I wonder if that is a motorcycle tire.SeilerBird said:That's not a big tire, that one is a medium. Here is big:
RoyM said:Tom, I periodically see those on low beds going to mines and the oil sands in Alberta. The load requires a pilot car, it is hard to imagine the sheer size of that equipment without seeing it up close.
BoomerD said:I've ruined a couple along the way. :-[
Ha! Indeed.Sun2Retire said:Finally! A tire rated to carry everything I have in the basement!
Jeff in Minnesota said:How do you explain that to the boss man. ??? at 8 to 10k a pop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0o3KOFb668 These had 36/51 abt. 10,000 a pop in 1986 that's when Electra haul closed the Conroe plant. I built the KTA 6700 engine,generator,hyd. pump, blower modules. The bigger trucks 200 ton were built in Canada for the USSR. Today 360 Ton?Gary RV Roamer said:Suppose your RV used these tires, a 875/65R29? Somewhere around $7950 each. Be glad you don't have to buy 4 or 6 like that!
By the way, the max speed rating is 50 km/hr, about 31 mph.
Took one 18 wheeler to carry the tires. One to carry the frame/Eng. assm. Total of 6 trucks(18 wheelers) to carry one truck. Dump beds in half= 2 more trucks.SeilerBird said:That image was taken at the Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah and you are right, it is hard to imagine it without seeing it in action.