Wanted: LSVW / CMP tires

[rob love]

Those are the tires from the G-wagon. Michelin advised the DND about 3 years ago or so that they were going to quit producing them, so the DND changed all the tires and rims on the G-wagons over to a Wrangler instead. Units usually did it on mass. Here in Shilo, one of the units offered all their tires to the museum, which we took. Otherwise, supply was going to make them tear them all down in order to turn in as scrap metal and scrap rubber. I had already used this size on a few of the vehicles at the museum.



They are a very heavy duty tire, and the bead is fairly tight on them. But they look good, although a little smallish on the CMPs. They are perfect for limbers and HUPs, and we also have a set on the Dodge M37 at work. They do not look balloonish like the LSVW tires.



They were also showing up on CADC out of Toronto, being sold on pallets of 4 or 5. They were fetching from 500 a set up t around $1500 a set. The odd one might even have a runflat in them.

[Robert Bergeron]

Pardon my ignorance Rob but how do you fit 8.25 tires on 9 inch CMP rims ?

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Pardon my ignorance Rob but how do you fit 8.25 tires on 9 inch CMP rims ?

Width, not bead diameter. You can stretch a 7.50-16 tire on a 9-16 rim but it looks really silly. The height/profile of the tire probably changes as well.

[rob love]

When I get back to work in a week or so I can shoot a photo of what the tires look like on a few different vehicles. The limber will give a good impression of what they would look like on a cmp. I note the HUA at work has tires that are marked as 9.00-16, but they look tiny compared to the regular cmps. In that case, the 8.25-16s will be a great fit. Our HUA is a deadhead, so I have been in no rush to do the tires on it.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

deadhead

Deadhead? Meaning stalled, not seeing a wrench in the foreseeable future?

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Deadhead? Meaning stalled, not seeing a wrench in the foreseeable future?

The vehicle was cosmetically restored, but never mechanically restored. It needs a lot of work and parts, and is not currently on the restoration list. I took it to a remembrance day display a number of years back (on a trailer) and had to put a winter front on the grill to cover the fact it doesn't even have a radiator.

[rob love]

So I made some quick and rough measurements of the different tires tonight. The old 9.00-16 M37 tire, which is similar to the CMP 9.00-16 has a tread width of about 7.5", and an overall height of about 33". That is mounted on a cmp rim.



I measured a G-wagon tire mounted on a 16" truck rim. It had a tread width of about 6.5", and a height of about 32".


Just for fun I also measured a set of the STA chevron 10.50-16 tires mounted on CMP rims. They had a tread width of about 9.5", and a height of about 36".



Personally I like the smaller G wagon tire as opposed to the baloonish LSVW michelin tires. I especially do not like the early LSVW tire. But to each his own I guess.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Pardon my ignorance Rob but how do you fit 8.25 tires on 9 inch CMP rims ?

The actual CMP rim is 6.00 wide and 16" Dia.

[rob love]

Here is a set of 6 of the g-wagon tires and rims which just showed up on CADC: https://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?...1&sf=ferm-clos