Options for 8.25 x 10 Tires

[Marc van Aalderen]

Thank you for the tip. This filling with rubber will take the air pressure of and that is a good thing on these old tyres.

I had only heard of "liquidish" rubber that you can rub in the cracks and it will then set and hide the cracks.

Cheers,

[shaun]

sorry guys, im not selling as i have only just got them for our 6pdr. the idea of filling the tyres is good. during my days in the army i was based on an airfield all the plant vehicle had foam filled tyres. Im sure a good tyre company can help.

[rob love]

We used foam filled tires on all our 4wd forklifts in Afghanistan. It almost makes the tires indestructible. Large sidewall cuts that would normally require the tire to be replaced could be ignored. I cannot comment on what the heat buildup would be with old WW2 rubber at higher speeds mind you.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Speedways makes an "INDUSTRIAL ALL PURPOSE" tyre in 8.25-10 Size in 10, 14 Ply Rating.

See http://www.speedwaystyres.com/traile...car-tyres.html

[Marc van Aalderen]

It doesn't have a military pattern but I have a picture of a 6Pdr with two different tyres and one looks like the one that you found. This might thus be a very acceptable alternative! Well found.


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Cheers,

[Marc van Aalderen]

I just scrolled back to the top of this post and David's post nr4 shows Industrial All Purpose tyres with the same pattern but a different size.

Cheers,

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by Marc van Aalderen

It doesn't have a military pattern but I have a picture of a 6Pdr with two different tyres and one looks like the one that you found. This might thus be a very acceptable alternative! Well found.

That's a 57mm AT gun, didn't the US guns have different wheel sizes to the 6 pr?

[Marc van Aalderen]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

That's a 57mm AT gun, didn't the US guns have different wheel sizes to the 6 pr?

Hi Adrian, you could be right there. The wheels are much bigger than those on my 6 Pdr. Don't know how I overlooked that. The absence of a muzzle brake does not make it a 57mm perse. In the original 1942 6 Pdr manual that I got through Rob Nixon the pictures show a gun without muzzle brake. I can't remember from where on the web I got this picture and I didn't copy the caption.

Cheers,