Sears used to have their "Guardsman" made by an overseas firm called Michelin. As for wear on today's tires Bought a new F-150 on 2001 took the OEM Firestones off at 88,000 miles and they were still legal, probably could of gotten another 5-8,000 miles out of them, but they were starting to act a little freaky in snow/slush (not that they were ever good in rain or slush). Put a set of Goodyear RT/S on it replaced them at about 60,000 miles, three were legal and fair, evidently I ran it with an under inflated tire and trashed one. Went back with the same Goodyears. Weight and road surface are big factors in tire wear and as I proved proper inflation. Proper inflation is also a factor with gas mileage. First trip I took in the pick up with the 2nd set of Goodyears my MPG was 2-2 1/2 MPG better than I had been doing, the folks that installed my new tires aired 'em up a little higher than I was running. Rolling resistance can also vary from tire model to model, factors are side wall stiffness and rubber hardness. I had a tire dealer explain to me some OEM tires don't last very long because the manufacturer traded gas mileage for tire longevity, they put a tire with lower expected life on but it improves the EPA gas mileage rating of the car.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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