Heads Up: Titan 11.00-20 non-directional tires.

[rob love]

Aside from the after market, if you are looking for 9.00-16 NDT or NDCC, I suspect there is no more military surplus. You either pay the price for the aftermarket, or else you live with the surplus Michelin radials as used on the LSVW, or the surplus michelens as used on the G-wagon. We acutally used a set of the G-wagon tires on the M37 3/4 ton at work, and they look good and have incredible traction.

Surprisingly, Jeep tires still do appear on the US surplus market. I had one dealer selling them to us at $75 a tire for unused titan NDCC. However, the shipping was what killed the deal.

[super dave]

Here is what was posted on the G503 site regarding the Dodge tire sizes.




Those links to the summit tires:

I guess I bought in time.

Prices now up substantially.

750-16 was $153 ea.
900-16 was $287 ea

Now:

750-16 is $171 ea
And
900-16 is $321 ea

[DanJahn]

I have Titan T Hawk 1100x20 all around on my Diamond T Wrecker and they look great.

[rob love]

Isn't the Diamond T supposed to have 9.00-20 tires Dan?



Unfortunately inflation has caught up with these....they are now $150 each.

[Sam Scholz]

Hi all,

"Does the DT has 9.00x20 tyres?"
Well, yes and no.
As far as I know, all the common models (968/969/970/972) were thus shod ex-factory. But, there is speculation that they may have been originally designed for 10.00 or 11.00 tyres. Evidence the volumous mudguards and axle spacings. One model, built on a 970A chassis clearly shows much larger tyres, 11.00 maybe.
Sam (UK) successfully runs 11.00s on his 969.
The thought is that they were under-shod to enable the towing of the 8 ton engineers trailer.

If anyone has hard evidence, I would be VERY interested!

See my thread on "the G", I am kw573.

Sam, downunder.

[DanJahn]

Yes Rob all my manuals say 9:00x20

As I said in my post the 11:00x20 look real nice. They fill up the wheel well and there is still lots of room for travel.

There should be also be a couple of miles ( ? ) hour to gain with the taller tire.

or very slightly lower RPM for the same MPH

A friend in the U.S ran 10:00 x 20 on his Diamond T

Dan Jahn