Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-24
TIRE EXPERT
TALKS SHOP
Truck Owner Need Not Go
Far Wrong, He Says, In
Selecting Type.

fh0 truck owner need not go Tar
wrong today in selecting the correct
type of tire for the vehicle in his fleet,
says c. x Whidden. manager of truck
tire sales for tho United States Rub
Der company.
Each type of motor truck tirc Is de-
signed and built for service under
clearly prescribed conditions and by
careful study OF a few simple princi-
pies It will b> possible to decide which
type Is the 40 suited TO particular
purpose
Tho Limitations of service which
each typo gives are bounded generally
by tho capacity and speed OF tho truck
and tho character of the work 'h'
truck is called upon 10 perform.
Solid tires arc for general use on
trucks hauling loads of non-fraxil ma
feriAls under conditions that DO no.
demand unusual speed. such as snort
trips in congested traffic whero Irs
uueut stops arc necessary, or on rosos
that arc littlo affected by weather
cnnd,tion,. such use is confined gen
orally to largo centers OF populauon
or between such ccntcrs connected py
improved roads. us
Tho industries that most use eono
truck tires. and the classes OF work IN
which trucks can be most economically
rsed may be listed in general some
vha. as follows; General mnhulaD
fpr,nr. general contracting and eNta-
waiting; road building: coal ana ivc ~
tail delivery: lumber retail aenNsrs.
packing and flour milling industries
rIty delivery for wholesale Grooers,
terminal freight hauling; transfer
work in cities: and ell and sssonn'
deliveries In cities. .,
sord t,rcs as type and use arc o,
thrre kinds-regular high SIC anu
largo single Each Is deslsncu ~
cartain class OF service.
eoltd truck tirc- 1t Is built 10 me,
conditions that arc not cHcePt9ii,
and for that reason follows stanaara @
conventional lines. Solid truck tt,
Of this type arc most scononi.gat ~ w
satisfactory for all ordinary iruckIns
rrirposc, whcro medium sized truoss
arc used and where prescribed ioau,
and specds arc fairly closeIy aun'i.'
10. Tho field for regular tire IN inc IN
dustries listed above Is. with .cr.'
executions, on the front ana Isl
wheels OF trucks of Ia ton capaclIs
and on front wheels of trucks aooNe
~ ton class except as noteo nsI
after Circumstances ana reau,
ments may arise under which uucNs
nr ,hc classes mentioned may bo oper-
stca more economically on other types
NJ tres. such circumstances as rcsu
,.r,y hauling heavy loads over very
yoprh payements or making ionE, o's,
anco trips over country roaus. onus'
theso circumstances. II may DC pfcp
.b,o to use either the high size soua
- ~ rheumatic truck tires. Such
.ons,tions arc exceptions TO thc gen
r,ai ruie and must be SO dealt WIN.
,Thsro arc certain circumstances ana
conditions OF truck haunnE Whch we"
ynnt the use OF the hish SIZE ypo
.aiid tiro. This differs from the rcgu-
,,,a 4, that il furnishes greater
tiro height and ss-sectionai ates'
,horoforo greater cushionins; allows
somoyhat greater load carrsn
n.ri,y. gives greater miieaHe' retalhs
vitality longer; ana a'io"S i''
ton in tho truck. .nd
,her,foro should be recommended onE
for such uses rs VIII nrins ,n
in proportion to tho extra money :"
vested. A.. =. ,.d
-. Economically on the front wheels
Of all trucks above tho 1tz ton capac
Nv operating under the general condi-
tions heretofore enumerated but Whttc
In addition tho following REQUIREMENTS
arc important: CD a demand tor
cughioning effect not as great as tnst
furnished by pneumatics but greater
than supplied by regular tires, for ~
annie where a solid truck tire is COM
,riIrd to run regularly over roush
citt paycments: C) whenever 1t ie eN-
,odisnt TO carry occasional heavy
,osds such as large pieces of ma
rbingry. (Sl whero tho user wishes to
Obtain greater mileage from his SOLID
,jros vvith longer time hcewecn PERIODS
of replacement; a. where trucks arc
operated at long distances from ,ire
application faeiLi,ties' L,l. ~, sne" to ,mprove mi
,bo steering qualities on heavy duty
trucks. ,.,...to, -,
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