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Show uu TIRE WEIGHTS ! PUZZLE IIOTOISTS Sales Engineer Explains 'dea of Changing From Solid to Air Tires Many motor truck owners w ho have1 Chanced their tire equipment from sol-J Ids to pneumatics are sometimes puzzled puz-zled as lo the maximum weight they; tl.mild allow load." to reach on the alr-iilb-.i tires. ,n exceptionally useful table has been figured out. supplying this information, and It Is given he-low. he-low. ''f course. It Is not expected that hes,. figure will he followed exactly." saya the iv.ies engineer of the risk itubber company, "bin experts have worked thi tblng out bqtb in Uisor) and practice, and any truck owner will do well to follow the table . losel as possihh " The table glvt m maximum loads for 'nth front and rear wheels, together with the proper tire sizes to be used n all trucks from t hroe-qunrler to (Ive-ton Weights I l( I Will i (j Truck Ifazimum weight Pneumatic Tons per whee Tire size 1 1 800 i. 4 '-a or 5 ' 1 I t1, or S i liofl yL or I i'."" 3tx:. ,--l2 1 3t)Xfi .3 K000 31x6 3- .'100 :i6x 1 4 SSOQ 38x7 1 6 1700 :s7 RJ tr w in. I i x Truck Maximum weight Pneumatic Tons per wheel Tiro size non ;u'. 1 L'lon S6s6 l-3,i :t n m i 18x7 2 ...CM. iaxs t- ItiOa 40x8 : M'oo Mxio 8-14 jc0i 44x10 |