Removel of tires from 41 Chev DND

[Gordon Yeo]

Grant

I had a rim from an M135 ( 20 inch tire size) and it has a one inch greater inside diameter than the outside diameter of the 16 inch CMP rim. The greatest pressure I saw was 15 tons and the tires were dated 1941, 1942 run flats. I assumed they had never been replaced.
When I was looking for a shop press the bang for buck seems to improve quickly with increased tons, as does the working width. I have made a set of dies and can form 32 inch wide 16 gauge steel. Maybe not as pretty a job for some instances but for an old CMP it is good enough.

Gord