Greetings to all in Bitog land on Saint Stephen's Day! (It's also the day we get to sing about "Good King Wenceslas" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQVUMG6LZGM).
So, I'm airing up tires this afternoon on my fleet. My compressor is happily humming, inflating all tires in the GreeC fleet to proper pressure.
My neighbor comes over. He has an old car in his driveway that has been sitting there for about three years. The tires are not flat, but low, and he's wondering if he can borrow my nifty compressor to air them up.
"Tell you what" say I, "as soon as I'm done, I'll do it for you."
This is met with approval and as soon as I finish with my own, I head across the street to shoot some air in his tires.
I take my tire pressure gauge with me and discover that the lowest tires has seven pounds and the highest has 13.
I plug my little pancake compressor into his wall socket and begin to pump pounds of air into his almost flat tires.
What I notice is that his four almost flat tires, though worn, don't have a single crack on them. I check the date to determine their age - all of them were made 2007. That's only a year younger than the ones I just pulled off the vehicle formerly known as "Thunder the Wonder Pig." The ones I pulled off my car were loaded with cracks and were starting to split on the sidewalls. His, however, have nary a crack or split on them.
Now, keep in mind, his car has sat for about three years without moving an inch. It's right across the street from where I live so they deal with the exact same weather conditions, (same sun, same rain, same cold and heat, same storms, etc).
Why the difference? Why do his tires look so good while mine are ready for the trash heap, (not because they're worn out. In fact, they still have plenty of tread, but they are cracked to the point of being dangerous)?
I don't remember the brand name, but they're some kind of off brand "all season" radials.
Bitogers, I await your tire wisdom. Meanwhile, I'm finishing a big bowl of collard greens from yesterday's Christmas feast, (cooked with a great big hunk of "fat back").
So, I'm airing up tires this afternoon on my fleet. My compressor is happily humming, inflating all tires in the GreeC fleet to proper pressure.
My neighbor comes over. He has an old car in his driveway that has been sitting there for about three years. The tires are not flat, but low, and he's wondering if he can borrow my nifty compressor to air them up.
"Tell you what" say I, "as soon as I'm done, I'll do it for you."
This is met with approval and as soon as I finish with my own, I head across the street to shoot some air in his tires.
I take my tire pressure gauge with me and discover that the lowest tires has seven pounds and the highest has 13.
I plug my little pancake compressor into his wall socket and begin to pump pounds of air into his almost flat tires.
What I notice is that his four almost flat tires, though worn, don't have a single crack on them. I check the date to determine their age - all of them were made 2007. That's only a year younger than the ones I just pulled off the vehicle formerly known as "Thunder the Wonder Pig." The ones I pulled off my car were loaded with cracks and were starting to split on the sidewalls. His, however, have nary a crack or split on them.
Now, keep in mind, his car has sat for about three years without moving an inch. It's right across the street from where I live so they deal with the exact same weather conditions, (same sun, same rain, same cold and heat, same storms, etc).
Why the difference? Why do his tires look so good while mine are ready for the trash heap, (not because they're worn out. In fact, they still have plenty of tread, but they are cracked to the point of being dangerous)?
I don't remember the brand name, but they're some kind of off brand "all season" radials.
Bitogers, I await your tire wisdom. Meanwhile, I'm finishing a big bowl of collard greens from yesterday's Christmas feast, (cooked with a great big hunk of "fat back").
