Saturday haul

[Hanno Spoelstra]

An assortment of British and Canadian 8-cwt and 15-cwt rims. Some complete with hubs and/or original tyres. Thanks for your help, Alex!

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[Alex van de Wetering]

You're welcome Hanno.....always fun to carry Run-Flat tyres

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

.always fun to carry Run-Flat tyres

Or as I like to call them: backbreakers.


Tip: they will roll...you do not need to carry them.



Derk Derin burned out the transmission on his truck back in the 90s when we transported about 10 ferret runflats from a surplus yard in Saskatchewan. Each one is heavy....multiples of them is murder.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Backbreakers they are, even with the 1942 9.25-16 tyres completely worn down.
The C8A rims also have hubs in them, converted for use on a farm trailer. Glad we brought a trailer with ramp so we could roll them on.

Interestingly, two 15-cwt rims have American made “Kant Slip” 9.00-16 W /|\ D tyres FOR BRITISH WHEELS made by Kelly Springfield Tyre Co. on them.

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[rob love]

Are they a bar type tread, or chevron? I have seen the US made bar type trad at work and marked as for British rims. It kind of makes me feel better having to use the bar tread on a CMP or 25 pounder when I don't have any access to chevron. Once was the time I considered the use of bar tread as taking the easy way out. Sacrilege.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rob love

Are they a bar type tread, or chevron? I have seen the US made bar type trad at work and marked as for British rims. It kind of makes me feel better having to use the bar tread on a CMP or 25 pounder when I don't have any access to chevron. Once was the time I considered the use of bar tread as taking the easy way out. Sacrilege.

Proper NDMS bar grip, and not a retread. I have not been able to find a date on them. The American Kelly-Springfield Tire Company was founded in 1894. It was acquired in 1935 by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, who maintained it as a subsidiary until 1999 when it was integrated into Goodyear North America. It continues today as a major brand under Goodyear. So they could have been made anytime during the past.

Could it be the US supplied tyres for British wheels under Lend-Lease? Or would the US supply European MDAP recipients after WW2 with tyres made for their ex-Canadian equipment?

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