New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1928, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1028 '%,W'eim % TRUCKS and Heavy Duty Pneumatics 7 hold all world records for SAFETY, DURABILITY, MILEAGE Truck Records A.]. Mortemer of McBrides,Mich., has todate received 51,000 miles from a set of Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires on his truck. For seventeen months these tires have been every diy on a milk route, carrying two and three ton loads. “Cannon Ball” Baker, in 1927, drove a 2-ton GMC truck, fully loaded, from Atlantic to the Pacific—3,693 miles in 137 hours and 36 min- utes. This fastest and longest truck run on record was made on Firestone Gum-Dipped Heavy Duty Pneumatics. Bus Records The Black Diamond Bus Line, Brownsville, Texas, report a set of Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires on a 20-passenger bus, ran over 83,000 miles. Johnson Storage & Distributing Company, Fort Worth, Texas,received 63,000 miles con- tinuous service on a set of Firestone Heavy Duty Truck Tires. The world’s longest bus line operating from Portland, Ore., to St. Louis, Mo., by way of El Paso, Texas, uses these tires exclusively, with remarkable savings of tire costs. The Parmelee Company of Chicago since 1924 have obtained the remarkable average of better than 35,000 miles from Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires on all vehicles in their passenger and baggage transfer fleets. records talk straight BUSINESS to the man who carries the responsibility for operating costs on truck and bus fleets. These records actually SHOW how Firestone Gum-Dipped fTires are smashing down the overhead on haulage—and that’s twhat every truck and bus owner wants to know. PERFORMANCE-that’s the thing!—not mere claims or prom- fises. How much per hauling mile? Tire buyers are entitled to the jcold, hard facts, and Firestone Tires are delivering them in mile- iage service never before approached in the history of tirebuilding. Firestone has woh outstanding leadership in both the truck and , figer car fields by clearly demonstrated engineering and manufacturing superiority. Firestone has pioneered every im- jportant advance in tire construction since the introduction of ipneumatics. It was Firestone that won the fight against foreign monopoly of raw rubber, gained control of sources of supply and forcedp;nces down to the low level on which they are today. As a result of Firestone’s own improved processes of manufac ture, and the scientific engineering of definite types and sizes of tires to fully serve each specific purpose, new records—records un- heard of a few years ago—are being piled up by literally hun- dreds of thousands of car and truck owners and operators. Four hundred great Bus Lines—incluc'i:gng the largest fleets in New York—Chicago—Cleveland—St. Louis—Los { —San Antonio—New Orleans—Portland, Oregon—Washington, D.C,, and many other leading cities—all have adopted Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires, and are obtaining the lowest cost per mile on record, with safety, speed and all-around satisfaction. Whatever the hauling job, Firestone has built a tire to give the most economical and satisfactory service. The FACTS are' before every tire buyer—the element of gamble has been eliminated.: When you buy Firestone Tires, you KNOW that you are buying MOST MILES PER DOLLAR M-Menem:mrmdykm.ndmmdmmmmeamm“dm and bummmummcu-mmuuwmnmm Fivestone Master $ervice Station Dealers e tetter squipped toment and bus operators. Take your haulage problems to them. THEY WILL,SAVE YOU MONEY AND SERVE YOU BETTER ’ A M ERICANSES S HOUTLD P RODUTCTE T HETIR \ O W N R UBBEHTR