10 May 07, 10:05 am
It seems Goodyear finally offloaded the old style HMMWV tires on the civilian market. They used to run approx $225-$260 each w/o shipping new through any Goodyear dealer. American Tire has a pile of them for $150 each brand new from the manufacturer so guess who got new tires for the Grizzlybeaver...
Some background for S&G's:
The original HMMWV tires are Wrangler RTII 36X12.50 - 16.5 bias ply. They are being replaced throughout the military by the Wrangler MT 37X12.50 - R16.5 radial which means the rims are getting changed out too. The new rims have twice the number of bolts holding the rim pieces together and a slightly different design on the run-flat donut.
I was waiting for sets of these to show up around town as FtWW units changed out but none seem to be turning up around Fairbanks. Ebay has loads of mounted HMMWV tires with rims. If I can get my hands on a set of those rims I wanna cut out the centers and have the centers from my old split rims welded in.
Some background for S&G's:
The original HMMWV tires are Wrangler RTII 36X12.50 - 16.5 bias ply. They are being replaced throughout the military by the Wrangler MT 37X12.50 - R16.5 radial which means the rims are getting changed out too. The new rims have twice the number of bolts holding the rim pieces together and a slightly different design on the run-flat donut.
I was waiting for sets of these to show up around town as FtWW units changed out but none seem to be turning up around Fairbanks. Ebay has loads of mounted HMMWV tires with rims. If I can get my hands on a set of those rims I wanna cut out the centers and have the centers from my old split rims welded in.
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