New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-13
Pneumatics Are
Essential for Long
Truck Hauls
Ehev Have Made Possible the
,sSuccess of Distance Trans
portation and Serve a
FieldDistinctly Their Own

Ths motorizing OF transportation has
anne to play such an important part
& the daily affairs Of the world that
many. OF the important details at the
time Of. happening receiving hardly
mare than passing attention are now
=. or;me interest. Things have hap
tsned 50 quickly that they have been
fsten as matter of course.
1T was two years ago that the Good
,,dar Tire and Rubber Company an
SSnnced the inauguration of motor
trrck service between the factory at
Akron, Ohio, and Boston, Mass, for
me purpose of transporting rubber
Sroaicts to the Boston territory and
Ssuling cotton fabrics from the mill
At Goodyear, Conn, back to Akron--a
round trip of 800 miles.
Il was the first long distance haul
inp service put into operation in this
ro,intry and has been successful from
fhe very start. The use Of pneumatic
Tire equipment on these trucks enabled
them to operate the entire year, regard
less of weather conditions, and at no
has the service been interrupted, not
sven during the unprecedented SHOWS
81 1918 in the Alleghenies. Following
. sEe GOODYEAR example, similar lines
have teeen established in many Sec
lions. so that intercity hauling now is
an accepted fact
When cur country entered the war
this line was used to transport war
.i,lateria. from the Central West to the
Eastern seaboard, and many times i'm
'rortant shipments were rushed to the
East by Goodyear express in preference
TO the regular transportation channels.
And when the first train of the vast
number CT motor trucks for our forces
In France was transported overland
under their own power, from Detroit
TO Baltimore, it was one Of the Good
wear trucks that served as a pilot for
this train.
IsAlong with this wonderful expansion
Of the motor truck into broader fields
Of usefulness there has been great
development of tires. There are sep
.arate fields for all kinds of tires. Some
uses demand pneumatic tire, others
require solid tire.
= The type of tire depends altogether
on the service expected of the truck.
AS 'betxeen pneumatic and solids, each
type affords we'll defined advantages.
WE oHOiI HduioS tH1OuSn COuScSL6u
tarffic, where slow speeds are obliga-
tory and pavements reasonably good,
solid tires serve economically and we'll.
But in long distance transport, inter-
urban freighting and general trucking,
pneumatic tires are far more efficient
and saving.
1t is fortunate that just at the time
traffic conditions became acute tire
equipment for trucks had advanced to
appoint permitting the entrance of
trucks into practically every kind of
service. 1t was in anticipation Of
this condition that led Goodyear to set
about evolving tire that would permit
the motor truck to graduate from the
spw-moving field. Pneumatic tires
make practical certain phases Of opera
ticn which formerly were out of the
question.
In heavy truck service they save ma
terially in gasolene and oil consump-
ton. They greatly cut truck depreci-
shor and remove danger of load break
age. They permit speeds which with
any other type Of tire would be ex-
pensive and indeed perilous. And they
allow transportation of heavier loads
on lighter chassis.