07-31-2012, 07:13 AM
Dave Harris sctchbld Wrote:On Another thread we were discussing using rubber O rings to make tires for my junk yard and it was postulated that O rings would be too skinney for tires in 1/64 or HO .
We had a tire manufacturing company here in town, It was the McGraw Tire Company. The president of the local bank told us about his days as a tire tester. They would give him a car with 4 new tires on it and 4 new tires for spares. The idea was to see how far he could drive on a set of tires and the spares. He never missed being home that night with 8 worn out ruined tires. He said he only made the next town to the west once (10 miles) Probably why no one ever heard of the McGraw tires.
He never drove too far from the railroad so it wasn't hard to hitch a ride to the station.Charlie