Re: [MV] M35 tire combinations

From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2004 - 20:46:54 PST


If they touch and you put a load on it...then what?

m35products wrote:
> This question prompts me to ask what is probably the dumbest question of the
> month, but here goes anyway:
>
> Why do we need to worry about the width of two adjacent tires, that might
> touch each other? Aren't they both turning at the same speed, as one unit?
> What's the problem if they touch?
>
> Arthur P. Bloom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Zehr" <jeeperjim@cox-internet.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:36 PM
> Subject: [MV] M35 tire combinations
>
>
>
>>Has anyone experimented with larger tires in a dual configuration. How
>
> much
>
>>space is there between the dual tires on the ground?
>>Possibly a thin spacer could be used to move the outer wheels a little
>>further out to allow for a slightly wider tire which could have a larger
>>outside diameter for lower RPMs on the highway.
>>Just curious.
>>Jim
>>
>>
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