Re: [MV] M35 tire ?

From: Stephen & Jeanne Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Jan 20 2004 - 13:58:53 PST


True, but then again using the every year time frame,
the splits I could do in my sleep w/o a machine.

Weight is a problem with the combat wheels along
with the extra machining necessary to make them.

In WW2 the US used them when they needed
run-flat tires (or nearly so) like on the DUKW.

Steve AKA Dr Deuce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 tire ?

> At 4:44 PM -0500 1/20/04, Stephen & Jeanne Keith wrote:
> >Having recently dismounted a couple CMP wheel/tires on my Bear
> >truck tire machine, I will attest that they were the most difficult tires
> >I have ever broken down and I had the professional machine! I
> >cannot imagine trying to do these w/o a machine....
>
> Yes, but how old were those rims and how long had they been stuck
> together? How hard would they be if they were replaced every year or
> so?
>
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