considered, if on a hot day or
Immediately after a. hard run. it will
be found that as soon as the tires
cool, the pressure will be reduced.
While it is often difficult for an
agent Of a tire company to make an
owner understand that his failure to
get good mileage from his tires is
really his own fault the dealer can
generally gain the good will of the
driver by showing him his mistakes,
how to use his tire properly and to
prevent troubles before they. start
This is the kind Of service that must
be rendered by every successful tire
dealer.
Must Learn Methods.
It is up to the user to learn more
about proper methods of handling his
tires. When once acquired, it is sim
pie, although, next to oiling it is the
dirtiest job about the car.
Recently tire, expert encountered
man with tire trouble, who. gave
the distress signals. but supplement
ed them with the statement that he
had driven his car all summer with
out a puncture. Investigation show
ed that he had spent an hour trying
to hammer lock ring on back |
wards.
Those who handle their own tires
can acquire vast amount Of infor- |
nation by watching the men at any
service station change castings. re-
place tubes. etc. \...
The hard user OF tires, who is con-
stantly inquiring which is the best
make to buy and who usually has
five different kinds on his car is |
best answered by 1.-THE one you
haven't got"
The motorist who buys a good tire
and takes care Of it will get greater
satisfaction than the one who is CON-
tinually calling on his dealer for an
adjustment.
Only about one tire in fifty is re-
placed because of defective material
and workmanship; the other forty
nine are policy adjustments"
Expert KnowsE Distance.
Tires are guaranteed for from g.
500 to 5000 miles of running, but the
expert tire man can tell, from the
condition Of the shoe, within a. few
hundred miles OF how far it has run
lie keeps a record of the serial num-
Der. name of purchaser ana date of
sale Of each tire. and from other
markings on Jths casing he knows the
month and yea in which 1t was
made.
The spare tire must not be forgot
ten and should come in for its share
of care. It will give more satisfac-
ton, last longer and tighten the wear
on the others il placed in use in ro-
tation rather than il carried exc1u-
sivelyr as an extra.
Painting the tires wl1i.e liz a meth
cd now being used to some extent,
especially by taxicab compE MES. One
of the preparations used is a mix
ture of whits lead. whiting. japan
(varnish) and turpentine. Although
principally for appearance, it pro-
tects the tire 70 a certain extent, and |.
in the case CT the spare tire it acts
much like d white cover, protecting
II from heat AMI preventing the ruO-
Der from CRYING out
In reference TO tire cost and milo
age the Scientific American recently
said: "A leading tire manufacturer
has an interesting story 20 telk} that
is very pertinent in view of present
conditions. In 1918 the user got from
5000 to 1000 miles service which
cost him about cent mile for each
wheel. In 1914 improvements in
creased the mileage to $500, and
this, with a decrease in the price OF
tires. brought the cost to 65-100.
Mileage Is Increasing.
I'm 1915 there was a further de-
crease in price and the average mile
age increased about 500 bringing the
cost to about one half OF a cent. In
soar. but improved manufacturing
methods brought fha TntIeaera I'M f0l