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surface roads the back tires wore out as fast as we could put more on. They didn't wear out. What happened was the first owner of the Chevy had ran over a rock and hit the rear housing of the differential. It sprung it just enough to put the wheels out of line but not enough to notice it on dirt or gravel roads. But those paved highways worked like a grindstone on the rear rubber. I don't remember how many tires we used on the trip but it was at least four.
We
stayed about a week in Greensboro. One day Willis and I each drove a
truck for Jack. He had a car load of 2 gal cans to unload. It
seems like it was Prestone. The blacks loaded the trucks and all we
did was drive.
It would have been a pleasant trip if it hadn't been for the tires and then you got sick on the way home. We got a doctor for you in Iowa one night and he took water away from you and put you on 7up and you came out of it in pretty good shape.