the C8 I am working on

[Gordon Yeo]

I have been working at the truck since last winter and have made good progress. Things have slowed down while fall work gets done. Hope to have it running under its own power before Christmas. I do not have a cargo box and that will have to wait till next year.
I managed to get 6 thirteen inch wheels and got five serviceable rims from them. Fortunately the hub extenders were still on the axles and that was a huge relief. The tires are the Trellebourg machinery tires and wont pass an Ontario safety check. That's a bridge to cross another day.

[Jordan Baker]

Great job Gord. Ive always loved the C8/F8 trucks. Sadly I dont fit very well in the drivers seat.

[rob love]

Are the trellburg tires available in Canada? We are in need of some for the museum.

Great job. It is nice to see some Manitoban cultural property being taken care of.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Gord,

Excellent work; that's a lovely truck you have there. The panels do look good indeed! I can't wait till I have the nose panels fitted on my C8....than it finally starts to look as a truck again.

One thing that caught my eye in your pictures are the rims; could it be that you have fitted them the wrong way round? I think the welded stud end should be on the outside and the nut on the inside.

Did you get tubes from Trelleborg as well? I still have to get some tubes for my Alliance tyres, they are available on Ebay, but noticed the choice of valves and valve angle seems limited.

regards,

Alex

[Gordon Yeo]

Alex

When I bought the Ontario truck it had civilian rims on the hubs so I very well may have the rims on backwards. I'm used to the having the nuts to the outside on the other trucks, I'll try reversing the rims.

Rob

I got the tires through an OK Tire dealer that handled farm tires. They are available in Canada but were a special order. I got the inner tubes from a local tire shop and mounted the tires myself. The bigger problem is the rim flaps for a 9:00 x 13 tire if you need them. I found the dealer that handled the tires with an internet search.

[Anthony Main]

Alex, you can change the valve on the tube to the type needed, by using a valve repair patch & 1100x13 tyre flaps will fit, That is what I had to do
when I changed the front tyres on my f8.
regards, Anthony.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Alex, you can change the valve on the tube to the type needed, by using a valve repair patch & 1100x13 tyre flaps will fit, That is what I had to do
when I changed the front tyres on my f8.
regards, Anthony.

Thanks Antony.....good suggestion. It never occurred to me to replace the valves! I did look at an angled valve extension, which would work in combination with a normal metal valve.
Can I ask where you sourced the tyre flaps? So, does a 11x3 flap work without modification in a 9.00x13 tyre?

Sorry to go off topic, Gord!

Alex