DougW wrote:
>
> Dave Milne did pass the time by typing:
> > and for the sake of completeness only, older tyres which have layers going
> > round the circumference were called crossplies.
>
> I want a five ply chocolate cake please.
>
> --

Mmmmmmmm.....

Mike

 

DougW wrote:
>
> Dave Milne did pass the time by typing:
> > and for the sake of completeness only, older tyres which have layers going
> > round the circumference were called crossplies.
>
> I want a five ply chocolate cake please.
>
> --

Mmmmmmmm.....

Mike

 

Also most new tires are *ply rated, which means they can be a 2 ply tire but
the composition of the plys allow them to be rated as a 4 ply tire, and so
on....
New compositions have allowed this, which in turn has produced a lighter
tire with the same ratings as an older and heavier tire.
gordon
old cj-7



"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:TNGgb.279$y_4.2@news2.central.***.net...
> Joshua Nelson did pass the time by typing:
> > Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> > is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> > bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> > this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?
>
> A fly with a speach impediment.
>
> :)
>
> Number of layers in the sidewall.
> The more plies the stiffer the tire.
>
> --
> DougW
> ramjw resident wiseass.
>
>

 

Also most new tires are *ply rated, which means they can be a 2 ply tire but
the composition of the plys allow them to be rated as a 4 ply tire, and so
on....
New compositions have allowed this, which in turn has produced a lighter
tire with the same ratings as an older and heavier tire.
gordon
old cj-7



"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:TNGgb.279$y_4.2@news2.central.***.net...
> Joshua Nelson did pass the time by typing:
> > Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> > is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> > bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> > this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?
>
> A fly with a speach impediment.
>
> :)
>
> Number of layers in the sidewall.
> The more plies the stiffer the tire.
>
> --
> DougW
> ramjw resident wiseass.
>
>

 

Also most new tires are *ply rated, which means they can be a 2 ply tire but
the composition of the plys allow them to be rated as a 4 ply tire, and so
on....
New compositions have allowed this, which in turn has produced a lighter
tire with the same ratings as an older and heavier tire.
gordon
old cj-7



"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:TNGgb.279$y_4.2@news2.central.***.net...
> Joshua Nelson did pass the time by typing:
> > Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> > is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> > bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> > this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?
>
> A fly with a speach impediment.
>
> :)
>
> Number of layers in the sidewall.
> The more plies the stiffer the tire.
>
> --
> DougW
> ramjw resident wiseass.
>
>

 

But beware salesmen who ply their trade by adding the side ply to the tread
ply to make a 3-ply tire a 4-ply.

"Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vo6e3k8e9lfbcd@corp.supernews.com...
> Ply means layers.
>
> Plywood is wood that is layered. Plys on tires are similar. The plies can
> run around the circumference tire, and they are called bias plys when they
> do this. Radial plies run across the tire.
>
> 2 ply tires have 2 plies, 3 ply tires have three plies. The higher number
of
> plies is presumably stronger, or stiffer, but if the plies are thinner,
they
> might not be stronger.
>
>
>
> "Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:b102b6e4.0310071232.35d89abc@posting.google.c om...
> > Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> > is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> > bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> > this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?
>

 

But beware salesmen who ply their trade by adding the side ply to the tread
ply to make a 3-ply tire a 4-ply.

"Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vo6e3k8e9lfbcd@corp.supernews.com...
> Ply means layers.
>
> Plywood is wood that is layered. Plys on tires are similar. The plies can
> run around the circumference tire, and they are called bias plys when they
> do this. Radial plies run across the tire.
>
> 2 ply tires have 2 plies, 3 ply tires have three plies. The higher number
of
> plies is presumably stronger, or stiffer, but if the plies are thinner,
they
> might not be stronger.
>
>
>
> "Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:b102b6e4.0310071232.35d89abc@posting.google.c om...
> > Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> > is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> > bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> > this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?
>

 

But beware salesmen who ply their trade by adding the side ply to the tread
ply to make a 3-ply tire a 4-ply.

"Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vo6e3k8e9lfbcd@corp.supernews.com...
> Ply means layers.
>
> Plywood is wood that is layered. Plys on tires are similar. The plies can
> run around the circumference tire, and they are called bias plys when they
> do this. Radial plies run across the tire.
>
> 2 ply tires have 2 plies, 3 ply tires have three plies. The higher number
of
> plies is presumably stronger, or stiffer, but if the plies are thinner,
they
> might not be stronger.
>
>
>
> "Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:b102b6e4.0310071232.35d89abc@posting.google.c om...
> > Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> > is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> > bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> > this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?
>

 

Joshua Nelson wrote:

> Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?

It's what Japanese folks do when they are taking off their hubcaps!

 

Joshua Nelson wrote:

> Doing tire research, I looked back through the google archives. There
> is a lot of talk about Thornbirds being 2-ply, some tires being
> bias-ply, others being other kinds of "ply." I am not familiar with
> this term... could someone tell me briefly what it means?

It's what Japanese folks do when they are taking off their hubcaps!