CMP Tire sizes?

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Hello Scott, and Welcome to MLU.
Interesting link, also have Ford script 6.00-16 bar treads for the rabid Jeep enthusiast as well as bar treads in 7.50-16 for Champs or Landies, reasonable price as well.
Rich.

[Private_collector]

Pedro,

Save yourself time and swearwords! Have old tyres removed by a truck tyre business.

I spent ages on two old cheasy tyres (40-50yrs old at least).

Tried easy things first - no good

Tried sledge hammer - no good, just bounced.

Tried crow bar WITH sledge hammer - no good, tyre laughed at me.

Tried cutting through wall with grinder - no good, just stunk to high hell and got nowhere.

Tried local truck tyre place - DONE, and they now semi hate me.

They will hate me completely when I take another two tyres there this week.

No, seriously, farm the job out!

[Lynn Eades]

The difference between the two types of rims is that The American rims use a Tapered seat, while the British wheels use a flat seat.....or is it the other way around. I would suggest that anyone buying tyres, buy the correct ones for the rims. Many of the wartime tyres had moulded into them "for British rims only" or "For American wheels"

[Harry Moon]

I've had a dozen or so different military and civilian tires on 16 inch CMP rims, never saw any sign of grinding on any of them. If the tires you are taking off are never going to be used again then what I did is cut them off around the sidewall and then used an impact chisel to break the wire bead. Lots of sweat but kept money in my pocket. i use the wallace wade tires, 10.50X16 I really like them. Worth the time and effort to get them.

[chris vickery]

This subject has been hashed to death over the years here on MLU...
Simply put, use regular US style bar grip tires and have a tire shop worry about fitting them, plain and simple.
As far as the Wallace Wade tires go, they are 10.50-16 and not technically correct for you purists out there. 9.00-16 are the correct CMP size for 15cwt cmp trucks, I believe that it was only the 30cwt that was actually fitted with 10.50-16s. Wallace Wade would have been better offoffering the right and most common size for cmp trucks.