oddnor

Hi All.


Here is a pics of a new " in the test" tire fore use on military truck.

It's the university in Wisconsin-Madison and Resilient Technologies so have come to this tire.

It's mine, bullet and bomb prof .

Odd

Attached Images

	dekk.jpg (75.0 KB, 108 views)

mbwarner

An auto tire, Michelin, I think, is working on car tires made that way.

__________________
1942 Chevy K43 telephone maintenance truck
1944 Ford GPW
1945 Willys MB
1951 GMC M135
1954 Dodge M37
1963 Studebaker M35A1 (sold Dec 0
197? M151A2, uncut
1988 AM General M35A2C
197? M416 quarter ton trailer
197? M105 1.5 ton trailer

IRWFO

I think I read about it being an airless design in military testing.

scooter01922

Cool design but i can't shake the feeling that it wouldn't do too well offroad. Just imagine how much it would weigh if you went thru a bunch of thick sticky mud and it filled in all the air spaces. With the 4 of em mud filled i think you would be hard pressed to go faster than 10 miles an hour when you got back on road and stopping wouldn't be much fun either with that much rotating mass.

__________________
Proud to own Builder77's former ride. R.I.P. Ethan
1970 M35A2C with hardtop and heater, no winch. Limited duty due to uh......something..TBD
Studebaker M108- home- uh...it did run...lol, resto pending.
Studebaker M35A1 with plow and LDS 427
Avatar= Pic taken minutes after landing from first SOLO
flight.

K45

I think these wheel/tire set up would be valuable in the middle east with most of their travels on dessert dirt roads with mines. But yes it would be rough offroad going through mud clogging the holes and would cause the vehicle to ride out of alignment. Also highway ride would be ruff also. Still cool looking set up and practical.

__________________
Vincit Qui Patitur

dependable

There have been tires like that available for skid steer loaders for several years, marketed to landfill operators and the like. Never tried them myself.

doghead

I wonder how long until those tires hit the "urban street scene"?

Can you say, "rollin' on 35's"!

__________________
M818, M819, M35A2 w/w, M35A2, M109, M561 w/w, M274, M1008A1, M146, M105, M116A2, M101A2, Pioneer tool trailer, MEP-002, MEP-017A, 1990 Dodge Tug, 5ton winch shear pins

oddnor

Hi

Belive it ore not, , you can drive in up to 50 , safe, and not lose your teeth.

It's not similar to truck loader tires.

It's the design so do it good to i use, bi cube design, with the rubber, in a war scenario.


Odd

randyscycle

I could see that sort of "skeleton" inside of an outer casing much like the runflats. That would prevent the loading of the internals with mud or debris.

__________________
"I'd be more concerned if it didn't leak."

1967 Kaiser M715
1985 AM General M35A2 W/W

DavidWymore

Michelin's are called tweels. They work good except for building too much heat.

(EDIT) They only get hot at hiway speeds...