BALLOON TYRES
CORRECT INFLATION NECESSARY. Though balloon tyros are made to be used at low . air pressures, it does net follow that any old pressure will insure maximum mileage from. the tyre, engineers of the Goodyear Tyre and Rub ber Company point out. Because balloon tyres carry very low air pressures to begin with, a drop of from five to ten lb represents a big percentage" of decrease in the total recommended, pressure. And so. running under inflated is iust as harmful to the balloon tvre as it is to drive a car equipped with high 'pressure tvres at inflations below those recommended for a normal load. Owners of cars with balloon tvres should never let the pressure drop more than 10 per cent, below the recommended inflation for a normal load. For instance. if the recommended pressure is i)01b. the absolute minimum is 271 b of air below which the tvre js certain to suffer, damage. The erroneous- impression has got abroad, Goodyear engineers declare, that the balloon tyre is not only built for comfort but that: ; it will stand rough usage and can he run over the worst kinds of roads, over railway tracks, that it can climb curbs and take without damage as well the jolts and skid which follows slamming in the brakes while the car is maintaining a high rate of speed. Properly cared for, balloon tyres will last as long and give mileage equal to that cf high pressure tyres. It is remarkable how much abuse some balloons will" stand', but the motorist should remember that every, time he rqiis over a curb or extremely rough road he. is gambling away mileage. Because the balloon tyre will not stand any more use than a regular high pressure tyre it is no - reason for thinking that the balloon is a fragile piece of -workmanship.. Given average care such as the ordinary motorist expects to give his regular tyres, the balloon will not disappoint him in long service. Moreover, it has the added feature of extra cushioning for the mechanism of the car. thereby reducing mechanical repair bills.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12181, 4 July 1925, Page 18
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