Interesting tire

[chris vickery]

Rob, those look like a great find if you can locate the manufacturer. I agree, the STA 10.50-16 look incorrect and oversized on a cmp.

[Alex van de Wetering]

That's a lovely find Rob!

I can't find them on the companies website, but it sure would be nice iof these are in the 9.00-16 size, and DOT rated.

Could it be their ZL 316 pattern??? Sadly I can't find that on their website either.

source: http://hfxtyre-export.en.made-in-chi...ruck-Tyre.html

[rob love]

I don't think it's the ZL316 pattern. Jordan did send me a link to where they have another photo of the tire in question. https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...518240646.html
They are a dead ringer for the Dunlop trak-grip.

From what I gather, we would be looking at a minimum order of 100 pairs at $100USD per tire, so the initial outlay will be around $20K USD before shipping.

I need to investigate further, and see where this leads.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by rob love

I don't think it's the ZL316 pattern. Jordan did send me a link to where they have another photo of the tire in question. https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...518240646.html
They are a dead ringer for the Dunlop trak-grip.

From what I gather, we would be looking at a minimum order of 100 pairs at $100USD per tire, so the initial outlay will be around $20K USD before shipping.

I need to investigate further, and see where this leads.

100 sets, which I read to be the tire, tube and flap. So now you only need 10k to buy in!

[rob love]

Here is a screen shot of the tire in question. I could not figure out how to copy it so I took a picture.

What we need is somebody in Canada to step up and make an investment and bring in the minimum 100 or so. That would cover 25 vehicles. Pretty sure I could take care of 5 sets myself between my stuff and the museum. I doubt the other 20 sets would last long and the importer would make a few dollars for his time.

Personally I would happily pay around the $250 range for fresh rubber in the right size and with the right tread. Seems I am paying more than that now for tires that are the wrong tread and the wrong size.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by rob love

Here is a screen shot of the tire in question. I could not figure out how to copy it so I took a picture.

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Mouse on the image, right click, save image as. That should work unless the page coding is locked to keep people from filching the content.

[Tony Smith]

There is also a 9.00-16 desert tire (http://hfxtyre.en.alibaba.com/produc..._for_sale.html), that might be a nice choice for some (ie 11.00-16 for Andrew H).

[rob love]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Mouse on the image, right click, save image as. That should work unless the page coding is locked to keep people from filching the content.

Nope, it is locked. I tried a few various methods to no avail. Ended up taking a picture of the monitor with my camera, or as we technophobes call it, a screenshot.

[chris vickery]

That would certainly be the answer Rob. The only other option on this would be to find the maker and see if the molds are still around/available or for sale.
If this is an out of production model, maybe the tooling is still around.
We found this issue with the tires for the M274 Mechanical Mule; the molds were out there from the original maker who had no interest whatsoever in producing another run. There was such a demand from collectors that Coker Tire bought the original factory molds and then took pre-orders before they batched up a run. Since the inception, they have made several runs to keep the original style tires available to collectors.