Bogie Wheel Re-rubbering

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichCam

Guys,

Back to the drawing board. I am quoting out both smooth rubber (70D) and polyurethane 20" OD forklift tires. I have found a local machine shop that can press forklift tires onto rims. The have a lathe big enough to hold, part off and machine a 20" forklift tire. The $205.00 each price is very good, the almost $600 price isn't in our budget. I will let post to MLU, under a new thread, as soon as I find out.

Richard

I think there is some confusion here...
Richard is quoting some tire recapping prices and bogey wheel rerubering is getting into the mix also...
There is a hell of a difference..
First of all I am not familiar with a Price for 60D Tire re-rubber

What is a 60D Tire...??60"Diameter tire..??
smooth rubber (70D)???

What the hell are 60D and 70D tires..??
Give some proper sizes and straighten me up please..
These are definitely not carrier bogie wheels..
Thanks.


20" forklift tire. The $205.00 each price is very good

[hrpearce]

Alex 60D and 70D are hardness tests for rubber as tested with a durometer.

[Gunner]

Hi Alex.... read the first post, again!

Cheers! Mike

[SDeMocko]

Carrier Friends,
I know it has been a sore point on the forum before as McMaster Carr will not ship outside the united states but I do like their representation of durometer which can be found on this link.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#about-rubbe...rdness/=g2d6wq

Stephen DeMocko
'44 MKII
So Cal, USA

[Bob Carriere]

MacMaster will ship to US address and arrangements for pickup or secondary delivery and pick up for border crossing can be arranged...... Gunner knows what I mean and it is all legal.... you will incur shipping and PST and GST at the border. Good UC wheels are in such short supplies that if they can be economically and approriately retired it can be done.

Hardness, appearance, durability and price all has to be worked out by the buyer or buyers with some experimentation......

Bob

[RichardT10829]

for the UK and Europe contingent's I have emailed the firm as provided by Alan twice with no replie's, and have tried ringing to no avail, will keep trying though.

[Dave Schindel]

The price I got for polyurethane was about $400 per wheel. Way high.
I'm doing my own.I have the mold finished and will pour the poly as soon as I can get into Regina to pick some up.
My plan is to use a Shore 90 hardness.
I think I can do it for about $100 a wheel,depending on price of the poly.

[Paul Dutton]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Alex 60D and 70D are hardness tests for rubber as tested with a durometer.

Rubber is measured in SHORE ratings. Standard O rings are 70 Shore and harder ones are 90 shore. 60 shore would be very soft, too soft in my opinion! Would 90 shore be too hard tho and cause premature breakup? Im a hydraulics engineer so I only understand seals...!!!

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Paul Dutton

Rubber is measured in SHORE ratings. Standard O rings are 70 Shore and harder ones are 90 shore. 60 shore would be very soft, too soft in my opinion! Would 90 shore be too hard tho and cause premature breakup? Im a hydraulics engineer so I only understand seals...!!!

Paul it all depends on what scale you are using, there are several these are the three most commonly used.

[Paul Dutton]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Paul it all depends on what scale you are using, there are several these are the three most commonly used.

Live and learn..! As said tho, only deal in seals and o rings! NO SPEEKEE SHOE RUBBER! LOL

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Over here in Oz the rubber rating is in Duros. My wheels use rubber rated at 75 Duros which is more than adequate fir Carrier wheels.

Bob