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2. Paddle tire - Wikipedia

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   The more "extreme" a mud tire (such as a "Super Swamper") is, the harsher and louder it is on a hard surface. A "tractor tire" on a farm tractor is a somewhat milder version of a paddle tire, only the voids are smaller to allow for limited use on hard surfaces, and the "lugs" are angled to give lateral traction. A paddle tire is so optimized ...

3. Tundra tire - Wikipedia

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   The tundra-style tire has been independently invented at different times and places. In North America its post-World War II invention is credited to Canadian Welland Phipps, [1] potentially inspired by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's pre-World War II development of their own, similar low-pressure "airwheel" as a complete wheel-rim and tire set — said to be of the "Musselman" type from U ...

4. Seiberling Rubber Company - Wikipedia

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   The Seiberling Rubber Company was an American tire manufacturer for motor vehicles. Seiberling Tires ad from 1922. In 1898 Frank A. Seiberling acquired an old strawboard factory in Akron, Ohio and founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (naming it after Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber). He served as the company's ...

5. Tire - Wikipedia

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   Inflation is key to proper wear and rolling resistance of pneumatic tires. Many vehicles have monitoring systems to assure proper inflation. Most passenger cars are advised to maintain a tire pressure within the range of 32 to 35 pounds per square inch (220 to 240 kPa) when the tires are not warmed by driving. [116] [117]

6. 8-inch/35-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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   The 8"/35 caliber gun Mark 3 and Mark 4 (spoken "eight-inch-thirty-five--caliber") were used for the main batteries of the United States Navy's first armored cruisers and the secondary batteries for their first battleships, the Indiana-class.

7. Swamper (occupational title) - Wikipedia

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   Swamper is an occupational slang term for an assistant worker (unskilled helper, maintenance person, or someone who performs odd jobs) in support of a skilled worker. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the term has its origins circa 1857 in the southern United States to refer to a workman who cleared roads for a timber feller in a swamp.