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The poor mileage performance of Silent Tread Tyres.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 53\3\  Scan123
Date  24th October 1928
  
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /LG24.10.28.

SILENT TREAD TYRE. 6.75". + 4050

We find from our experience that these tyres are giving us a poor mileage - viz: 2860 miles.
This is the mileage taken to bring them down to a smooth tread.

Our average mileage of triple sted tyres has been 5200 for the same extent of wear.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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