without using google

in 1948 the michelin tire company introduced the first passenger car tire in a radial....

what company invented the first practical pneumatic tire? what was it for/ used on, and what company did it become?

i did a project on the tire so... im gonna keep my mouth shut

beats me.. these questions get way too deep into the history of tires for me lol

It was actually John Boyd Dunlop.... Dunlop tires.... which then became the gooyear - dunlop tire company, which is now the goodyear tire company.... with Dunlop being on of the "brands" that they have under their company... you know, like Kelly Tire....... The first practical tire was made for a bicycle..... Johns boy would get headaces from riding his bike, that had steel wheels.....

holy crap, i was going to use that as a stupid guess hahahah.. i didn't know dunlop was that old of a company

yeah, Dunlop actually started as the Dunlop rubber company over In Ireland, in I believe 1888 ish....

holy oldness lol

007jimmy, i wish i only knew all this from a project on tires...... i have now spend a week at bridgestone, a week at micheline, and 4 days at the goodyear tire factory learning about tires, the history, the way they are made, what to look for in the way of potential failures...... but im learning about the earthmover tires.... you know, 37.00r57,50/65-51, and the new monsters, the 63 inch tires for the caterpillar 797 ridgid truck...... im to the point i hate tires.... which sucks, cause i am the tire man for simplot phosphates, here in utah...

lol why would you need to know the history of tires? it's not like you're dealing with antique junk tires lol

well...... I deal with alot of old equipment....... and, I have run into a few of the first earthmover tires...... they are junk..... I really dont need the history of tires, but its one of the "interesting" things that they share in training....

aaaah, so they're not actually trying to beat it into your head.. just giving you some useless info to try and fool us! lol

its always helpfull to know the history of a tire when your tryin to sell it.. lol.. alot of companys use that as a sales pitch..

troofzz

yeah, Micheline sales guys love to use the fact that they had the first radial tire for earthmovers...... Im glad i aint in the sales side of it.... the other thing that is nice to have history for, is so I can see where the tires started, and how far they have come

i wonder how far INTERCO has come lol

Interco has come along way.... they started as a company providing tires for people wanting task specific tires..... they have forced the other companies "Mud" tires to become alot more advanced, and they hae furthered the offroad world.. there really isnt a tire that compares to the super swamper Bogger, as far as number of people using it in the world, and its effectivness in its intendd terrain... mud.... Interco is a company that has built a name for itself by providing an excelent product.... and they are advancing now.... if you look 10 years ago, the number of Radial mud specific tires was far and few.... I think that interco offers 5 or so as of now, and they are working on a few more.... I dont know alot about the Interco company, as they dont produce a tire big enough for the Mining industry....

as of late.. interco has been designing more of an all-terrain line up.. they have god knows how many variations of the TSL in their line-up that i don't even care to count.. but boggers are by far the most loved and hated tire there is in the off-road tire market. most of the people who hate them have gotten stuck in ruts made by boggers lol

boggers serve one porpous.... get you there.... they usually dont help out the guy behind you though!!!! ROFL

trust me, i know.. a guy i used to be good friends with has a C10 on 44x19(?) boggers.. we only made the mistake of letting him go in front of another truck once.. unfortunately, i happened to find his ruts once, instant stuck on my 38's lol you can tell by the small rooster tail off my LF tire, i was stuck.. below that is the truck that made the ruts and him to the left of the last picture

I want that truck please and thank you!

he'll sell it to you.. 8k lol

I bet so, but i have no 8k, so, cookies?

woooooooooooo cookies!!!!!!!!!

So can i have the truck??