just finnished fitting a set of goodyear 1200-20 radials onto my 816, i bought surplus some years back a dutch army tyre changing kit which made getting the old crossply bargrips off easy. Truck now stands 2.5 inches taller and with the duals i think they look good and are rated 18 ply and nearly 8000 lbs per tyre where the bargrips were rated 5200 lbs. On hard turn there is about half inch gap between tyre and spring assembly/suspension . Tyres are ex uk military surplass and were new or as new having only been mounted on rims and at £100 a tyre was good value here in uk . martin
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M816 wrecker with turbo
M35A1 w/winch
M35A2C
1947 farmall H
1953 farmal super MD
Last edited by martinsaunders06; 01-06-2012 at 16:18.
Looks good and you just increased the safety of the truck.
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Why is it that there is never enough time to do the job correctly, but always enough time to do it over?
MVPA 23171
Anything is better than those NDT that some trucks have. Those were pretty useless. BTW, nice looking truck you have. Those tires seem to make a difference.
these 1200 radials have straighter side walls than the old 1100 bargrips which bulged out more in the sidewalls so they have a larger squarer foot print being 1200 and are not massively wider if measured acoss the sidewalls so dont rub on the rears and stand taller as well. A lot heavier as well so when spare is painted it will be a 2 man job to lift onto carrier which will be a conker breaker if i have to lift out on my own for a puncture. Inspired by jwaller i put a turbo on this truck a few years back and it runs and sounds great so now running out of things to tinker with at weekends now? martin
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M816 wrecker with turbo
M35A1 w/winch
M35A2C
1947 farmall H
1953 farmal super MD
Our money is spent keeping them running safely, not upgrading tires that still have years of life on them. Don't get me wrong we try to keep them nice, but 30 new tires is out of out of our budget.
How about some more info on the right hand crane truck in pics #2 and 3
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1200-20 goodyear radials on 816 now
