Interesting tire

[Private_collector]

I should probably chime in here.

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The tyres above, that gave me so much trouble trying to fit them to CMP wheels, are Indian made, and were bought in as a mixed container full with two other styles. One of the two other styles, are the ones I refer to as 'civilian' pattern light truck tyres. Those ones are on my grey truck from purchase to now. While I can't comment on ease of fitting, I can say how they drive. Firstly, if the vehicle sits for any more than several hours, they develop a flat spot against the ground surface. Longer they sit, the worse the flat spot develops.....up to a point obviously. In winter (or cold lands) this will take 5 minutes of travel to come good. You will know when the flat spot has happened, just as you will know when it has gone. If the visual appearance from outside is anything like the feel from inside the cabin, it must be a sight to behold. This can be significantly reduced with increased tyre pressure, but you will get a VERY rough ride. Yes, a rough CMP is unheard of, I know! Having said all that, they are a very hard wearing tyre and will last until Armageddon. They're not too noisy, but then that truck is a diesel, and I couldn't hear a kiss concert over all that engine noise. I have made them whine with cornering, but I was really pushing the vehicle, and noise wasn't dramatic. I quite liked it really!

Back to the military type tyres. When my friend bought his container load, the first ones he had ordered were NOT as requested when they arrived. Luckily he had some form of insurance, which recovered most of the initial cost, but not the time invested in the initial purchase and sorting the error when the wrong ones turned up. I recall he had to do a lot to sort that mess out. Still don't know if the error was poor attention to detail on exporters part, poor understanding of language, or it was deliberate attempt to pull the wool over his eyes. The brand that I have here is Jetstone, and they are 9.00 x 16". Now that I know they can be fit to CMP wheels, I'll be very happy with them. They are also on my 25 pounder wheels, and I very much like the look.The spare on my grey truck is one of those tyres, and I've been running around with that on for many weeks, since the civilian tread one deflated on the highway (though I stay close to home, as I have no current spare). Incidentally, I can't blame that tyre for the incident because a foreign object caused the problem, not a tyre failure.

I can attest to these cheap tyres being very usable. Just be aware troubles may be encountered wheeling and dealing with people in other countries and languages. If you can secure a form of insurance, I would strongly encourage taking it. It may be your saviour if things go wrong. Because you won't have opportunity to inspect the physical attributes of your purchase before you're the owner, be VERY precise with ALL specifications, get photographic evidence of compliance, and if it smells off.....walk away wiser. My friend is no idiot, I assure you, but things went pear shaped in the initial deal. Caveat emptor! Good hunting.

[Robin Craig]

I have made mention of this possibilty on a FB Ferret group I belong to, quite a few of the folks I know and would vouch for but they don't hang out here.

This is very interesting and exciting

[David Dunlop]

Chris.

Shortly after Dominion Royal in, Kitchener ??, ceased to exist as a separate entry, I wrote to them asking about the moulds for their CMP line of tyres. They did confirm both their original moulds and the corresponding retread ones were alive and well but they did not want to remake tyres that 'no longer met current standards'. Was never quite sure what they meant by that, but assumed it had something to do with the wartime use of cotton cord internally. I had just assumed at the time they would automatically switch to modern cordage. Anyway, there is a possibility the tooling is still sitting there with the new company, or they might still know who it was all sold to.

David