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Show DUMPING CURBSTONES Ono ot tho hnrdost things for n motorist to understand Is that a tiro frequently suffors sorlous injury when bumpod ngainst n curbstone Bo-causo Bo-causo tho tiro shows no oxtornal damage, tho owner is llkoly to fool that tho tiro is dofoctlvo If somo timq later It blows out ns a rosult of tho bump. All tho Ingenuity of tho skilled tiro onglnoor will novor bo nblo to mako a tiro that is corafortablo to rldo on and nt tho snmo tlmo nbld to stand up undor mistreatment of this sort, says tho United Statos Tiro Company. If a driver wants to bang his tiros nround, ho will find It inoro economical economi-cal to equip with oldfnshloned Iron tiros than with rubbor. A rubbor tiro will stand n groat deal It will dollvor thousands of mllos of sorvlco ovor rough roads. But it frequently under-goeB under-goeB internal rupturo when glvon unduly un-duly harsh troatmont, such ns bolng bumped ngnlnst n curb. Tho breakdown break-down is not duo to fnulty construction but to shabby troatmont. Trucks equipped with pneumatics should bo especially caroful to avoid this sort of damago to tholr tiros. A truck In backing up to a curb to dls- aHBaaaMaManMMMMIUaHnBHWMn- 'chnne n load will of ton orash Into ft 'curbitime. The weight of the truck 'combined with' the tonnage of Its i barge, rauios nil ipeclally damaging jblow to the tiro. Curbstono rupturos 'of this sort In big pneumatics usually I cause the tiro to blow Just nbovo tho . tinnil |