[AT] OT truck tires/driveshaft?

[Cecil R Bearden]

I have a semi tractor that has 10:00-20 military tires on the rear.  We 
swapped them with the tires from a tank retriever trailer I used to haul 
my dozer with.  The militry tires were about 4 inches taller than the 
std 10:00-20 truck tires.   The first time I was in OKC traffic it was 
early morning and there was still dew on the ground.  I  had to stop 
quickly due to some idiot cutting me off to turn into a fast 
food.......... My rear tires slid nearly 100 ft before stopping.   The 
tire screech was as loud as the air horn.  The dumbass driver that had 
cut in front of me to stop and turn into a drive, took off like a 
scalded dog..!!!!!!!   I laughed the rest of the day.  I also made sure 
that I avoided traffic where I would have to stop quickly. The way Steve 
suggested cutting the tread bars would work great and also make them 
grip better on soft ground.  I wold use my tire re grooving iron.  
However most folks do not have one in their shop.....

Cecil in OKla

On 5/14/2014 2:11 AM, Steve W. wrote:
> 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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