WATER-FILLED TYRES A SUCCESS
LONDON, Nov. 5 (Rec. 6 pm). —The drivers of a Liverpool haulage firm who are filling the rear tyres of their lorries with water instead of air, say that both acceleration and braking are improved. The tyre lasts longer and there is no wheel spinning or skidding. The firm’s chief engineer started experiments with waterfilled tyres a year ago. With 20 gallons of water pumped into each rear tyre of a test vehicle, he mixed a quantity of calcium chloride, which has anti-freezing and rubber-preserving qualities. The results were excellent, he said. A driver said their lorries rode comfortably at all speeds. The tyres could go for as long as six months without any maintenance.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 7 November 1949, Page 5
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