San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
PROPER CARE i
j. IS ANSWER TO .
T|REPR0BLEM
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Average Motorist Prone TO
Neglect Important
Equipment.
WASTE IS STARTLING
Estimated 100000
Miles Of Service Lost
Each Year.
WASTE IS STARTLING
BY JEROME, s. SHAW,
EDITOR. TIRES.

Some day, Mr.. Motorist, when you
are laid up at the roadside await
ing the arrival of the service car with
a new tire or are INDUCING in that
popular little pastime entitled "making
use of the spare" give thought to
the tires on your car! If you are the
average car owner that will be the
only time that tires, the indispensable
equipment of your motor vehicle, will
receive any consideration from you
And then, nine time out of ten, the
consideration will be in the nature OF
condemnation of the particular tire re-
sponsible for the interruption of your
trip or of tires in general.
Bearing in mind that tires are con-
structed entirely of vegetable matter
crude rubber and cotton fabric, and
that as the average motofist you have
failed to give them more than passing
>sSteution, in fact have neglected them
entirely, you really have no grievance
to register when they fail to render
the service you expect.
OF course, if you have been unfor
tunate enough to place your faith and
your money in what the reputable
tire dealer calls "gipv tire the situa
ton may be different. But let us con.
slider Abe real tire, that made by re-
sponsible manufacturers and sold by
dealers whose interest in you does NOT
9 stop when they ring the cash register
This real tire, and it is made carrying
the brand name of quite a number OF
companies, if given proper attention,
will return service in mileage that
cannot help but satisfy even the most
economical motorist. -
Waste Is Enormous.
"Proper attention" is the. answer
to the tire situation. How this advice
from the tire dealers and manufac-
turers is given little consideration
from motorists is indicated by the
statement made by one tire company
to the effect that not so per cent OF
the tires sold in 1921 were sufficient
ly cared for to permit them to deliver
half the mileage built into them by the
, makers. In other words, of the ap-
proximately 35.000,000 pneumatic
tires made last year about 100000
were wasted. Working on the basis
that the average tire would give 1000
miles. which is putting it conservative
", there were more than 100000. 000
miles Of service thrown into the junk
pile. When figured on dollar and
cents basis this waste is startling! .
One does not have to be an expert
mechanic to take care of his tire equip
ment. II any major injuries develop
pass the job of repairing them on to
the man who makes that work his
business. If you make certain that
the initiation is according TO the
schedule set down by the manufacture
er, you will be insuring yourself
1 against virtually all of the ills that
Nm ,h<fall tire. Care in driving is
also essential to high tire mileage. II
you persist in running in car tracks,
bouncing over curbs, and demonstrate
ing how quickly your brakes work
when there is no emergency to war
rant quick action you can set your
self down as mileage-and dollar
! waster. 5
Some Common Abuses.
Here. in a sort of reverse of cause
and effect. are some of the abuses to
which tires are subject:
Bruised blowouts and stone bruises
are the result of coming in contact
with an object which causes the fabric
to stretch beyond its elastic strength.
Such objects may be stones. holes in
the road, backing against the curb,
rounding corners, and causing the
rear wheel to strike the curb. etc.
It Is not always true that when a
tire gets stone bruise it will neces-
sarily blow out. due to the fact that
the break caused may be sufficiently
small to avoid pinching the tube for
some time. The trend may be of suf-
ficient strength to hold the. air press
ure. A tire run underinflated is more
subject TO stone bruise or bruised
blowout than one property inflated.
due to the fact that the indentation
or stretching Of the fabric will take
place much easier when the tire is
soft.
Chafed fabric results from run
ming with an unvulcanized blowout
patch or from running underinflated
and allowing the tube 10 cbafe. The
latter Is especially true in cord tires.
An unvulcanized blowout patch is
manufactured only to give temporary
relief. and IL patch is TO he used
permanently II should be vulcanized
TO avoid any possibility of friction be
ing present. a
Cracked fabric Is the result of un.
.dcrinflation or overlooking. Every
has n recommendation
as 10 the maximum load 10 be carried
and specific air pressure. This
shonld be strictly observed by the mo-
torist. a"
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