Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1883 — Broad Wagon Tires. [ARTICLE]

Broad Wagon Tires.

A farmer who had used a wagon with broad tires on the wheels long enough to‘ascertain their relative value as compared with nOrrow tires, writes: A four-inch tire will carry two tons over soft ground with greater ease to the team than a 2|-inch tire will carry one ton. The wheels are not so much strained by stones .and rough tracks on the road, and the road is not cut up, but, on the contrary, is packed down aud kept smooth. The prevalent idea that the draught is increased by widening the tire is altogether baseless; on the contrary; a wide tire reduces the draught. The extra cost of the tires is repaid many times over every year in the extra work that can be done by a team.