Posted on 02/29/2008 6:19:58 AM PST by Cagey
Personally, I’m astonished that a dog could bite through what I would assume were steel-belted radials.
[do they even sell anything else, nowadays?]
Hanover used to be a major shoe manufacturing town. Supposedly the Rebs moving into Gettysburg were looking for shoes... or maybe just directions to nearby Hanover!
/mark
Yup, that’s the story.
[and we’re stickin’ to it]....LOL!
The abandoned factories in the downtown area are still there.
Maybe the sidewalls of the mail-carrier's tires were worn a bit from driving through all the gravel & washouts along the shoulders of those farm roads? I've lost tires to sharp stones in this area. Always seems to be after the tires get some miles on them though.
Powerful dogs though. Lady is extremely lucky those dogs didn't take-out a kid. A set of 4x4 tires is going to set her back some. Could have been A LOT worse.
Hanover was settled about 1730 and incorporated in 1815. The original city plan was drawn-up in 1763 by Richard McAllister, proprietor of a local tavern.
During the American Civil War, the Battle of Hanover was fought on June 30, 1863. Union cavalry under Judson Kilpatrick encountered Confederate cavalry under J.E.B. Stuart and a sharp fight ensued in the town and in farm fields to the south, particularly along Frederick Street. The inconclusive battle delayed the Confederate cavalry on their way to the Battle of Gettysburg. Three days before the battle, another detachment of Virginia cavalry had briefly occupied Hanover, collecting supplies and horses from local citizens.
Over the years, its industries included the making of cigars, gloves, silks, flavine, water wheels, flour, shirts, shoes, machine-shop products, furniture, wire cloth, and ironstone grinders. The town has lent its name to a brand of canned vegetables, and a mail-order gift company based there.
http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/pa/pa001.html
I would expect the dog owner to replace the tires.
[at least *I* would, were I her]
My mom drove a similar ragged route here for 30+ years.
[but more dogleg mountain passes than farm lands]
She always bought cheap tires because there was no point in buying the good ones.
A stray nail in a dirt lane, exposed root in a washout or a knot of bale wire in a turnaround blew them out equally, any way.
Maybe someday ‘mom’ is going to be the chew toy for these two ‘general sweethearts’. If it happens it will totally be her own fault.
She sure is!
Any mail carrier ought to know that carrying a few doggie-bisquits will solve ANY problems with dogs.
This chick should change her name to Ima Doofus...
They didn’t bite through the tread. They punctured the sidewalls which are just rubber.
;)PaMOM
There’s no steel belts in the sidewalls?
Good thing I’m not a mechanic.
The story says they also flattened a tire on the cop car that responded.
The fact that this happened at all, says these dogs were running loose. The fact that they'd happily attack every tire that shows up ... and can actually damage them ... those are dangerous dogs, IMO.
No argument there.
My mailman is a calm breed, he speaks when spoken to, an generally nice to have around.
Good thing I’m not a mechanic."
As I recall most tires have a one ply steel belt in the sidewall some two, others (Rare these days) have glass belted sidewalls.
The "perps" most likely chewed on the valve stems.
I thought so.
[I could swear I saw it on an episode of “How It’s Made”]....:))
They must be girl dogs. Most of the boy dogs I know just pee on tires........usually right after the car/truck has been washed
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