Danny152 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hello all Can anyone help locate a set of Green Goddess tires 1100 x20s track grip should be the sizes. Thanks Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 GoodYear 1100-20 Bar Grip Tyres on 10 stud wheels here:- http://www.milweb.net/webvert/78225 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny152 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Match Fuzee, Thanks for your reply, sorry I should of made it more clear in my post I am looking for track grip, the British style wartime tires. Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) I only got one response when I made the same request last year and without guaranteeing the number I wished to buy without knowing the price, I got no further. I gave the seller two options but he refused to proceed on that basis. The tyres on some Green Goddess from memory are branded as Avon but many were also fitted with Bar Grips. All are now extremely rare and all British 15 cwts, 3 tonners and Ferrets etc will eventually end up on Bar Grips at some stage. Quite if anyone will ever be able to persuade Simex to use the Dunlop Moulds they have seems unlikely. Lots of people have tried. We need a millionaire to make them an offer they cannot refuse. Edited December 27, 2017 by REME 245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan76 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 It's going increasingly be a problem for us green goddess owners! The 1100 Avon tyres are the best bet and better road holding than the bar grips. But even decent condition second hand tyres are now ancient and they suffer from the obligatory side wall cracking way before the tread is even fractionally used up! It would be nice to get Avon to manufacture some again - I'm sure they'd have the moulds still - but you'd need a large quantity to order some (to make it worthwhile) and the cost would be substantial no doubt. I'm left wondering what my GG will run on when the last of the Avons I have wear out. I think you can get 1100 bar grips brand new, made by an American firm called Titan? Someone I know with a GG has a set which apparently were sourced via ATS.... Cheers, Duncan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny152 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Gents, Thank you for for your messages, I agree these tires - tread are getting rare. I have some poor examples but as you say the side walls are awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan76 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Found it after a bit of searching..... The Titan T Hawk 373 Mil, three sizes one of which is 11.00-20 12. It has the Goodyear logo on the website and 'made by Titan' so I can only assume this is the Goodyear bar grip! The blurb says: Originally designed for use on 2 1/2- and 5-ton military trucks, this non-directional cross country tread has proven its durability under tough conditions and has become a standard for various military applications https://www.titan-intl.com/Tires/TITAN-T-HAWK-373-MIL?search=1100?product=373269F?product=373269F Hope that helps, Duncan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana and Jackie Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 http://www.totectyres.co.uk/Trucks.aspx Incidentally Totec will also supply the correct radial tyres for Ferret's etc - so they need not all end up with Bar Grips. and the correct tyre is not 8 ply either.. Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 The problem is the tread pattern not if they are radial or otherwise. Vehicles will never look 100% accurate with non standard tread patterns fitted but we don't currently have much choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim fl4 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Your complaining... try finding any 10.50-16 tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 If indeed they have any left and you have very deep pockets, Wallace Wade in the states manufactured a batch of new Track-Grip 10.50-16 some years ago. The other choice is the Mitas product also manufactured under other names. Quite if regulation's are less stringent in the states I do not know but perhaps help may come from that direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean N Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I'll agree with Duncan's post about the Avons, they wipe the floor with Trak Grips and bargrips. I think it must be as much the compound as the tread. Avon have gone through a few changes and the tyre business is now owned by Cooper, so chances of them having such obsolete moulds must be pretty minimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 May be worth someone dropping them a line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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