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Originally posted by George McKenzie
I am putting tires on my Canadian F15A .Could some one tell me what kind of tires to get for this truck The old tires say for British wheels only .Some of the tires I have say for 5 de-gree rims only Any suggestions ? George
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This is a commonly recurring question here at MLU. Typing in tyres in the search bar will get you pages of threads that will take you days of reading to go through them all. Here's the short story: You'll be hard pressed to find WW II pattern tyres in any kind of roadworthy condition so you'll probably have to do what most of us here have done, bought US style 9:00 X 16 NDT's. These tyres are readily available at several places, the cheapest being Wallace Wade here in Dallas. I bought my tyres late last winter when oil prices were climbing and I had to pay $150.00/tyre, flap and tube inc. Just a year previous the same tyre was about $90.00. I don't know what they are today. Before you mount the tyres, trim about 1/8" from the inner circumference of the bead, as this will facilitate mounting and any removal down the road. Don't use silicon to ease the setting of the bead, soap is the preferred lubricant. Don't worry about whether the tyre says 5 degree or not, the US NDT's fit just fine. Hope this helps
CHIMO!