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ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES
After extensive testing, the tires for your
car were selected to provide the best com-
bination of reliability, traction, load-
carrying ability, stability at high speeds,
tread life, and riding comfort.
To obtain this balanced performance,
and for your safety. it is essential that
you always maintain recommended infla-
tion pressures and stay within the load
limits shown for your car.
PLY RATINGS
While there is no universally accepted
definition of ply rating, this term is com-
monly used to describe tire load carrying
capa,pity. The 4 ply rating/2 ply conven-
tional tire and the type A radial-ply tire
(which has two plies) have the same load
carrying capacity as 4 ply rating/4 ply
ti'res because the strength of each ply has
been increased by using stronger cords.
Similarly, the 8 ply rating/4 ply
conven~
tional tire has at least the load carrying
capacity of recently produced 8 ply
rated/8 ply tires at the recommended
infi~~!on
pressures.
TIRES
AND
TIRE
CA R E
FULL RATED (MAXIMUMI LOADS
CAR MODEL
Total
Bench Seat Sedans
6
Bucket Seat Sedans
5
Station Wagons
6
NEVER exceed the "total load" given
above. To figure your load, add the
actual weights of the driver, passen-
gers, and luggage both inside the car
~nd
on a roof rack. If a trailer is tow.ed,
mclude the actual tongue load.
OCCUPANTS
TOTAL
Front
Rear
LUGGAGE
LOAD
3
3
175
1075
2
3
175
925
3
3
300
1200
~ee
a rel?utable trailer dealer for spe-
CIa! eqUIpment necessary if tongue
load is over 200 lbs.
Up to 100 lbs. of extra luggage may be
carried in place of each passenger not
carried in the rear seat. Do not exceed
450 lbs. in front seat.
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