Re: [MV] [MVlist] 9:00-20 tire chains

From: Bill George (primemover@2xtreme.net)
Date: Wed Dec 27 2000 - 16:45:23 PST


>
> >> It takes 45 min to change the pressure in all of the tires, so I'm
> inclined
> > to leave em alone until it warms back up.
> >> Can I getaway with it?
>
> Rikk I'm not a tire expert, and yes there are differences between bias and
> radial tires. But I'm old enough to have spent a lot of time on bias ply
> tires and I was always taught that heat destroys tires.
>
> Can you get away with it? Maybe. Will you survive the accident? Maybe.
> Is 45 min of your time worth more then the cost of replacing a tire?
Maybe.
>

Not to mention what would happen to our hobby if someone were to get in a
wreck just out of pure laziness!!! BTW, what kind of cheapo air compressor
do you run? I can fully inflate every tire on a deuce in a half hour from
being completely empty with mine. The right tools for the job always help,
with these big trucks you need a big compressor.

Bill



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