tires

lbgjb · Post by **lbgjb** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:30 am

time to replace my tailwheel--any suggestions for brands or purchase places? i've got 8" scott tailwheel. ply rating?? 4/6/8?? thanks. lbb

Post by **GAHorn** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:25 pm

Desser Tire, found in TradeAPlane will ship free if you also purchase a main tire and/or tube. They also give free tire talc to sprinkle inside the tire to prevent chafeing the tube. 800-247-8473
I purchased new "Retro" tires for my airplane. IF you order online thru their website, they'll throw in new tubes for free! (Worth about $35 each.) It made the price of Retro tires the least expensive. (Always install a new tube when replacing tires.) http://www.desser.com/
Aircraft Spruce will also sell you a tire/tube if that's all you want and prefer to buy thru them.
In any case, it's a 2.80/2.50 X 4 McCreary tire (and tube). About $23.

funseventy · Post by **funseventy** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:01 pm

George,

The largest tire you can get the free tube with is a 600x6. I thought those little things were for pushing it around in the hangar while you are polishing, not actually flying!!

Kelly

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 4:06 am

I thought those little 600-6's are for Alaska tailwheels!

Eric

N73087 · Post by **N73087** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:31 pm

Help out a "newby". What is the advantage of larger tires? What is the disadvantage of the 6.00-6?

Post by **Bruce Fenstermacher** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 1:50 pm

Big tires roll over biger stuff better and don't sink into softer stuff as much but have more drag. Small tires don't do as well over big stuff and soft stuff but have less drag. If you have whell pants you must use the small tires to fit inside them.

I personally like the look of 7.00 and larger and have 8.00 myself but more important, my wife likes big tires and I always try to please her.

Post by **GAHorn** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 5:16 pm

The most common tire is the 6:00 X 6, and there is no "disadvantage" to it unless you are considering soft or rough terrain, where larger tire sizes spread the footprint over a larger area and roll over larger obstructions more easily.

Dave Clark · Post by **Dave Clark** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:52 am

Also remember bigger tires are heavier.

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:17 am

Dave Clark wrote:Also remember bigger tires are heavier.

And more expensive--but they look more "right"!
You still on the island Dave? When ya headed south?

Eric

Harold Holiman · Post by **Harold Holiman** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:54 am

My plane had 8:00 tires on it when I got it. I debated about putting 6:00 tires back on it and putting wheel pants on it because I like the looks of wheel pants. However, I decided to stay with the 8:00's and now I have gotten used to them and like the looks of them on my plane better than wheel pants (well maby actually just as much, not better). They are also better on rough strips. If they made the original tread type like George got in 8:00's, I would get them, but the original tread type are not presently available in 8:00's as far as I can find.

Harold H
Mbr #893

Post by **GAHorn** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:01 am

There's an interesting characteristic to these "Retro" treaded tires. Whenever I make a taxying turn, ...the tires "rumble" when that diamond tread increases it's contact with the pavement. It sounds like when I was a kid, and we'd use clothes-pins to attach playing cards or cardboard to our bicycle fenders, so they'd "rumble" against the spokes. I love it!

Harold Holiman · Post by **Harold Holiman** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:13 am

George,

Let me know if you here of someone making "retro" 8:00 tires. I also used to like the closepin cards in the spokes, untill I got my Wizzer Sportsman motorbike when I was in the 7th grade.

Harold H

wa4jr · Post by **wa4jr** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 12:26 am

Well, the only advantage I can think of with the large tires other than better handle on rough strips is it makes one's airplane look like the equivalent of Bozo the clown...you do remember the overly large shoes he wore don't you?

OK, just kidding. Back in high school I used to like those big tires too...the coolest kids had the largest tires on the back axle of our cool muscle cars. Now I wouldn't drive one of those cars unless I had a bag over my head. My how our perspectives change over the years

I'm with George, been eyeing those "cool" retro tires in the "proper" size of 6.00 x 6

Post by **Bruce Fenstermacher** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:25 am

Well John,
Us BIG GUYS like BIG tires and I only wish I still had my 64 1/2 Mustang Convertible, '57 Chevy and '64 Nova with BIG tires to drive around

Only way to make those 6.00x6s look right is to hide them with wheel pants

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 5:01 am

N9149A wrote:Well John,
Us BIG GUYS like BIG tires and I only wish I still had my 64 1/2 Mustang Convertible, '57 Chevy and '64 Nova with BIG tires to drive around
Only way to make those 6.00x6s look right is to hide them with wheel pants

that's spelled "wheel panties"..................