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Just doing some ringing around. Found a place not far from here at Leeton N.S.W. Aust. who said they can get brand new, light truck tyres in 10.5 - 18's. These are made in India and are not cheap. $425 each, Australian. There is a Japanese Tractor tyre for about $180 but they seem to think they'd be too skinny, 7.5 18's. Tony Smith please let me know if you've been down this road. Hanno, I saw your photo of the Unimog tyres - how hard would those tyres be to get in Oz & cost? |
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Sorry chaps, me again!
Still doing some investigation, might have struck something interesting & useful at the same time wrt 10.5 18inch tyres. Will let you know more when I know more. |
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That's very good news re 10.50-18s. If they are a usable road pattern (ie: not tractor mud herringbone, etc), and not something like 20ply, then as Keith said they will be warmly received. I can think of 3 people that would be interested in 4 or 5 ea, maybe even at $425. |
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Road is probably the equivalent of Lithgow to Mudgee - you know, pretty good except for the one spine jarring pot hole where the milk truck turns onto the main road from the one surviving Dairy farm. Keep the banter coming.....your quips are still better then my best jokes. |
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I got it from the Vrakking site, see http://www.aircrafttyres.com/. Don´t know them, but according to their website they "import and export tires all over the world". Fire off an e-mail to them, I´d say. H. |
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and not something like 20ply, then as Keith said they will be warmly received. :(
This information comes from Frank Cross Tyres in Dubbo - The first two types of tyres shown here are a 10 ply :bang: as are the light truck tyres shown on the previous thread. Apparently they are speed rated at 90-100km/h. There is a Swedish made radial 10.5 X 18 that also comes with a Swedish made price tag. The boys at Frank Cross said probably double ($800 Aust) but could not give me an exact figure. :eek: Apparently these prices can drop a fair bit. It depends on 'How much they can screw their supplier down'. If 10 ply tyres are no good - sorry for getting anyone excited. They did say if they came across any type of 18" radial they would let me know via E-mail. |
18" Tyres for sale
Since I sold Puff down Under, I now have one NOS 8.25 x 18 tyre wrapped up in the garage that I can sell, bought it after being referred from a link on here.
I don't remember the brand, but it is an original, NOS, not perished or whatever, road tread. I also own two in the US which I have yet to get picked up, so if anyone reading this in the US wants two I'll put them in touch with the guy who is holding them. Gordon |
I am currently trying to track down who got the bulk of the gama goat tires my friend had,he has since passed away and his collection was liquidated but i sorted through some of the 10,000 yes 10,000 GG tires on wheels When i bought the load of twenty i brought back last i saw him.
it's very sad he's departed.. i will keep you posted on the search oh and the GG tires are a chopped nylon non belted tire..i run them on my M37..they are load range C..max pressure is 22psi..they have worked wonderfully for me but they are very soft and have a large contact patch.Steering is a bit tougher and undampened oscillations on washboard roads are an exciting adventure..but in mud and soft conditions the are awesome..i would not however ever consider using them on a dukw..that is pure danger imho...far too much load and with heat buildup and such or overinflation its just asking for injury.If i was planning to load my M37 to the GVW and take it down the highway i would think twice.. They are also tubeless with a split ring..i was shocked..but its the truth..i couldnt believe it when i took one apart to change a valve stem.. Corey |
G'day folks,
Sorry to be a pest and raise the dead, but did anything ever eventuate in relation to 10.50-18 tyres? Are the $425 ones still available? Cheers, Matt |
I scored 8 of 14.00 x 20s. 4 were in Dunlop trackgrip tread which I tried to move on to a Matador owner. He didn't want them because they were too big. They were war dept. marked. I gave them away They have since changed owners again and are now with mv. people again.
The other 4 were bar grip Yokohamas. I suspect the Dunlops had been on the rims since not long after WWII and would be almost impossible to remove from the rims (Coles crane) This post is a response to comments early in this thread (years old) Just read back through this thread and I imagine that things have changed a little in the world during the thread's life. With more of us on the net able to communicate around the globe, maybe the numbers can be gathered to do a small run on some of these odd sizes. |
One brand new tyre left
I have one brand new 8.25 x 18 tyre here in Scotland. It is commercial truck pattern and I think it was made for the MH-Fords in British service.
I bought this years back but it showed up after I'd sold the truck. I'll dig it out and post a photo. Brand new, properly wrapped / dark stored, never mounted. ( not cheap but will sell to a good home ) |
Indeed, I wonder what the minimum number needed to do a small run might be?
So, if these tyres are next to impossible to find, what have people done? Does one park the vehicle up, use other wheel/tyre combos, or use another tyre on the same rim? It's all a learning process for me, and I appreciate your time. Cheers, Matt |
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Graeme, Sorry I couldn't find them?
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.... to get MOT certification for public road use. So 20 odds tires have to be donated to the authorities for destructive testing...... and if you are lucky you may get MOT certified the first time...if lucky.
I believe Wallace Wade from Texas was working of reprocucing 18 Gamma goat tires but could not finds anything about it on there web site. Cheers |
Thanks folks,
I wonder if a short/mid-term solution for my vehicle in particular is to modify it to accept civillian wheels that may have a more available tyre size? Cheers, Matt |
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I'm assuming the $30K figure includes certification, however I didn't enquire any further. Also the cost would vary for different tyres, and I'm told it's been done for quite a range of sizes, from motor cycle tyres to these Futurliner whitewalls, which I'm told cost $100K to develop. Not much of a market as there were only 12 Futurliners built, and only about 9 survivors known. Apparently this owner ordered only 20 tyres, which makes them rather expensive at $5K each! However it's peanuts when you consider these vehicles have fetched up to $4 million at auction. Same rationale applies for MVs, which might justify an extra $100 each for WD pattern 10.50 x 20 chevrons.
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Here we go then
One off, brand new,
GOODYEAR MADE IN USA 10 PLY SUPER HI-MILER Ordinary truck tread, never fitted, dry / dark stored. I found the original invoice and it cost me £150 so will part with it for that, but it is in central Scotland so transport is liable to be a factor. I've got several images of it and will e-mail them to anyone seriously interested. Gordon Gordon@Dodge.Org.UK |
11.00 - 18 DUKW Tyres. Maybe?
There was some talk on the G503 forum a while back about Coker Tyres doing a run of 11.00 - 18 tyres. Maybe a few enquiries in Coker's direction would encourage them to speed up the process if they are indeed considering production of this rare size.
David |
Recent Coker advertising in USA mags....
....shows listing for 11:00 x 18 tires as available....?
Bob C |
Link to the Coker 1100x18 listing
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Also a listing in that size on Universal Tire's site (one buck cheaper!)
https://www.universaltire.com/truck-...ndcc-dukw.html |
...... and 10.50x16 directional Chevron pattern manufactured by STA in the USA also on the Universal Tire site
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I hear from one US DUKW owner that if you try to buy the 11.00 - 18s listed by Universal or Coker they don't in fact have any in stock.
Maybe they are just trying to gauge the interest? David |
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