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Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:51 pm
by 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?
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:37 pm
by MADSHORT
We need pics dave
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:17 pm
by Dozoor
MADSHORT wrote:We need pics dave
X2
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:52 pm
by 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.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:13 pm
by 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.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:19 pm
by Wozza244
Put them straight on ebay, or they will sit in the shed for about eleventy hundred years.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:54 pm
by 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)
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:49 pm
by BlueSuzy
Sounds like they are 'bar treads' to me!
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:48 am
by 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
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:45 pm
by 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.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:52 pm
by V.W.Dave
BlueSuzy wrote: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.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:44 pm
by 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?
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:04 pm
by V.W.Dave
80's_delirious wrote: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
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:51 pm
by 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.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:25 pm
by rockcrawler31
howsie wrote: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
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:40 pm
by 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.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:14 pm
by 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!
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:21 pm
by V.W.Dave
Thank for posting the pic for me mate. My house net is down for a few more days.
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:33 am
by RO8M
hj 45 wrote:
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!
Re: Solid army tyres
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:43 pm
by slosh
They would be great on a skid steer. Are you selling them?
