9.00-13 Tyres

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Recently spotted a pair of Firestone 9.00-13 sand pattern tyres at Joop Staman. They look brand new and are made in Switzerland.

HTH,
Hanno

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[welbike]

Hanno, I saw these too yesterday, and asked, they are 150 euro's each, and he has a set of 5, no more.

They are Firestone brand, and came out of Norway.

Hope this helps,

Lex Schmidt

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by welbike

Hanno, I saw these too yesterday, and asked, they are 150 euro's each, and he has a set of 5, no more.

They are Firestone brand, and came out of Norway.

Hope this helps,

Lex Schmidt

Even though those tyres look to be in good shape, they may have been in storage for 50 years . I would not use them myself unless I could verify that they are of recent manufacture . Those Firestones may have canvas/cotton layers in them, the cotton tends to rot over time. A sudden blow out could have nasty results .

I did by some new MRF 900-13's and also a few new OLYMPICS that were advertised in the Weekly Times by a agricultural tyre dealer

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

That role may best be as display tires for stationary equipment, which is still an important use so I hope everyone will keep their eyes out for finds such as Lex posted. If they turn out to be recent production that is fantastic. If they are NOS and 50 years old great finishing for display purpose.

Mike is pointing out something that any of us who worked with old tires realize just because it looks new proceed with caution. When I first got my HUP it still was wearing some of its original tires but it was very clear that driving on them was not in the cards. Then by chance found set of NOS truck tires looked perfect, but once mounted and inflated to 35 psi and a few miles, 50 to 100, cracks started appearing in the side walls.

Cheers Phil

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

That role may best be as display tires for stationary equipment, which is still an important use so I hope everyone will keep their eyes out for finds such as Lex posted. If they turn out to be recent production that is fantastic. If they are NOS and 50 years old great finishing for display purpose.

Those tyres which I spotted at Staman's look like as good as new tyres to me, that is why I posted them here. Better than "new" tyres I have seen which were stored outside for 1 or 2 years.

Of course, in the end it is up to the buyer to determine for which purpose he feels comfortable using them.

Hanno

[Richard Farrant]

Here are two current websites listing 9.00-13 with the same sand pattern tread as the old Olympics.
http://www.bkt-tires.com/it/bkt_prod...gory=sandtires BKT Sandstar 9.00-13

http://www.tyretraders.com.au/index....nd-grip-detail Harvest Sand Grip 9.00-13

Given the low speed of vehicles which used these tyres, or trailers such as the Bofors AA gun, they should be capable, providing you check the load limit per tyre. The BKT website lists an email address in the EU for people in Europe, I think the company are in India. The second link is from Australia.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

. The second link is from Australia.

Better still, it is a Melbourne dealer . The older hay balers use 900-13's . The farmers here all use the modern wrapped round bales , the baling is going on right now in this district

[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Here are two current websites listing 9.00-13 with the same sand pattern tread as the old Olympics.

http://www.tyretraders.com.au/index....nd-grip-detail Harvest Sand Grip 9.00-13

. The second link is from Australia.

Just rang this company and unfortunately they are only a wholesaler and don't sell to the public