Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-01-11 | Page 35 | Packard Announces Pneumatic Tire Truck

I. I Packard Announces Pneumatic matic Tire Truck I J v ihK r. m k Y f FJ r i 1 1 i t t S y a r c. c hm r v fir y pr yi J r j f r. r I J r 4 e n J tir tired d trucks tracks designed t to meet the dema demand d for greater speed and wider ran range e in truck track transportation are announced D by the Packard Motor Moto MotorCar r Car company for 1920 production C l I CSC now new models aro the first c tire trucks to ho manufactured hr he Packard ard company and lUId are arc dist dis- dis t in design from the solid tire k Jc models Tho The trucks truel are built In Inc Indifferent ine c e different sizes giving a large o in capacity Tho The fact that the they specifically designed for pneumatic B Is a 3 long Ions step in the application of ot the motor vehicle to special ecial work according to A A A. S. S Sims president of or orthe the Sims company compan intermountain distributors distributors dis- dis dis I for Packard trucks and carriages car clr- Tho efforts to make o pneumatic tire trucks b by simply changing tire equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment has j proved io a failure ho be said The pneumatic tiro when put on a I wheel Intended for a solid tire gives a a. much larger wheel diameter Increasing Increasing ing the gear ratios heavily The consequence consequence con con- sequence is rapid engino deterioration because the engine is laboring con con- Tho problem has been one of ot design dehn rather than one ono of oC adoption We 0 have answered It b by a new model which Is built for Cor the tho work It Is to do 10 Earl Early In November No one of ot these thes new now trucks made what Is regarded as a Do new n road spec speed record for motor trucks I Imade Itma It td t ma made mado o the run between Bay City an and d Detroit a dl distance of oC miles in five hours an and two fifty two minutes an avera average aver aver- a age aho e of ot miles an hour One half o othe of oC the distance was traveled over roads road s wet wot by recent rains Tho truck w was packed to Its capacity of oC three tons tonS' It was equipped with Goodyear Goodyea r Cord tires In front and rear