tall skinny meaty tires post em up

[67chevy1series]

let see all those skinny meaty tall tires on your 67 72 and post what tire brand and size they are thanks rick

[67chevy1series]

ttt

[OrrieG]

Not the year you wanted but mine with 6.50 x 16's. Photo is from 1985 right after I did the first conversion to 4wd. Axles are 74 K10. I am of the skinny dig down to solid footing vs. wide floater school of thought. I grew up in Oregon seeing 50's and 60's 4wd logger and hunting trucks and like the look.

[jrdv]

Tall skinny tires are hard to find these days. I've tried with no luck. Interco is the only one with a cool tall, skinny tire.

[67chevy1series]

ok guys now lets just see em all thnk you for tellin me about the tire info my dad has a 70 lwb 4wd and i have finally covinced him to put steelies and hub caps with tall skinny tires!

[jrdv]

235/85/16 is as good as I can get!

[61 Forestry 4x4]

I stopped by East Bay Tire (Fairfield, California) yesterday to look at their STA tires. I want the 8-17.5s like came on our truck (still need help finding the rims) but if I cant find the 17.5s I will have to stick with 16s we already have - similar to the 7.50-16 shown.

Both tires look great if you like the tall skinny maximum traction type of tires. Here are some pics. The 8-17.5 has a very distinct center grove and the 7.50-16 have a more aggressive knob tread but no center groove. They're both about the same outer diameter but the side wall is taller on the 7.50-16.

Here is a link the the STA web page - http://www.stausaonline.com/light-tr...r-traxion.html The 17.5s are sold as Fig "B" and the 16s are sold as Fig "A" on this page.

[Stocker]

Those pics of the 7.50-16 brought back memories of the bias-ply (8PR) Armstrong tires I had installed the day I bought my truck, in 1977. Stiff as anything, but excellent off-road traction.

[Mkcustums]

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[99-LS1-SS]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Not the year you wanted but mine with 6.50 x 16's. Photo is from 1985 right after I did the first conversion to 4wd. Axles are 74 K10. I am of the skinny dig down to solid footing vs. wide floater school of thought. I grew up in Oregon seeing 50's and 60's 4wd logger and hunting trucks and like the look.

I have always like that look. People around here think I'm crazy for liking that. If I get a 4x4 it will have tall skinny tires.

[Murphy IRE]

I've got the BFG mud tires(not in the picture) in a 255 -85 r16 and they are great! I run them on steel rims and I have really put them to the test the last two hunting trips. They were a lot of drivers that wouldn't go where we went ( good for us). About 16" of mud, snow and water. They ate right through and I never had to use the winch!

[crazy-101]

I'll post mine of the DD.

Hankook Dynapro MT's 285/75/R16 (not the best pictures)

[Spartan]

The pic in my avatar is what I'm running til I get my new power king super traxions. Pinned for snow too. Bias ply but it works for this build and what I have in mind.

[special-K]

255/85-16 BFG Mud Terrains. I used to run others but it's down to just these. Maybe Maxxis still makes them still. They changed the Buckshot Mudder to another name that I forget. They were around a few years ago. They are the 9.00-16 equivelent. I guess about the same as Q78-16s.

[snj8198]

Originally Posted by special-K

255/85-16 BFG Mud Terrains. I used to run others but it's down to just these. Maybe Maxxis still makes them still. They changed the Buckshot Mudder to another name that I forget. They were around a few years ago. They are the 9.00-16 equivelent. I guess about the same as Q78-16s.

ya the Buckshots were a 305/85R16 which converted to a floatation size of about 36.5 x 12. That was a great tire. It wore like iron and dug.

There's just not a lot of tall skinny radial options for 16 in rims anymore. The 255/85 (33x10) is about the best a guy can find that is above the average stock height sizes. If a guy is looking for anything taller I think Interco is the only company offering a narrow'ish 35 for 16's. 35/10.50R16.

http://www.intercotire.com/tires.php?id=9&g=1

Then there's their Bogger that can be had in a 38.5/11R16 but i think these are starting to get away from the practical side of things.

For snow and ice a prefer a tall narrow tire myself, but im finding that to get what i want I'm going to have to either stay with the 255/85R16 which many companies carry, or jump up to a 17 or 18" rim.

[67chevy1series]

do these howl when they go down the road

[msgross]

33x10.5x15 BFG

[snj8198]

ya they sing out

[67chevy1series]

serious there only gonna be like 5 inches!!!!!my dad doesnt want howling tires because he cant hear his radio and he doesnt like the sound ,now that i think about it he doesnt even have a radio!!!!im gonna tell him he just needs to sound deadened the whole cab!

[special-K]

I love a 4wd you can hear coming down the road. If they don't sing they won't do a thing
My '72 will be running 12.50/37-16.5s on 8.25 wheels once I get the lift I have laying around up under it. They are a large tall skinny by proportion. Just not so skinny. It seems there's always some other thing or the other taking priority. I gotta keep it handy for back-up. I'll be changing axles,too,and I'm sure the front will need some work.

[glimmertwin01]

Living in the snow (and rust) belt.
Pizza Cutters are the way to go.... I have run 235-85-16 on every 3/4 ton ive owned.
the 68 is getting 36x12.5x16.5 tires (OE tires from the HumVee) before they went to 37 radials
I dig the look of the 255-85-16 on the M1008 above...
I shoulda looked for some for my 73 but for now ill "suffer" with the 35x12.5x15's

[61 Forestry 4x4]

Some 16's (235 85 16) on our '61 and a 8-17.5 as a spare. Would you guys assume the 17.5 is the original wheel for this truck?

[Mkcustums]

Here's a few...

[Redcap]

Originally Posted by Mkcustums

Here's a few...

Names and sizes?

[Mkcustums]

Originally Posted by Redcap

Names and sizes?

Sorry; I was looking for tires for someone else and found these then saw this thread. We're looking at the Fedima Trekker.

Here's the link- http://www.kingoffroad.co.uk/ortyres.html