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we have made 900x16 to start with.

Hi Everybody, 

Finally some good news on the tyre project, We anticipate production to happen this month, Finally!!  all being well tyres will be in the UK in the spring. i will upload some pictures once they have been produced. 

Probably a good idea to contact the Heavy goods team as DVSA as you'll need to book a "first" MOT/plating, which when i did it for a Unimog was quite an involved job in itself! as you cant book a slot without the vehicle having a "Plate" so they had to issue us with a temporary plating then we could book the MOT slot. The MOT will need to be done before DVSA registration.

Once we had made the initial contact with the heavy good team they were very helpful. 

PM sent, will take the lot. 

Just a waiting game at the moment, we're waiting on the company to produce them still. as its a small batch we have to wait our turn! frustrating but we will get there. 

Hi all,  quick update on the tyres, we are just waiting on the production company to get on with them! we keep chasing them up but unfortunately no date for receiving them  set it stone yet. we will get there in the end, as soon as i have a date set on them arriving on the uk i will update. 

sorry to anyone waiting on them, we are at the mercy of the production. 

2 hours ago, woa2 said:

Barry

I have an old 900x13 Trac grip tyre you can have for a pattern. It's not usable on a vehicle, but OK for a pattern. If you want it, please let me know.

That would be handy thanks, we wont do the 13's for a while yet as the 900's and 10.50's are priority. 

On 2/26/2019 at 7:27 PM, Houtsch Marc said:

Hello, is it still possible to have a set of 5 tires 9.00x16 ?

Many  thanks, kind regards, Marc

yes no problem, its currently a waiting game on the production run and shipping. Once we have a firm date i will update all those interested. 

Hi, Sorry i have been meaning to post an update There was a problem with the first test mould so it has been modified and the second test batch turned out great. obviously this has delayed the tyres a bit though. we are now hoping to do the production tyre imminently and get them on there way. its taken longer than hoped as well but unfortunately with a project like this it cant be helped.  As soon as we have an update on shipping i will let you all know. 

Hi all

There is a number of us from the Portsmouth area that are planning on heading over to OMG 2019 (not registered yet) with our vehicles. just wondering if there's any convoys from the UK heading over that we can try and meet up with? will probably travel via Dover. 

Cheers 

Baz

hi Robert, yes that was me, i still have your business card ready for when they arrive. 

On 11/26/2018 at 5:43 PM, Andrew Rowe said:

Hi Barry , have you managed to finalise any pricing for these tyres, and have you looked much more into the Dingo Tyres as well? Cheers Andrew.

We haven't got a final price yet as we still have the shipping customs etc to sort. The aim is for them to be a similar price to 900x16 bar grips on the market. 

we haven't gone further with Dingo tyres yet,  once the 900's are in we can start looking at the next sizes. 

quick update for those that have interest in the 9.00x16 tyres, they are due to arrive in January 2019.

nice one thanks Maurice, we will have to meet up somewhere, somehow. 

Hi All

Quick update on the tyres project. we are moving ahead with the 900x16 tyres. Two different ply ratings 8 and 14 for different uses i.e Bedford MW or Daimler ferret etc. we're hoping to have delivery of the first batch by the end of year. 

once the 900's are here we will commence with the next size, most likely 10.50x16 due to interest levels. 

does anybody have a 7.00x18 we could borrow as sample? 

Baz

i just checked on mine, its 12 inches behind the back of the cab, outer side of passenger chassis rail about 2 inches from the bottom edge. its a bugger to see as its directly behind the vacuum tank. 

30 minutes ago, Adrian Barrell said:

I'm not so sure, armoured vehicle owners are notoriously tight.....😀

I wonder what minimum quantity would be seen as viable? Obviously tooling costs, which will be substantial would have to be amortised over the one batch. 

We will look into it.  previously we have found that a batch of 250 warrants the project. we will concentrate on the popular sizes to begin with. but if demand is there anything is possible  

On 4/5/2018 at 7:36 PM, 64EK26 said:

Will the 900x16's be for WW2 British/Canadian Rims, the reason I as is that most of the War time rims are actually 16.25" in diameter. I believe that post war ones as used on Ferrets etc are 16" diameter.

yep the  originals for British rims were slightly bigger, its an age old debate about fitting 16" tyres and there is no definitive answer. i have fitted dozens of tyres on British rims without any problems as have many others, some others have had problem and some people have the wheels turned down a touch on a lathe.

To keep costs within reason we would use an existing  new carcass and have the them moulded with the pattern required so they will most likely be 16". To make a the carcass from a scratch as well would raise the final price significantly. 

Yep we wont be using any current names on the design, were thinking maybe WD with the Crows foot.

Hi, David

i have a couple of tyres to use as a pattern one is the 30's style and the other is a WD stamped WW2 period tyre. so a final design will be WW2 style. 

On 3/25/2018 at 6:29 PM, REME 245 said:

All British and Canadian 3 tonners and Daimler and Humber Armoured Cars used 10.50 X 20 during the war.  This size was replaced by 1100 X 20 in the 1950's which everyone uses now.  You also have post-war 4 tonners as well and the Green Godess Fire Engines.

There are other war-time tread patterns so it does not have to be Dunlop Trac-Grip pattern, but they need to look good if people are going to pay a premium.

 

I see 11.00 x 20 tyres are available at the moment for around £250- £275, so we'll see what can be done. needs interest though so pass the word. 

Ok thanks for the feedback, didn't consider 1100-20's, is this QL size?   will look into it and add it to the poll. 

as mentioned in other post

Hi all 

I know a few years ago the subject of new track grip was looked into and sadly was a dead end.

I have been looking into again but going down a slightly different route and basically it can be done. To produce a batch of new 900x16 track grips a possibly 10.50x16 provided  there is sufficient interest to warrant the exercise. The guys Im working with have already made their own Jeep and GMC tyres with their own mould and the tyres have turned out great. Tyres would need to be made in batches of 250 to make it financially feasible. The final cost is not known at the moment as it will all depend on quantity etc. as indication of price a GMC tyre comes in around the £145-165 mark and a 900x16 will use slightly more material. 

It wont happen overnight but if we feel there is a enough interest to do so then the project will start. 

Ideally the tyres would be sold in batches of 4 or 5. i have started a poll to judge volume of interest. 

EDIT = i have added  11.00 x 20 and 9.00 x 13 as we have a serious enquiry for a large number of them already. 

Cheers

Baz

mine is stamped just behind the cab on the passenger side chassis rail. behind the fuel or vacuum tank depending what model it is.