I have seen these used recently at shops that service truck tires (tractor
trailer)
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Tim Davis BN7
> On Wed April 28 2004 3:03 pm, joe mulqueen wrote:
> > Who ever you buy from make sure they'll take back the
> > tires that aren't true AND pay for the shipping. Many
> > people mount vintage bias tires just for show or low
> > speed use so the tire purveyor thinks the quality is
> > just fine (ie. we've never had any complaints...).
> > Well, in a 5 yr period, I purchased 2 sets of vintage
> > Firestone tires for my '56 MGA (5.60 x 15)and my prior
> > '60 Corvette (6.70 x 15). For "non competition"
> > tires, I think they have the most attractive sidewall
> > but both sets had a lot of runout. I even exchanged
> > one set but the replacements had similar runout.
> > By the way, one set was purchased from Coker and the
> > other from Lucas Tire. The tires are made in New
> > Zealand.
>
> Not sure this info will be new to you, or even helpful, but back in the days
> hen bias ply tires were the norm, the better tire shops had machines that
> shaved off the runout from a mounted tire -- kind of like a tire lathe.
> Always seemed terribly wasteful to me, but it made all the difference in the
> world in smoothness.
>
> If you could find a tire shop that had one of those, it might be just the
> ticket, but I'm afraid that with tires being made more precisely these days,
> those machines have gone by the wayside. Maybe a truck tire place...
> --
> John Miller
>
> buzzword, n:
> The fly in the ointment of computer literacy.
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