For Sale: Dunlop trak grip tyres

[Ryan]

I am selling a set of 4 NOS ex army Dunlop Trak Grip tyres. Always been shedded.
9.00x16
Fits 6.50 rim
Made in England.
$1200ono
I'm in Inverleigh, Vic.

Pics to follow soon.

[Ryan]

The 4 stacked tyres are the ones for sale.

[tankbarrell]

I assume these are retreads?

[Ryan]

I don't think so tankbarrel but I don't want to lead anyone astray. What makes you ask?

[tankbarrell]

Ryan,

the tread pattern looks odd as Trak Grip is the one on the left, a non directional and you can see what looks like a misalignment in the bars on the sidewall.

Still very nice tyres!

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

Ryan,

the tread pattern looks odd as Trak Grip is the one on the left, a non directional and you can see what looks like a misalignment in the bars on the sidewall.

Still very nice tyres!

Had a closer look, and your spot on adrian.

Gentlemen, they are retreads. I had looked further down the sidewall for the signs and saw nothing. The misalignment in the bar is the join.

[Richard Farrant]

Hi Ryan,
I spotted RF on the sidewall, so they would be Ferret tyres, runflats.

[Ryan]

Hi Richard,
Really!
Here I am thinking that they are just a set of what must be post war Dunlops because of the different tread pattern and I'll wack 'em on a Blitz one day.
But what I really have is a set of retreaded Ferret runflats!

Does that mean they are useless for other vehicles?

How does this reflect the price I was asking?

[lssah2025]

Fook as usual long way away....

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Hi Richard,
Really!
Here I am thinking that they are just a set of what must be post war Dunlops because of the different tread pattern and I'll wack 'em on a Blitz one day.
But what I really have is a set of retreaded Ferret runflats!

Does that mean they are useless for other vehicles?

How does this reflect the price I was asking?

Hi Ryan,
Some of the early Morris Commercial 15cwt trucks had runflats and owners of CMP and other British 15cwt's have used Ferret tyres in order to keep the correct tyre tread, they are a hard ride though.

Ask a Ferret owner where he can get new runflat tyres, bet he would struggle to answer!

[Lynn Eades]

Where is the run flat? I cant find it
If they are RF, they will be heavy as. How does the weight compare with the new one (that's not for sale)?

[lssah2025]

I put RF take offs from a Ferret on my Humber, world of difference in looks than the US NDT, but rough ride,, but hey it is a off road vehicle

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello Richard.

Wartime tyres aso had RF on the side of them, would it not be RFHS stamped into the side to make the tyres ferret?

Ryan, they are not such a bad remould, i had one that was remoulded on a dunlop, but more of an agricultural tread!

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Where is the run flat? I cant find it
If they are RF, they will be heavy as. How does the weight compare with the new one (that's not for sale)?

Are you not familiar with them? There is RF on the side wall, to the right of the size.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by John A. Rippingham

Wartime tyres aso had RF on the side of them, would it not be RFHS stamped into the side to make the tyres ferret?

John,
RFHS were a later version. Ferret had entered Australian service about 60 years ago and they were plain RF in those days, not saying they are that old just that they predate the HS variant

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Fits 6.50 rim

As far as I know, the 6.50" wide rim is the post-war rim, of the same diameter as the WW2 American one - which was larger than the 6" wide WW2 British one.

See my page page http://www.geocities.ws/cmpvehicles/tyres_900-16.html for more information.

HTH,
Hanno

[Euan McDonald]

Originally Posted by Ryan

How does this reflect the price I was asking?

Price, Ryan I would go $50 each for your RF ferret tyres.

[Lynn Eades]

Eagle eye Richard, I see it now.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Eagle eye Richard, I see it now.

Ah, Lynn, so you have just been to Specsavers then?

[motto (RIP)]

I bought a Dodge WC52 at one time that had a run flat tyre on the rear. It wouldn't hold air but you couldn't tell by looking. That tyre did a thousand miles with no problems before I came up with a replacement.
It had to be cut through in two places to get it off the wheel which took a bit of doing.

David

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Euan McDonald

Price, Ryan I would go $50 each for your RF ferret tyres.

Not sure if serious.

I won't sell all four for less than what I originally paid for one.

[Ryan]

Bump.
$1000

[Alex van de Wetering]

The (re)tread looks a lot like WW2 Good Year profile.
As Richard pointed out, they would look good on a Canadian or British WW2 vehicle. I understand that Ferret tyres fit rims on a CMP HUP without any modification(?).

Alex

[Ryan]

Bump.
$800.
Lowest I'll go.

[Ryan]

Well after not bothering to look at the tyres for months I had a look at the other non retreads. Guess what? They are runflats too. To fit 6.50 rims.

Looks like a need a ferret.