From: Ray Fougnier (rfougnier@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Jan 24 2004 - 05:46:08 PST
No wonder my mileage is so bad. It's funny that the car I had when I
was a kid was something like 1800 lbs total weight. Thanks for the info
because I was really thinking about asking the question here anyways.
With all the split rim discussion though, I may not fool with them too much.
Recovry4x4@aol.com wrote:
> Greetings List. I have heard much speculation on the weight of a deuce tire
> and wheel. The other day while swapping around tires I decided to pop one up
> on the scale and get an actual weight. I've heard everything from 150# all the
> way up to over 200#. The tire brand was Fidelity and although it isn't brand
> new it still shows the parting line in the center of the tread from the mold. I
> consider this a new tire. On my certified scale it came in at 160.7#. So
> there you have it. 1600# of rolling mass going down the road on the old deuce.
>
> Kenneth Engle
> Loxahatchee FL
> 71 A.M. General M35A2
> 73 A.M. General M275A2
> 53 Fruehauf XM105E3
> http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
>
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