Truck Tyres 34 x 7 as 12 ply Olympics

[Paul Singleton]

In my opinion the most dangerous truck wheels were the centre split type used up to the early or mid 1960’s. I know that General Motors used them but I am not sure about other manufacturers. I hated working with them as they would blow apart regularly when on the truck especially if the truck was overloaded.
These rims split in the middle, there were two dimples marking where to start prying them apart. The locking part didn’t go all the way around as the rim needed a spot to allow disassembly. Also in the winter the sand and salt would collect in the rim at the split and cause rusting.

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

I found a set of six 8.25 R20 tyres and rims for sale at a good price on an online free classified advertising site. The tyres were just about brand new when taken off a wrecked Mitsubishi truck.

It makes you wonder why people outlay the cost of a new set of six tyres, then not very long afterwards, they decide to take sell the truck to a wreckers?

I will shortly take the Mitsubishi wheels to one of the local tyre places and get the tyres stripped off the rims. Then to sand blast, then paint my Chevrolet 1940 rims. Once this work is done I will see if anyone local will fit the tyres to the rims.

Kind regards
Lionel