Logistics Advice Needed

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - a simple request, yeh!. How can I get ten tyres (tires) from North Carolina to Adelaide.
Bob

[Bob Carriere]

Bonjour Bob.....

Crated or shrinked wrapped on a skid by boat....probably tucked inside a container....... but the price will not be pretty...... and it may take a few months.....

Are you dealing with an individual or a tire dealer...??? a tire dealer may have better connections or might ship to a known tire dealer in Australia.

I have seen you guys quote almost $400 for a new 20x11:00 bar thread that's twice what they sell them here for....so 100% mark up for shipment..... might be cheaper for you guys to ship all you Canadian CMP back to Canada what with the increase in petrol and all..... you should get ride of all of them...and send a bill to the Canadian government for cleaning up the old wartime junk we left behind....

BooB

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Boob - just thought I'd start this thread as a poser. He is a tyre dealer and has ten 9.00x20 NDCC military style on Ebay at not a bad price, if you were over there. $699 or Buy It Now for $749. He is running them on a two day cycle and this item number has just finished. 170207600070
Bob

[Jeff Gordon]

Bob, you will get them cheaper than that and try a dealer closer to the west coast. Supplyline usually has an add for them from $50 ea and I have seen them also for $30 ea. Watch what you put them on because most of them are only 8 ply. I have a couple here they weigh about half a 12 ply.
Jeff

[Bob Carriere]

Price wise you usually get what you pay for.....

A brand new recent manufactured 900x20 is about $170 US in 8 ply...
...a 1100x20 in 12 ply at $235.00 US.....plus shipping and the heavier the carcass will cost more.

Be careful with the brand new tire that still has the molding tits on them when they are off a spare tire from a trailer..... they may be seriously dried up.....cracking may not show up at first...... any tire that is being sold at 1/3 of the new cost.....unless in very large quantities it is tooo good to be true. The cheaper ones are usually older and may even appear sound when looking at them.... check for evidence they have been removed from a rim.... you will see some wear marks on the bead....or rust and tears similar to an old CMP tire.

Older casing may be fine for a local parade or they may be more historically accurate..... BUT .... don't trust them for any kind of highway driving.

I have used an original 1943 bar thread mounted on a 900x16 battle wheel on a Dodge M43 ambulance..... it gave very good traction on the front axle.... it was a spare that had never been used..... we used the ambulance to plow a large garage lot..... after a particular snow clearing session.... remember this is Canadian Winter so the tire could not really get very hot. I finished the job...parked it by the garage front door and went inside.... I closed the door and something went bang like a shotgun..... we ran outside and half the tube had come out of a perfectly exploded rosette on the side wall..... never again.

I kept that old battle wheel with the tire carcass still mounted on it....

It is unfortunate that shipping is so high for you guys in Australia.

Boob

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Older casing may be fine for a local parade or they may be more historically accurate..... BUT .... don't trust them for any kind of highway driving.

I have used an original 1943 bar thread mounted on a 900x16 battle wheel on a Dodge M43 ambulance.......something went bang like a shotgun..... we ran outside and half the tube had come out of a perfectly exploded rosette on the side wall..... never again.

I kept that old battle wheel with the tire carcass still mounted on it....

Boob

Dodge tires can be dangerous, stick to CMPs!

Oh, actually, the same can happen to CMP tyres. Perfectly good tread, sound-looking carcass, slow speeds ...... and Ka-blooey! The rule is: If it don't bounce or if it draws black lines like chalk, static display only!