Show R New Tire Business Now Operating in Manti Jv V 1 i et 1 f 1 AJI s. s 1 1 1 i ie iz z i r ri e r r rs M 1 Lovell H H. Stokes shows how the rubber is laid on a tire for recapping ing as his leis son and partner Gordon looks on This machine is a Tread Builder one of many new pieces of equipment installed in the new Manti l business Stokes Tire and Treading Co is now turning out quality re recaps recaps recaps re- re caps and doing tire repair work in Manti 1 The new firm is own- own ced cod and managed by Lovell H. H Stokes and his sons Gordon and Bob The new firm will offer t their heir services to retailers from Panguitch to Salt Lake City and andis and andis is strictly a wholesale unit Much new equipment is used by hy the Stokes' Stokes new business which is quartered in the former form form- er Jeep garage on North Main Street in Manti ManU A tire to be is first run through a Dynamic Balancer which au automatically automatically au- au balances the t tire ire i r e and nd grinds away the thc old tire evenly The cement which is used on the old tire carcass before the Jl new w rubber is applied is put on onby onby by hy the use of air ac according according according ac- ac cording to the owners This enables en- en ables it to go deeper into the tire and increases its adhesive qualities they say A new Tread Builder puts the new rubber on the tires un under Under un- un der 80 pounds of pressure as assuring assuring assuring as- as suring a sure set for the recap The tires thes are then put in new Lodi electric all molds and kept at degrees for more than an hour They have two molds rt ft present with molds to handle handle handle han han- dle tires from to They anticipate the addition of two more molds by the end of the summer S Stokes t o 0 k e s Tire and Treading guarantees that their recaps will give new tire mileage to the owner They use No 1 per percent percent percent cent Cold Rubber for the caps rand and offer two tread designs one for summer and one especially for fur winter use The premium tread offers or oi l' l summer 32 12 inch tread depth and the wino winter winter win win- o ter tread is 3 inch deep The elder Mr Stokes has been in the tire business since 1918 mid and has been manager of one of Salt Lake City's largest tire the services He says they will of offer offer of- of fer a line of ne new v tires and a complete line of oC Laher bat- bat tries along with their recapping and repair service |