Solid army tyres

[V.W.Dave]

I have never had anything to do with them at all. A few days ago a mate of mine gave me a set of 4 brand new solid tires. What are they good for? Can they be put on a normal rim or only split rims?

[MADSHORT]

We need pics dave

[Dozoor]

We need pics dave

X2

[TheOtherLeft]

They're good for when you're being shot at, like in Western Sydney. Solid tyres don't deflate. Plus tyre engineers don't care if grunts suffer from the lack of suspension from tyres.

[BundyRumandCoke]

A lot of forklifts have solids. You wont get them onto normal rims, and probably not split rims either. Forklift rims are in 2 halves, that are bolted together.

[Wozza244]

Put them straight on ebay, or they will sit in the shed for about eleventy hundred years.

[V.W.Dave]

They are already on a set of 6 stud split rims. The were on a mine troopy that never made it to the pit. They are only 20 ks old (3 years in a shed) they are worth over $500 each. They are more aggressive and deaper tread then your run of the mill muddy. they have tread blocks that are over 15mm deap. They are HEAVEY bastards, they weigh more then my 39s on beedlocked rims. They are 7.50/16 they measure 33.5" tall and 7" wide.
I will put up pictures when I get my net sorted out. ( I am posting off a iPhone right now)

[BlueSuzy]

Sounds like they are 'bar treads' to me!

[80's_delirious]

What do you think they would be good for?

My MTZ's had 18mm tread depth when new and you can deflated them to 10-12psi for extra traction when needed. Good luck getting a solid tyre to bag out for increased foot print

[rockcrawler31]

Yeah but imagine a burnout that could go for 3 hours until you only had a low profile vegemite strip left on the rim. Actually if you don't want them i'll buy them off you for that very purpose.

[V.W.Dave]

Sounds like they are 'bar treads' to me!

No not bar treads. I can't past a pick from my iPhone but you should he able to google them. The brand is huaquing.

[KiwiBacon]

Google failed me this time. I'll have to wait for a pic.

On a kind of related topic, how does those old style bar treads (ww2 jeep sort of tyre) actually perform?

[V.W.Dave]

What do you think they would be good for?

My MTZ's had 18mm tread depth when new and you can deflated them to 10-12psi for extra traction when needed. Good luck getting a solid tyre to bag out for increased foot print

I think they would be great fir any mine ute, farm, far west or great for a trailer

[howsie]

I was under the impression that they were mainly used for mud instead of bagging out and getting a wide as possible footprint they would cut into the mud to the hard stuff underneath. But I may be wrong. It doesn't really make sense that they would be used for anything else though as more traction is desirable.

[rockcrawler31]

I was under the impression that they were mainly used for mud instead of bagging out and getting a wide as possible footprint they would cut into the mud to the hard stuff underneath. But I may be wrong. It doesn't really make sense that they would be used for anything else though as more traction is desirable.

Lol, what if there is no "hard stuff" underneath. You just keep going lower till you're bull dozing with the diff and then yer farked.

I still say chuck em on and light em up. With that much rotating mass they'd be hard to get started but once they did the inertia would make 3rd gear burnouts quite easy

Imagine sitting there lighting them up for twenty minutes solid and still not having them burst

[gu town]

they'd be awesome for pro roo shooters or the like who are driving through paddocks all night staking tyres. keen for a pic.


As for bar treads I have a mate who swears by them. very sensitive to psi versus grip but once you work that out they'll keep up with most tyres until your dragging diffs.

[hj 45]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23 ... 012qr.jpg/

Pic of the tyres in question. Tread looks exactly like the Doublestar 7.50 x 16 rag tyres I used to have on my hj 47 troopy. But bloody hell these solid tyres are heavy!

[V.W.Dave]

Thank for posting the pic for me mate. My house net is down for a few more days.

[RO8M]

Pic of the tyres in question. Tread looks exactly like the Doublestar 7.50 x 16 rag tyres I used to have on my hj 47 troopy. But bloody hell these solid tyres are heavy!

[slosh]

They would be great on a skid steer. Are you selling them?