5 degree wheels?

rob love · #1 26-09-12, 23:25

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Originally Posted by rob love

Beyond their original safety concerns, add 70 years of wear and corrosion, and possible damage from occasional dis-assembly. Mine will become vehicle stands.

On reflection today,( and after going outside to see how many of these rims I really had), I think I would have to re-evaluate this earlier assessment.

If the rims are blasted clean, do not show any signs of damage, wear or corrosion, then why not re-use them, taking into account the safety requirements during filling. Many of them have lasted over half a century, and if they pass inspection now and are properly preserved, there is no reason they can't last another 100 years.

I found this style of rim on both my 1956 firetrucks, adding another 12 more of these rims to the total of 14 in the yard.

Lang · #2 27-09-12, 01:33

Grant and Rob,

Thanks for that.

I have had a computer since the old black and white days before anyone had heard of a mouse and I always wondered why there should be a second set of numbers on the right of the keyboard - I now know why, so you can put in ° ¢ £ !!!! Does this now make me computer literate?

Lang

rob love · #3 27-09-12, 01:42

Lang:
Not if you have to write them down to use them.

John Mackie · #4 28-09-12, 11:05

My first meeting with these rims was in the middle fifties. It took us two days to dismantle one even with a manual.
Even though they are easy to assemble i wont use them as i take pity on the bloke who will have to dismantle it later.
The scrappy will buy them.

Bob Carriere · #5 29-09-12, 04:08

Search on google....... the list of various symbols is mind boggling....

Note... it will ONLY work if you use the numerical pads on the RH side of the key board.....

....and works in Words but can't get to work on MLU.....***

Technology craptology blah!!!!

Paul Singleton · #6 04-10-12, 13:16

Back in the seventies a friend's father had a septic tank pumping business. He purchased a used but very good condition 1961 GMC truck and installed a vacuum tank on the truck to pump septic tanks. The very first time he loaded the truck the right rear inner wheel blew apart. The wheel wasn't rusty and when examined the folded lip that held the wheel together simply straightened out and let the wheel separate. He purchased six new wheels of the lock ring design to replace the original wheels. The tire guy said that it was common for the centre split wheels to blow apart if the vehicle was overloaded! The tire size was 8:25-20. When looking at the design of the wheel you will realize that the wheel actually only locks together on about two thirds of the diameter.
I personally would not use them.

Paul

Barry Churcher · #7 06-10-12, 03:07

Paul, sounds like a load of poop to me.