There are millions upon millions of cars, trucks, buses and trailers that whiz and rumble down millions of miles of streets and highways in these United States. They move the people from here to there, freighting our goods to market and delivering us to our furthermost pleasures, wearing the tires on our vehicles threadbare as they hum busily in the process of rolling from one coast to the other.
The tons of rubber that it must take to shoe the horses under those millions of hoods paralyze my imagination. Four tires per hood, and even as many as 18 tires per hood, keep the seat of our pants from smoking up the streets and highways. And that’s only the first 50,000 miles of the life of our cars and trucks.
Today’s technicalized vehicles can operate well over a hundred thousand miles, and some can operate as much as two or three times that many. That’s several sets of tires in the life of each vehicle, and even more for trucks.
There are statistics, I’m sure, that can tell us the number of tires — after serving their purpose and becoming bald, weather-cracked and seriously unbalanced old soldiers — that are discharged to spend the rest of their years accumulating in obscure places and making nuisances of themselves.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
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There are millions upon millions of cars, trucks, buses and trailers that whiz and rumble down millions of miles of streets and highways in these United States. They move the people from here to there, freighting our goods to market and delivering us to our furthermost pleasures, wearing the tires on our vehicles threadbare as they hum busily in the process of rolling from one coast to the other.
The tons of rubber that it must take to shoe the horses under those millions of hoods paralyze my imagination. Four tires per hood, and even as many as 18 tires per hood, keep the seat of our pants from smoking up the streets and highways. And that’s only the first 50,000 miles of the life of our cars and trucks.
Today’s technicalized vehicles can operate well over a hundred thousand miles, and some can operate as much as two or three times that many. That’s several sets of tires in the life of each vehicle, and even more for trucks.
There are statistics, I’m sure, that can tell us the number of tires — after serving their purpose and becoming bald, weather-cracked and seriously unbalanced old soldiers — that are discharged to spend the rest of their years accumulating in obscure places and making nuisances of themselves.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
