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Show CARE OF TIES VERY iPOBTANT Pressures Maintained Must Conform to Loads Carried. Id the course of tire development, tire experiments have proven that among the most important factors in the proper treatment of tires is the adjustment of the ratio hetween the air pressure of the tire and the load to he carried. Engineers have made long and comprehensive studies of the proper amount of air to he used with certain loads. The life of the tires :s actually lengthened and t lie service given is improved, if these ohserva-tions ohserva-tions of the engineers are regarded. Overloading Is Fault. Overloading is a common fault and the disregard for careful adjustment nf air pressure in the tires caused all snrts of tire troubles, which are not attributable to the construction of the lire hat to their use. The engineers and chemists are at work constantly 5 improving the materials from which tires are made and t lie machinery for I heir production hut all of the principles prin-ciples back of the construction of the tire are hased on maintaining an air pressure commensurate with the load tn he carried and the design of the tire. If the loads are increased the air pressure must be made to conform otherwise there is an insudicient amount of air In the tires for the load carried and this produces unnatural inflation which causes an unnatural wear on the tires. If the load Is too light for the air pressure carried there is not the resiliency or huoyancy to the tires that there should be. This is particularly true of balloon tires in which the variation of the air pressure Is a matter to be most carefully attended. at-tended. Engine Improves. Tires like the motor of the automobile automo-bile respond to pood treatment and the good motorist Is the one who will heed the best advice as to the care of the engine. He will use his automobile for years and the engine will actually Improve In his hands while in the hands of the poor motorist the engine will develop a multitude of troubles So It is with tires. Proper care actually actual-ly will give maximum mileage. Considering Con-sidering that the tires carry the load of the car and the contcius. as well as protecting the whole mechanism nf the car against the road blows, there are no more important elements In the operation of the car than proper tire adjustment, Inflation and load. |
