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Yes, they are! I got them for less than I could find 11.00R20 NDT's for. Problem is I only have the 6, so need to source a spare or two to ease my road-trip anxiety. The tires were never ran. It looks like the date code on these is 2014, so not brand new but never ran and stored indoors. I...

All tires are aired up now. No issues. Even got a few on my truck.

I'm using a locking air chuck attached to a 50' hose. I'm nowhere near the tire while airing up. I also have two chains around the wheel to keep the lock ring in the event of an explosion. I'm going very slow, as I've only done 2 tires so far. As much as I want this done it's not worth dying...

Well, the first wheel held 94 psi without blowing anything up. Max sidewall pressure says 105, so I called it close enough. I’m airing back down to a lower pressure and it will be ready to go on the truck. Only 5 more to go!

Stomping is what I did. Tried the hammer, wasn’t going well, then just jumped up and started kicking. All the lock rings are on now. Have 50 psi in my first tire at the moment. Will probably spend my evening tomorrow airing up the rest. At least 1 more picture to go!

I got my tubes, flaps, and wheels slid into the tires tonight. I'm waiting on paint to dry for the lock-rings, so no air in them yet. I used a rubber-safe grease to get everything together. Made it REALLY easy, seems like it should be impossible for me to have pinched a tube with how easy...

Prepping for assembly Getting ready to mount tires. Will be going slow. Hope to have tires and wheels on my truck by the weekend.

Well, they’re black now! I will need to do some touch up, but look a lot better than when I got them and there are multiple layers of paint to protect them for a little while.

Shot some black paint Getting closer. Now have a coat of flat black on the back and outside of the wheels. Will flip and do the front on Friday.

Flip-side coated Flipped my wheels over and sprayed the inside this afternoon. Now I get to hurry-up-and-wait until Wednesday before I can start spraying some black. I thought about doing it within the 1-hr recoat window today but it was flashing so fast with the heat today I didn't want to...

Making Progress Making some progress. Got one side of the wheels primed yesterday. Will be letting the primer cure/dry until tomorrow night then will flip and prime the back sides. Will let that sit for another few days and then start top-coating. Nothing fancy, here, just going to be flat...

Thanks for the advice. I’ll be smoothing gouges and working on paint soon. Are the small welds on the back of the wheels factory or did somebody add them later? Any idea?

Got the wheels back from sandblaster Here are some pictures of the wheels after sandblasting. I still have some concerns with the condition of the wheels. I've never run anything as beat up as these before on any of my vehicles. The rust is gone, but you can see a lot of pitting and a few...

I called a local industrial sandblaster and it sounds like about $20/wheel, which doesn’t seem bad to me. Will probably just deliver to them and let them work their magic. Dave - I had actually already looked at your lock rings. I’m going to check a local surplus guy first to see if I can...

How bent or mangled can a lock ring be before it's unsafe to use? I don't have any detailed pictures, but I know for sure some of the lock rings were scary looking. I only had one lock ring that was corrosion free (it was also the straightest) and had a different paint finish than the rest so...

I plan to wire wheel some stuff first just to see how deep it goes. I might even have to take a flap wheel to a few spots if the wire wheel doesn't cut it. Will sandblasting remove all of the heavy stuff that well or is a combination of elbow grease and sandblasting required?

I have a set of M135 wheels that I'm wanting to run on my M275A2 tractor. I will be flipping the rear hubs and installing 12.00R20 Michelin XML's. The M135 wheels that I have measure about 1-1/4" less in backspacing than stock deuce wheels. They're not in the greatest shape, and wanted to see...