The International Cessna^® 170 Association

I am americanizing a canadian 185 that I bought and I'm trying to get all of the paperwork legal. It has a set of 29" tires on 10" adapters but I am not sure whether they are Gar-Aero(now floats alaska) or Schneider or ?????

How do I tell? Any ideas? There is nothing cast into the adapters and nothing in the paperwork.

I know this isn't 170 stuff but I need to get this thing done so I can get back to work on my 170.

I should think that this would be a good question for the 180/185 club since I've seen those wheels on many more of their airplanes than ours.

The 10" adapters glued on to the 6" wheel are Gar- Aero's. There are a lot of airplanes in Alaska that have them including the 170. They work great, just a little heavy. They are not as soft as the new bush wheels but that can be good and bad.
Anyways if there are 29x10 tires on 10inch adapters glued to a 6" wheel they are Gar Aero.

New address for Ak Bush Wheels http://www.akbushwheel.com they bought Gar Aero.

Lopez-
If they are bolted to the wheel rim with three bolts, they are Schneider Wheel Ski adapters. That company is defunct and no way to get original paperwork that I know of.

If the wheel rim has no bolts, they would be the Gar Aero/Gray Aero set that is bonded to the wheel with epoxy.

If they are bolted to the wheel rim with three bolts, they are Schneider Wheel Ski adapters. That company is defunct and no way to get original paperwork that I know of.

I actually have a contact number for the paper work from Schneider Skis if needed. it took me almost a year to track down one of the owners, but was able to get the stc for my Schneider Skis last year. Let me know if anyone needs this.

Paul