Hitting the right flat note
26th July 1980, Page 44
26th July 1980
Page 44
Page 44, 26th July 1980
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RUNNING on a flat tyre, particularly the inner cover on a twin wheel, has caused many a commercial-vehicle fire, yet Dunlop has sent a Chevrolet Chevette 3200 miles across America on a fully deflated Denovo tyre.
The equipment should have an even greater appeal to lorry and bus operators than to private motorists. For one thing, the extra cost should represent a much smaller proportion of the price of a £40,000 commercial vehicle than of a £9000 car.
Then there is the problem of changing a heavy wheel singlehanded, even if a spare is carried. If it is not, operators hardly need to be reminded of the salutary cost of a call-out to a tyre failure on a motorway.