These old trucks weren't hard to steer back then!

[shp4man]

I'm old enough to remember when these trucks were just "used cars", and they never seemed so hard to steer when parking as they are now.
Well, it's because they weren't designed for radial tires, which have a really big contact patch.
They were designed for bias ply truck tires, 6 ply, wear like iron, bumps when cold, old school, like these:

http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com...k-trailer-tire



Now , I can't vouch for the quality of these Kendas, and they are 8 plys, which makes them even more bumpier than what I remember, but you don't need power steering with them.

I know because I had a low mileage '61 without power steering and some dude gave me a set of 6 plys for it- what a difference!