Where the Rubber Meets the Road: A Brief History of Tires
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- One of the most basic pieces of the modern vehicle, tires are something that most people use on a regular basis, and have become so omnipresent that they rarely elicit any consideration, except perhaps when one goes flat. But the history of the tire goes back thousands of years, and has played an out-sized role in the story of human civilization. The History Guy recalls the forgotten history of tires.
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I was just trying to tell my 11 year-old daughter about the history of tires last week (she asked). This will be fantastic when I show it to her today!
@Mycel Thanks!
History Guy is spying on you! Lol
She's gonna find out you made it all up 😬
@@svtirefire 😁 Kinda off the cuff, kinda right!
I'v been having trouble with my Goodyear tires pulling hard left, switching brands.
I wasn't too tired to watch this episode of the wheel and tires THG. I visited Thomas Edison home and laboratory in Ft. Myers, Florida and seem to remember he was working on a synthetic rubber process using goldenrod or some such plant THG. I don't remember exactly what Edison was using for a synthetic, but he was doing it in conjunction with Henry Ford who also had a winter home in Ft. Myers and they were good friends. We used to live in Naples, Florida at the time and I went on the tour of Edison's home and lab on a number of occasions. That might be an interesting snippet of forgotten history THG. I look forward to your next episode and you and yours stay healthy and safe. Cheers from this old retired coot and history buff living in Tennessee.💖 👍 😷 🍻 ✌
A mention to the difference between tire and tyre would have been the cherry on top of this video 🍒👌
A perfect video to listen to as I hit the road
Holy Subwoofer, HG. I love the new intro roll.
This is my new "The History Channel"
THG smoothly inserting pirates into his merch like a boss.
This is a year outside. I don't have a clue whether or not you'll see it. I'm in Akron. Enjoyed this episode but would like you to consider number one. Looking at the history and impact of lamp black in all rubber product manufacturing. Number two. Look at the industrial leagues of American baseball. This was the transitional. Between baseball being sort of a friendly hobby and The Genesis of professional sport teams. Particularly look in the 1880s. The akrons, and I forget which company supported them, be either the national or American League champions and shut out the other. Other. It's history that does deserve to be remembered because if nothing else is funny. I'd also like you to look at the astonishing monster tires. For instance, there are these ice crawling behemoths in Canada which climb up on the glaciers so that the fat and lazy like me can actually see a glacier up front. The tires for those vehicles are still made. I believe in Akron Ohio and they are like $30,000 a piece. Their monster huge and regularly used and replaced. Then there are of course the huge monster tires for the huge monster mining equipment. But Akron still makes the racing tires for IndyCar and maybe for formula 1. I'm not sure. But there are still a lot of connections for the handmade high-end tires between the users and good old Akron, Ohio.
12:16 I’m sorry, I shouldn’t laugh but I can’t stop myself
So somebody standing whinging that a chunk has been taken out of the wheel rim is not a new phenomnen then? And the 'Countless other rubber goods' have brought saftey and pleasure to many. :-)
If you run behind a car, you may get exhausted. But, if you run in front of the car, you are guaranteed to get tired!
Starts at 2:35
I love that vulcanization was an absolute accident & if not curious, we could have missed that miracle completely.😷🤗
I hope the History Guy never re-tires.
Rick Hobson I’m sure he won’t tread lightly on that decision
Must we always ply puns in the comment section?
lordchickenhawk sorry, I’m a little biased
@@Derek-xr3uq ...sorry if I pressure your position...
Rick Hobson Nice play on words. Have a great day.
Even if we end up with flying cars, they'll still need tires on the landing gear!
Unless they use skids, or something similar!
@Guilty Spark That's actually a big reason why flying cars aren't practical and way too dangerous. Say there is a crash or even a simple breakdown... if the car is in the air then it has to fall down, which will cause a lot of damage, and of course a lot of death.
Flying cars are a nice, fanciful idea but I don't see them ever actually becoming a reality.
@@christopherwalker2228 Gravity does hurt .
People can't even drive ground vehicles efficiently. Can you imagine the carnage if we let these morons fly?
@@jacksprat9344 As a pilot I agree. Flying is inherently complex and to do it safely requires a degree of attention to detail that most people aren’t willing to apply to just getting from here to there. Even automation can only help just so much. A competent pilot will still be required just in case the automation malfunctions.
My father was a foreman at B. F. Goodrich for 45 years. They were eventually bought out by Uniroyal. Goodrich was the "world's OLDEST"rubber company, whereas Goodyear was the "world's LARGEST" rubber company! The 70s saw the beginning of the end of all of that. Thanks for covering this piece of history. Love your videos!
Fun fact: the largest producer of tires by unit is LEGO.
I was gonna post this. what i get for finding this channel late.
Same thing with bricks
True, but what they make are tires for their toys, so a bit misleading.
@@randallmarsh1187 I mean... Those are still, by definition tires, just because they're small and for toy sized wheels doesn't make them 'not tires'. And they produce more of those, by unit, than any other company in the world. Sure it's a tongue in cheek 'fact' but that doesn't make it "misleading". If anything it's misleading in the same way a joke is misleading. And in calling it out like that, the frog dies a little inside.
@@FrankLoydWright While I agree with you that they are in fact tires, the misleading part would be that people who don't know or don't research it are led to believe that LEGO Toys makes automobile tires.
Living my whole life in Akron the former “Rubber Capitol of the World” this is my favorite episode yet. This city is shaped by the rise of rubber and the blunders of the US rubber companies. I go to breweries and art shows in old rubber factories & and one of my best cycling friends only lives here because he is a scientist working on prototypes for Bridgestone. Though only a few racing tires are made here now there are still a lot of tech and corporate jobs left from the industry. I could go on and on.....
Akron represent!
Don't worry, Akron will bounce back.
I went to school in Wooster and always remember seeing the Goodyear blimp flying south for Saturday football in Columbus. I guess not this year
@Ryke Haven I agree with you 100%. Goodyear is a big pos.
I have an idea for a tire. Is there a way to get in contact with your friend with Bridgestone?
My dad worked as salesman for BFGoodrich in the '60's. When they introduced their radial tire in 1966 he put a set on his brand new Ford Galaxie 500. People had never seen radial tires before and weren't used to the bulge in between the rim and the pavement. Everyone thought they were going flat since bias ply tires didn't have that bulge unless they were low on air. People would wave at him from other cars and yell out the window that his tires needed air. At a full service gas station one time he forgot to tell the attendant not to put air in the tires. The guy came up knocked on the car window and told him "I can't understand it... Your tires are all going flat but I've got 50 pounds of air in that front one and it still looks flat". He had to tell him they were special tires and always look like that, just put 30 pounds in them and don't pay attention to what they look like.
This is one topic I never TIRE of.
Badump Tshh.
(edit), thanks for all the comebacks everyone. Just as corny as mine.
We’re all tired of hearing that joke, 😂
Yeah, so tread lightly
He's here all week, folks! Don't forget to tip your waiters.
@@RiverRev If that was a tire joke, it fell flat. I hope you have a spare joke.
@@jjphank Yeah, he needs to retire it.
I was about to fast forward through your commercial when you said, “Your data is one place where you don’t want the story to include pirates.” I politely sat through the duration of the commercial. Well played History Guy, well played. You certainly are on a “roll.”
VPNs don't really provide security for the average person browsing the web. They mostly just obscure your location.
I think the only reason people get them is for the international roundabout to get shows.
@@jarink1 : Indeed, which helps _you_ be a better pirate!
@@tobybartels8426 oh, the irony! 😊
@@misterhat5823 well, we all have to pay the rent, don't we?
this video rounds out this channel nicely
Tiresome comment section, though
Ha Ha perfect Dad joke.
Is that where it hits the road?
My father worked 25+ years for General Tire in Akron, OH
Jake...No, he made money to raise his family
I just remembered that TV commercial jingle from my youth: “Sooner or later, you’ll own Generals”
IT'SME...telecommunications engineer (made sure phones worked at Headquarters)
Dad worked for B.F Goodrich In Akron. Both grandfathers worked at Firestone tire and rubber in also in Akron.
I've had some General Tire tires on past cars. Nothing fancy, but they were good tires at a good price when I couldn't afford much.
Outsize role, or was it roll THG having fun with the puns.
I’ll never get tired of them.
@@evilferris Wheely? I suppose if THG spoke it, it's true.
He you can see the proudness in the smirk
THG, I hope you never retire from TH-cam. No pressure, though 😉
Puns have a way of coming back 'round when you least exspoke them.....😁. Follow the comment tread, which will have some bearing on the subject, and axle yourself if you can handle it; if not, best to steer clear!
THG, as a cyber security expert (certified) you sponsor NordVPN is an honest and good choice
I well remember the Firestone radial tire fiasco of the late 70s. The steel belts on all four of my 500 series tires separated, but when I took the car into a Firestone dealership, they refused to warranty them, claiming my tires weren't part of the recalled lot. I stopped buying Firestones after that. Being a Ford family member, I continued to acquire their vehicles, but they always came factory equipped with Firestone tires. I'd swap them out with Michelins as soon as they wore down sufficiently. When the next round of faulty Firestone tires were recalled because of Explorer rollovers, our local Ford dealership did replace them for free, but they were out of Michelins, so I had to settle for Goodyears (or was it Goodrich, who can keep those two names straight?). That incident was the final straw for Ford, which severed its nearly century long relationship with Firestone. The final indignation for me came when I retired from the Air Force a few years later and tried to rent a U-Haul trailer. Because of the rollover issue, U-Haul refused to rent me anything, despite no longer having Firestone tires on my vehicle.
Just bought a set of Goodyears... they veer hard to the left.
I see what you did there lol
Another could be: Goodyear recently had a meeting to inform factory employees that moving forward they will now be a "biased" ply tire company.
if youve ever had crap tires you can really appreciate good tires
my last set wore out in 28k miles and had crap traction in adverse conditions
my new set is barely worn in about 20k miles and has great traction
nachos - sometimes you get what you pay for, or don’t pay for.
Yes. When I bought, brand new, my Toyota pickup 15 years ago (and yes, I still have the truck) it had Firestone tires. Those tires kept going flat and I kept going into the local Firestone outlet to fix them. One day, literally parked in parking lot, one tire went flat and I used a can of inflate a tire which pumps the tire up and puts a compound in to stop the air leak. I then drove to Firestone to fix, again, the tire. They refused and said it was company policy to NOT fix tires that fix a flat had been used on. At that point the tires only had 15,000 miles!!!! The Firestone people were perfectly willing to sell me a new set of tires though!!! I told them where they could put their tires. I went across town to another tire shop. They were willing to fix the flat and literally laughed at the Firestone company policy. But instead, I traded in the Firestone leaky tires and got a set of Michelin's that NEVER went flat. I would never own a Firestone tire again.
@@r.blakehole932 same here, they were crap firestones that came from the factory. not bothering with another firestone. my continentals have been great though. night and day difference
R. Blakehole I understand your frustration, but on the other side, dealing with a tire full of goop is an absolute nightmare. Your machines are covered in goop, you’re covered in goop, it sticks to everything. So maybe not usually company policy, but they (we, I’m in the industry) reserve the right to refuse.
@@r.blakehole932 Unfortunately, I don't think there is any brand that hasn't made some poor tires. I had a set of Michelins that failed. The tires were maybe 50% worn when I started a drive from Seattle to Minnesota. Only one of the 5 tires (including the spare tire) made the round trip. The cords of the tires were failing. Each time a tire failed, you would feel a little vibration start when a small bump formed on the tire, and then it would quickly get worse as the tire tread pulled apart. And note that the tire pressure was correct, and the vehicle was not overloaded.
Great video.... Wish it included some history on white wall tires, when I was a kid every car had them then they were gone overnight. Thanks for your time.....
Being a farm kid who now is into motorcycles: both areas were later affected by radial and tubeless developments. My father would only run bias tires on our tractors, though usually ran used light truck tires (cheap) on the front as ours were two wheel drive only. Tubes had a long run for tractors due to the tires typically being ballasted by partially filling with water into which calcium chloride was dissolved (freeze prevention.) I've been told that the trick to ballasting tubeless is to ensure the liquid level is high enough to keep the rim submerged.
Bias vs. radial was a debate only somewhat less raucous than discussion about motor oils when I got into motorcycles 20 years ago.
Calcium chloride is becoming obsolete. Rim Guard (beet juice) is a sticky mess if it leaks, but it is nontoxic and can go in a tubeless tire without corrosion problems.
@@svtirefire Cool! Thanks for that; we got out of farming in the mid-1990s and I hadn't kept up.
@@svtirefire I was going to mention that but you "beet" me to it.
Guys also use window washing fluid to ballast tires on agriculture machinery, but chloride and very juice are denser (heavier weight per gallon) this give you more weight and are still give freeze protection... OL J R
@@DanielleWhiteWhat were they saying about motorcycle motor oil?
Great history clips. Always. Last night I watched the one about the slouch hats and, as an Australian, learned a thing or two. Not being picky at all but around here we pronounce khaki as car key. "cacky" means poo around here. :)
Same here in UK.
Oddly enough, I recall reading that that was why the color was named that - because it reminded people of the color of poo. I guess that sounds better than "Babys**t Brown"!
@@rcknbob1 Actually, it's from Persian and originally meant dirt or dust. The poop origin thing is probably just a bit of crap (pun intended) that someone thought was funny.
www.etymonline.com/word/khaki
@@aussiebloke609 Persian
@@johna1160 Oops, typo - my bad. Fixed now. :-P
I think the ccc camps would be a good episode.. Had one nearby where I grew up
I've stayed at the old CCC camp at Hart Mountain Natl Antelope Refuge (est. 1936) in Oregon. It's where the refuge puts up volunteers who are working there. Fabulous place: www.fws.gov/refuge/Hart_Mountain/
The kintersburg ccc a soil conservation camp worked on my grandparents farm next to camp. It was located in Home pa . they planted lots of pine trees and you can still see the pine patches
@Hansel Franzen "Tyre" becomes "tire" when one enters North America. "Tire" is the correct spelling on the Western side of the Atlantic. "Tyre" is the British spelling. Many words are spelled differently in British vs. American English (including, ironically enough, "spelled" itself, which is "spelt" in British English.)
@@jasonkirkland240 was just in kintersburg today. Home of some great maple syrup nowadays. Where was the ccc camp at?
There was one right behind my grandfather’s farm.
There was a lot of pressure leading up to this video, but it seemed to fall flat.
A very interesting episode. I loved the smirk on your face at the beginning where it was very obvious you were enjoying all of the puns you were dropping. It's things like that that keep me coming back. You clearly love what you are doing and have the gift of telling stories in a compelling way. Thank you!
You may be interested in Major Taylor, a black bicycle racer who, after his cycling career was over invented a steel tire filled with spring mechanisms instead of air. Rubber tires were fragile by today’s standards and he was going for durability. They were noisy and tore up the road, if I recall from the book I read.
@wargent99 - And you just *had* to downplay the fact that he was black. Don't be racist.
@wargent99 - Just because you have a burning desire to deny reality, and and to claim that race doesn't exist, that doesn't make it so.
race2
/rās/
noun
noun: race; plural noun: races
each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics.
"people of all races, colors, and creeds"
Firstly you try to claim that race doesn't exist, and in the same breath you make the claim that only racists harp on race all of the time.
I am Caucasian and my husband is Asian. We ARE of different races. It just doesn't matter.
I'm Tired of watching this! :-)
@xr7fan
Its doesn't? Dieter my invisible friend says it does. ;-)
@xr7fan
I'm gonna go stand in the corner now and think about what I have done. :-(
:-)
I'm COVID re-tired but I'd rather be working
12:16 The old timey guy who slipped and fell? That's me in a nutshell.
What is going on there? A demonstration?
It’s tragic and amazing that war can make such drastic changes to the world. Some examples would make for some good videos
I can never get tyred of the contents of this channel
Yawn....... LOL :-)
Being from northern Ohio, I only ever thought all american-used tires (tyres in the UK), were made in Akron in the past. I am from Toledo, The Glass City. Owens Illinois was my dads only job for 40 years. Please do a spot on glass-container making.
Your "Pirate" reference made your presentation more,,, "well rounded"!
Love your work!
Your ability to tell stories and anecdotes is incredible.
I don't have a degree, but I do love history!
Thanks for reminding me that I need new tires.
It’s sad the original Goodyear died poor. Seems so many inventors struggle with their product while a layer company does very well with it.
The same thing happened to John Dunlop and David Buick.
I was with you until then end when you mentioned "flying cars in the future" - DUDE... history, actually research Mort Taylor (Of Piper Aircraft fame) who started serial production in the late 1940's of a Certified flying car... Please, get with the program.
Watching this episode during my lunch break in the Cooper Tire plant in Texarkana. That clip of those old curing presses was interesting, they were very obviously brand new at the time, they don't stay clean very long.
One of your best episodes yet! I worked for Michelin NA in Greenville SC for several years about 20 years ago. Tire technology is absolutely amazing, and it’s something we take for granted and fail to truly appreciate.
And that ultra-smooth segway into the NordVPN commercial was nothing short of BRILLIANT!
So I love THG, but man... about 105 seconds of 862 is a little much to be shilling for Nord VPN... It's so long and intrusive it just makes me never want to touch Nord with a 7 proxy pole.....
I know THG has to eat but that much of an ad is counter productive for even the advertiser.
Cats, tyres, screws. Dude, you never cease to amaze
Potatoes, peanuts and pineapples. Who knew such things can be made so interesting. Thanks history guy.
Cats?
@@mrkitty777 cats ... Was a great episode
@@mrkitty777 th-cam.com/video/E2383ElpU4U/w-d-xo.html
@@joephipps9122 watched it, great cats history. 😀
While pneumatic tires made a relatively early appearance on light vehicles (Cars, Motorcycles, etc), they weren't really practical for trucks until the 1920s.
Solid rubber tires, while durable (Our 1918 3-ton FWD is running on 100+ year old solids), they are severely limited - rough riding, needless to say, but they also impose severe limits on speed.
Since the tires are cast, and casting without voids (trapped air bubbles) is virtually impossible, running at speed and load conditions that will heat the tire (and the air in the voids) leads to blowouts - the expanding gas in the voids blasting chunks of tread out of the tires. Needless to say, this does little good to the drivability of the vehicle. On something the size of a 3-5 ton truck, the critical speeds were between 15 and 20 mph on the roads of the time.
The availability of practical pneumatic tires for heavy vehicles - much of that due to cord reinforcements, and the development of split rims (Allowing tire changes in the field to be practical) allowed trucks to grow in carrying capacity and speed. A 1930s truck could maintain 35 mph. (Doesn't sound like much, but there were no superhighways then).
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
― Winston S. Churchill
I generally never suggest what you should do with your show, you cover so much its hard to find something to add, but i cant remember you doing a show on McCarthyism. 🤷♂️ Thank you in advance. Oh and if you already have please give me a link. 😉😉
I currently live in Goodyear, Az. the former home of Goodyear tire and rubber.
@Nobby Barnes Right on !
Wut? No. Goodyear has always been headquartered in Akron. Goodyear, AZ was a company town to grow cotton for Goodyear Tire and Rubber.
@Nobby Barnes orangeman was late to the boycott. Most Americans haven't been buying Goodyear tires for decades!
Kinda funny even with technology, you can't beat natural rubber tubes for agriculture equipment.
Also isn't "where the rubber meets the road" a Firestone trademark?
I love how pleased with himself when he makes his puns :)
THG & Lindybeige are now my go-to history channels and one of the few subs I will always watch. Will also never stop pestering THG for a Lotus/Colin Chapman video (just check out Lotus on the Donut car channel; there is a LOT to unpack in that story).
Mrs. THG must "roll" her eyes constantly. Even The History Cat pushes paws on the puns. 🐈
What happens when you combine necessity, innovation, and capitalism? Prosperity and development. To think how the wheel evolved into one of the most fundamental pieces of technology we use today.....
The book _One River_ by Wade Davis has a lot in it about the history of rubber development in the Amazon Basin. My favorite quote in it is from a chemist working on synthetic rubber in WWII who said, "This synthetic rubber is a great product, and the more natural rubber you add to it the better it is."
It's a shame that you have begun to produce propaganda for the enemy.. Tires are the enemy!!
What's next? Birds are real!?
Seriously though, love your content :3
As always, excellent job. Since you asked: I would like to see a video [sequel to this video?] that deals with the refuse that was created by this great "tire" development alongside the phenomenal growth in cars. Tire/automotive/industries created a huge scrap tire problem - an environmental disaster. They reaped $$$, we, the pollution. That's a minus that this video skips over - while lauding the real successes which the development of rubber/tires/cars spurred.
Patricia Lefevre, an unwanted side effect of old tires is their tendency to collect rainwater and create a breeding ground for malaria or yellow fever bearing mosquitoes which really like a tire with even a few tablespoons of water it. Dengue fever and the mosquitos that transmit it likely came to the US with shipments of used tires sent here for retreading or recycling. Zika virus and chikagunya fever are probably spread in the same manner. Here in Southern New England I have noticed that farmers often cover their enormous manure/compost files with tarps that are weighted down by old tractor tires, and I sure hope they drill some drain holes in all of those tires beforehand.
Why dp you believe the tire companies are responsible for scrapped tires? Are motor companies responsible for scrapped cars? Is GE responsible for scrapped refrigerators? etc.
@@fostersmith7347 Hi, Foster Smith. A fairly recent idea in the business world is "product stewardship", one aspect of which is that companies agree to dispose of the products they make. Adopting this idea can cause the product developer and manufacturer to think more deeply about how a product is designed: will it be easily disposed of or recycled or reused?
@@fostersmith7347 Yes, I do believe they have a responsibility to create a "cradle to grave" closed system when they create products that will end up left to pollute the landscape, the air, and the water. While there may have been a time when humans could poison the earth for their own profit, those days are coming to an end. For many reasons.
@@fostersmith7347 , cars contain valuable used parts for the car-repair techs and DIY shade tree mechanics; and steel and aluminum are valuable materials, and easily recyclable,, and therefore you'll have no trouble finding scrapyards that will take old cars (the only important legal proviso is that they have to collect the hazardous waste: oil,, tranny fluid, and antifreeze must be collected for recycling, they can't be allowed to leak or be dumped out into the environment). Refrigerators aren't easy to dismantle for recycling, but it can be done; however, the refrigerants must be collected from old freezers and fridges, and taxes or fees are often attached to the sale of these devices to pay for and encourage the collection, recycling and reuse of refrigerant gasses. Tires present a special problem ---- the machines to grind them up are expensive and complex and so there isn't a good recycling program for tires. Most dumps have to charge a fee to accept old tires, and so, many people just dump old tires in a field or vacant lot and let them become someone else's problem. Which is why tire manufacturers are being made to provide, or pay for, tire recycling or contribute towards some of the cost of it.
I think one of the most important point made in this video is the history of the radial vs bias-ply tire. I remember as a teenager the introduction of belted b-p tires and the radials here in the U.S. Radials were available only on and for “foreign” cars. The big American companies ignored the fact that they had better performance and gave better gas mileage. Firestone tried to make premium radials for big expensive cars and they were a disaster at first. They were terrible tires. And the American cars weren’t built for them. I mounted many tires on cars as a teenager and saw the difference in their performance and quality. Michelin was and, in my opinion, still is the best tire on the road.
Thanks for this video History Guy!
I’m still puzzled as to why bicycle tires can’t hold air as long as car or truck tires.
I don't know for sure but I would think it's the higher pressure and thinner tube. Good question.
I imagine it has to do with the surface area to volume ratio, thinner tubes, case tension, and generally lower volumes.
I never get TIRED of The History Guy.
I'm a proud Michelin employee (truck and heavy duty tires) in Canada and love the history of the company and industry as a whole. Awesome video bud
Hmm, how did the Michelin Star system for rating restaurants come about? Related to the tire company?
good 'un It was a way to encourage travel, thus causing people to use their product.
A pity about Charles Goodyear. A man that dedicated to improving the lot of mankind should have been richly rewarded for his efforts.
That reminds me, I need to re-tire my cars.
Confucius say, "Man who run behind truck, get exhausted. Man who run in front of truck, get tired."
Only good thing about Mondays! Thanks History Guy!
And Wednesday and Friday. Oh wait Friday can have other good things. Maybe one of the best things about Fridays.
I wonder. Do you wear trousers along with your coat and tie when you record ? Inquiring minds wish to know. My bet in the pool are for loud colored Bermuda shorts which would make a good video.
The tyre was not invented in the city of Tyre in Lebanon.
Were paper bags invented in Baghdad?
Pencils in Pennsylvania?
@@joeyjamison5772 And let's not forget: hamburgers from Hamburg
@J Smith Oops...yes you are correct...I just got the analogy mixed up...thanks..!
you are an excellent commentator sir something like walter cronkite I guess you have been told this before keep making history Sir.
Thank you for mounting a balanced spin on tires for us. Never once did it seem flat, but the coming demise of tires seems inflated. Wishing you a good year!
Hahaha. Good parody of the History Guy.
👏👍
You got a lot of Air
Would be cool to see a history on locks, doors, safes etc :)
Two fucking minutes about Nord VPN. I was forced to dislike this video
One of the funniest things I ever saw, what's the documentary done by the Canadian fifth estate program. It was about how the Amish cartel was transporting methamphetamines for El Chapo. And at the end of it one of the elders in the Amish community was very displeased about how their buggies were using rubber tires, but transporting meth was a okay lol
I live in the Amish Country of Pennsylvania. Mennonites will buy brand new tractors for hundreds of thousands of dollars, then strap solid steel wheels on them. Then they’ll put around town in scooters with rubber tires. It’s kinda hilarious. Then if you ask them why one but not the other, their excuse is “Have you ever tried riding a scooter with solid tires?”
"The Mennonite Connection". That was a good one.
Lol, of course you cant do THAT
@@redram5150 Its a little messed up
Phillip Stoltzfus what’s messed up is due to generations of inbreeding, Ordnungs will hire local young men to sleep with newly married women. You have to do it in the presence of the husband, her family, and church officials. If you make any indication you’re enjoying it they’ll beat you.
Amish, Brethren, and Mennonites in the area only get married on Tuesdays in November for some reason. Their wedding announcements in the paper are “Sikifuss/Zimmerman Wedding”, “Zimmerman/Bashore Wedding”, “Yoder/Zimmerman Wedding”, and a lot of “Yoder/Yoder Wedding” “Zimmerman Wedding”, Zimmerman/Zimmerman Wedding”, “Zimmerman/Zimmerman Wedding”, etc
... with a slick modern intro. oh, ye olde slicke moderne intro sorry
Punny! 😸
As usual, THG opens a window and gives us a view we've never paused to appreciate before. It's becoming his thing to remind us that it's a little more complicated than we thought, but always in an interesting, intriguing and fascinating way.
I love your videos. I’m a student teacher for early childhood so I don’t know if your videos would be appropriate or fit the standards for my grades. However, I’ve been sharing your channel with my fellow high school teachers. I think history and social studies is more difficult to teach because it’s so subjective but you remind of a kind of Bill Nye for history. I mean that with respect, since you are so engaging.
Why do they call them Goodyear Tires?
Because they're only good for a year.
Because with Goodyear tires and Goodyear service you'll have more good years in your car.
@@jamespfitz after 1998 the company's quality suffered substantially plus the designs for economy are pathetic.
I've never had good luck with their tires.
@@katieandkevinsears7724 same here. They don't seem to make half their tread life in most cases even when you rotate and balance them regularly.
Actually, if they make it to the one year they call it a good year
Nobody's looking to watch Star Trek Discovery LOL
This is... The best example of a video I absolutely didn't want that I can not wait to watch!
Awesome!
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Once again great intro and awesome information
0:41 "outsized... roll". I see you, History Guy. Wheel funny.
I put 60,000 miles on those Firestone radials before the recall and was very happy with the performance..First radials I bought were on my 70 Mustang in 73..
I'm all ready 'tired' of this story.
Sorry.
Automatic like and comment for any HG post. Thank you.
The more essential and ubiquitous a thing is, the more we disregard it. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent observation, profound.
Again, love the channel. I grew up in Woburn, Ma. And knew about goodyear. There was an elementary school on the site where the house stood where he made his discovery. Lot of history in that town. The John Travolta movie " A Civil Action" was about a boy Jimmy Anderson and an environmental polution suit took place in Woburn ( Jimmy was in my homeroom class 4th through the 6th grade. He passed in the 6th grade) it a good movie. The town library used to have a great little museum in the attic. Supposedly one of the drums used in the painting " Spirit of 1776" is there (At least thats what my elementary class was told when we did a tour eons ago). But yea..... history's great..... go history
I’ve asked several times about doing an episode on The Jennifer Project any thoughts?
Probably sometime, yes. We do love submarine stories.
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
I have the two original books written about it - ‘A Matter of Risk’ ’& ‘The Jennifer Project’ (Texas A&M) and in my career met some people involved.
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Also: thank you for your personal reply.
I hope this correct.....
The biggest manufacturer of tyres in the world,
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LEGO 😳
Bugger, beat me to it! 👍
Now it's super hard to get practical tires these days. manufacturers mostly lean towards cosmetic tires rather than practicality. And they don't even last as long as either
The correct spelling is tyre!
The problem with flying cars is their engine out performance. Glideslope of a house brick......
Too many times the genius who discovers something dies penniless and someone else makes millions from their ideas
The picture at 5:00 min.... is that from the book The Four Kittens?
I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't mention the world's largest tire manufacturer: LEGO
Which isn't the same as being the manufacturer of the world's largest tyres!
I thought they were called tires because they tied all the bits of the wagon wheel together.
A nice well rounded video, thanks THG
The greatest inventions came from a scientist doing something accidentally and then saying, "huh, that's weird"
Reality Yep, reminds me of the discovery of stainless steel, Post-it-notes, floating soap...and many other things...