Re: [MV] CCKW tire size ?

From: James Shanks (n1vbn@bit-net.com)
Date: Fri Apr 21 2000 - 18:41:07 PDT


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From: SHamil0725@aol.com <SHamil0725@aol.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CCKW tire size ?

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>Steve,
>By now you've probably gotten some useful answers, and I'm not 100 percent
>sure this does apply, but:
>My 1941 civilian Chevy U. S. Army firetruck probably has the same wheels as
>your CCKW. Maybe we can decide for sure.
>My wheels have a single solid outer ring that holds the tire on the wheel.
>The ring has two dots about an eighth inch in diameter and about an inch
>apart. The drill is you break the bead, and push the tire down all the way
>around. Then you knock the ring down about a quarter of an inch. Inside the
>ring where the two dots are is a half inch wide cutout for engaging your
>prybar. About 6 inches clockwise from that point is a recessed area in the
>ring that will slip up over the wheel's lip.
>Once you have that recessed area over the lip, work counterclockwise prying
>the ring up until you reach another recessed area 180 degrees from the
first
>one. then the ring comes off and the tire falls off.
>To reinstall, reverse those steps.
>We broke the bead on three of mine and a car tire store broke two others,
but
>I haven't found a truck tire store that will touch the last two. They don't
>understand how the ring works, so they aren't interested.
>My bottom line is that they probably won't be easy to get off intact. My
>tires are 7.50 X 20, an obsolete size not too easy to find.
Try this website. Coker tire they list a 7.50-20 NDT tire!!

http://www.coker.com/trucks/military.html

Best of luck!!

 The antique car
>tire catalogs do list them at about $175. I found good used ones for $35
each.
>Sam Hamilton
>Stillwater, Oklahoma
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