Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-21
PROPER CARE OF SOLID
TIRES IS LIFE TO TRUCK
.DSerloading One OF Creates I
Abuses Motor Owners Have
to Contend With.
SPEED TAKES RUBBERs LIFr
Neglected Cuts Often Cause Scri-
gus Injury ard Should BE Boy.
eled ut Once With Sharp knife.
Many Other Abuses Common.

a. Proper care OF solid truck tires
means more 10 the truck owner than
Increased tire mileage and lesscned
tire expense. Ii means greater ctii-
& Cheney on the part OF tho truck. few
ef mechanical brcakdowns and less
time In waiting for repairs.
THE Importance OF eliminating tire
abuses is so generally recognized ut
present that many truck owners go Ia
great pains to point out 70 the drivers
the damaging effect OF various abuses
and show how they can he avoided.
& Some even offer bonuses to the driv
era attaining the greatest tire mile
sge.
The following summary o; tire
abuses. prepared 10y the Il. +. Good
rich Rubber Company. shows the
thing that a truck driver should avoid
to get maximum tire service. AL
though brief. it covers the ground
thoroughly. 1t may well serve as the
divers primary textbook on tire
overloading-of all possible abuses
10, solid motor truck tires. overload
Ing Is the most disastrous. Tires
OF the greatest load the truck car
r1es, not the average load.
In leading the truck care should
carefully SO that 2 crushing leverage
be exerted.
Heat Destroys Solid Tires.
.Speeding-iieat destroys solid tires.
just IKE 1t does pneumatics. taking
the life on, OF the rubber. Heat is
OF the Load ana friction against the
roadoeu when truck Is driven ut an
s snSess speed; even II the highway ,, Is
should DC driven sane!y to avoid per-
manent tire injury.
Tire should not be neglected any more
than a cut in the tread OF pneu-
matte. Cuts near the edge. OF tho
tire tend to enia.gs. especially in q
rroper!y trimmed the torn rubber or
nag catches as the wheel revoives
AID the injury becomes worse. Ne
elected cuts have often developed TO
such an extent that they have caught
10 frogs IL car tracks and torn off
! vent ;he continuation of cut on the
sharp knife
notwithstanding or locking the
seaas Eoh the , @hf Ss trsE
mechanism and the treads OF the
tires. Drivers should be taught that
brskes are an NH s'G gpad 9ulixer and
iirmer than with a JERK.
improperly adjusted brakes will
N.
resulting in Il section OF the tire be-
ing ground or torn off.
.. AS soon as truck starts to skid
the direction of the Skid. abrupt
turning OF corners has the same cf-
feet as skidding. increasing the strain
and wear on the tires
Car-Trncls Abuse Serious.
Gear Track Abuse-lnjuries result
Ing from running solid tires in car
h. n
does not permit ready distribution
Of par, OF the lead strain 70 the rails
carried upon the section running on
The car rail. with the result that it
Is quickly worn and broken away.
The injury is not congned 10 one or
around the entire circumference,
ssyen,uaily leaving the tirs, reduced
Chains Too Tight-Chains should
he kept loose enough 80 that they
will work around the tire and pro-
vide an equal distribution OF wear
and strains Chains should not be
used except when absolutely neccs-
sary. as great injury results from
hard roads
sout OF acknowledgements OF
wheels VIII grind down solid tire
quickly. Damage is caused ny the
continuous friction OF the tire being
partly dragged and partly rolled over
the roadway. Regular inspection
tected easily. tho tire being ground
OFF smoothly and having sharp cor
nsys, \ simnle inspection IS 10 par,
rneasure the distance between cen
tefs. Scaiy appearance. ef the tread
Is caused by the hard 5a!tints result
Bad Roads-Rad roads are obvious
4 ly injurious 10 solid tires. as the tire
& rests successiveiy in irregularities.
psrticula norton Of the tire MANY