Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-01-08 | Page 4 | Air, Not Tire, Carries Auto Load

AIR MUT NOT THE TIRE CARRIES AUTO LOAD N If t Too many persons forget that the tire and and tube on the wheel of their car are are not supposed to be bear r the weight of the car declares J J. J L L. Ellerbeck of the Guarantee Tire and company distributors of Norwalk Norwall Nor- Nor Rubber Company P an y walk wall tires The weight of the car caris caris caris is borne by the air within the tire and if It the pressure is diminished due to the effect is immediately Immediately immediately imme Imme- disastrous upon the tire and tube which are intended merely as the container of the air column and andare andare andare are not designed to bear up the weight of the car probably ruins more tires than any any other single cause The constant bending of the side walls of the casing on an under- under inflated tire is inevitably disastrous disastrous 1 sooner or later for a burden is thus I put upon the material which it was never designed to meet Air is free but tires and tubes cost money and it is certainly the part of wisdom I for every motorist to see that his tires are constantly supplied with just the quantity of air which h their I mal maker er Designed them to carry carry