[AT] OT truck tires/driveshaft?

[Steve W.]

jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> 9.00-20 is the size, pretty common to find, don't know if they were for 
> trucks or trailers. To me the military style just doesn't look like it has 
> enough traction on pavement, they look too rounded.
> 
> John

They work OK when loaded. The easy solution is to buy the bar tread 
tires then re-cut the tread to make them better.
Not real hard to do with a circular saw and carbide blade. You cut the 
bars free from the center line by cutting diagonal across the bar, then 
cut a single sipe
You end up with the tread looking something like
  - - - - - - - -
/ \ / \ / \ / \
  - - - - - - - -

Allows it to flex more and quiets them as well. The later NATO multi 
purpose tires were molded that way
Like these:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/N5gAAOxydlFS-ku9/$_57.JPG


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Steve W.