[AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming

Wed Jan 4 13:56:01 PST 2006

I don't blame him for wanting the best tires he could get, especially if he 
was hauling propane!

I used to haul log and wood chips along with rock, sand and agricultural 
lime in dump trailers.  We spent a good bit of time off of the highway and 
in some pretty rough terrain.  We pretty well had to run caps.  We couldn't 
afford new tires except for the steering axle.
I agree with you about the Bandags.  They were good caps.   I've never run 
any radial recaps either except for the ones on my 2 ton dump.  They need to 
be replaced now and were on it when I got it.
It doesn't run many miles so I can't really tell you what I think about 
them.

Charlie
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From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
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>
> Charlie
> Funny thing is that my Dad refused to run recaps at all.  He always said 
> that during the war (II) that all they could get was caps.  He hauled bulk 
> propane/butane and the tanks, appliances ect whosale to dealers.  He said 
> that he wanted the best rubber possible.
>
> I did a lot of long distance cattle hauling in the early 70's and we ran 
> Bandag recaps on the drive axles, never the front and on the trailers. 
> They sometimes gave more service than the original treads.  Of course that 
> was all bias ply tires--never had any dealings with caps and radials.
>
> Another interesting story about propane and WWII was trucks.  It was 
> considered a priority industry and when their trucks needed replacing 
> during the war--what they were alloted were Macks with canvis tops and 
> gasoline heaters in the floorboards.  They did not replace them until '47, 
> but he never wanted another Mack and he wanted the best of comforts for 
> his drivers.  He was in lp business for 62 years--37 in wholesale and rest 
> as part owner of a retail delivery business.  I miss asking him questions 
> about propane carburation ect all the time.
> Bear
> Live every day of your life like a three year old.  Get down in the dirt 
> with it, roll in it and smile a lot.  Bear
>
>
> --- "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:57:36 -0500
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming
>
> Bear, my guess is that your dad ran a lot of recaps on his rig.  Am I 
> right?
> That would explain him calling the tires casings.  A good set of casings
> would last through several re-caps if your recapper was any good.  Stuff
> happens to truck tires but the tread is not so important as long as you
> don't ruin the casing.
>
> I guess most of us know what the truckers call a truck tread that has come
> off and is laying in the highway.   It's an alligator because it can jump 
> up
> and bite your air lines and stuff.
>
> Charlie
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
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>
>> Herb
>> Glad to know that I am not the only one who knew them as turtle shells.
>> The other one that gets my kids and grandkids is when I say  that I have
>> to get out and check my casings (the air in my tires.)  That is what my
>> old dad always called his tires and I guess it stuck.  Dad was a trucker
>> and it we had ever ruined a dual or one single of a tandem axle, he would
>> have whopped us good.  "Good casings cost good money" and I quote.
>> Bear
>>
>> Live every day of your life like a three year old.  Get down in the dirt
>> with it, roll in it and smile a lot.  Bear
>>
>>
>> --- "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
>> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:58:03 -0500
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming
>>
>> Bear
>> Turtle shells were used decades ago in KS; flatten out most of the arc,
>> turn
>> it over, and hook behind the team of mules and move very modest amounts 
>> of
>> dirt or rocks.  I remember hooking a log chain into the hinge hooks of 
>> the
>> turtle shell.
>> Recently, a close friend had a body shop there; that was first time I
>> heard
>> of clips.
>> Herb
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
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>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:07 PM
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>>> I am sure it may be another local thing.  When I was growing up all my
>>> folks and friends called the truck or English boot a "turtle" and the 
>>> lid
>>> was the turtle shell.  To fit the dog box, just unbolt or torch the
>>> hinges
>>> on the turtle shell and instant coon hunting truck.  I remember that my
>>> Dad's youngest brother (the coon huntin-est fellow I ever knew) had
>>> several friends with sedans with the dog box permantly in the turtle.
>>> Bear
>>
>>> --- "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net> wrote:
>>> Here we used the highly technical term for that part of
>>> the car. We called it the "ass end"...   :-)   That was
>>> also BTW where the coon hunters took the "rear deck" off
>>> and built in the "dog box".   :-)
>>> "farmer"
>>
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