[AT] OT truck tires/driveshaft?

[Cecil R Bearden]

I use a lot of Chinese tires and have a friend in the sand pit business 
who also uses the Chinese Cosmo tires his drivers love them.    I got 
him started with a young lady out of Miami Florida with Tire Group 
International.  We put together a large enough order to get a full 
pallet and that way save on the freight.   The bad tires I had were made 
in India from a dealer in Arkansas.  We mount our own tires and also 
balance them.  I can set you up to buy from them if you are interested.

Cecil in OKla



On 10/31/2015 7:59 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> Made in China, I think they were Samson, don't know for sure--I can check if
> you want. The Chinese ones I put on the back are working out great, I've
> hauled over 20 loads with no complaints at all--they are a hybrid on/off
> road, resembling a military style somewhat. The used tires I put on the
> front are Korean made, the brand starts with a "K". They are radials with a
> really deep tread. I imagine they are a fairly pricey tire. I guess I'm a
> bit spoiled, every vehicle we have gets major name brand tires, except the
> farm trucks, just don't run them enough to justify the cost. I wouldn't care
> if they wore out quick, I don't drive the grain truck 1,000 miles a year, I
> just need them to perform well.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 6:40 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT truck tires/driveshaft?
>
> John:
>    What was the brand of those tires?  Where were they made?
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
>
> On 10/31/2015 7:14 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>> And the verdict is in, after over a year, it was the new, properly
>> balanced,
>> front tires. To those of you who remember this thread my grain truck had a
>> horrible vibration, especially when loaded. I shuffled tires around on the
>> back like crazy because they were old, mismatched and downright dangerous
>> looking. Finally put a new set on the rear. I also put new shocks on the
>> front. Studied driveshaft phasing and checked the truck. Jacked up one
>> side
>> of the rear so I could watch the driveshaft turn. It didn't matter what I
>> checked, everything seemed OK. I was going to pull the driveshaft and have
>> it balanced--would cost a little under $200 to do that. Dad convinced me
>> to
>> first put 2 old tires on the front that I had mounted for spares.
>> Amazingly,
>> those ancient, worn, mismatched tires got rid of the vibration. Put my
>> new,
>> balanced tires back on and it was back. I found a nice matched pair off a
>> church bus on Craigslist, for less than I paid for one new tire. The
>> dealer
>> that sold me the tires switched them for free, the tire manufacturer would
>> not give any refund. We hauled 8 loads of corn and everything seems to be
>> working well. The only thing I can figure is a belt or something in the
>> new
>> tires was broke/breaking and the problem was steadily worsening. Anyway,
>> I'm
>> glad that is fixed, I was getting to the point I could swap those tires at
>> a
>> rate that a Nascar pit crew would call admirable!
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 5:29 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: [AT] OT truck tires/driveshaft?
>>
>> Been a little quiet so I’ll throw a problem out looking for suggestions.
>> Got
>> a 74 Ford F-600 2 ton grain truck. Around 40 mph I get a BAD vibration
>> (empty or loaded) It goes away around 50 or so. I put new tires on the
>> front
>> a couple years ago and moved one of the old ones to the back. Shortly
>> thereafter we noticed the vibration. It seems to be getting worse. I had
>> the
>> front tires balanced last fall, didn’t help. I shuffled tires around on
>> the
>> back yesterday, can’t really improve the situation. I even tried driving
>> with only the inside tire mounted, maybe some better, but not much. The
>> back
>> tires are not a matched set and are pretty old. I know it could use a set
>> of
>> tires but I’m trying to hold off a little while longer buying them. I
>> jacked
>> the truck up so I could look for runout and wobble. Some of the tires have
>> wobble, some have runout on the diameter. One is perfect, but it is so far
>> out of balance that with the truck in neutral, it settles to the same
>> place
>> every time—I even replaced this with a spare, still haven’t solved the
>> problem. Would a set of new tires solve my problem or are big old trucks
>> like this forgiving enough that I have other trouble? All the u-joints
>> feel
>> tight and I only notice a faint bit of runout on the driveshaft. An old
>> timer told me he thinks I have a u-joint trying to lock up or a twisted
>> driveshaft. Dad says they once twisted a driveshaft on a truck we had by
>> popping the clutch when it started rolling backwards. Whats your opinion?
>>
>> John Hall
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