Hi, I have a set of four Continental MPT81 tyres that have no wear at all. They are 315/55/R16 with a Mud/Snow pattern and are on some strange 6 stud rims. I have them on Ebay The No is 4500686846
Cheers
Tony.
Twas Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:37:01 GMT when "Tony Wilkinson" put finger to keyboard producing:
101 rims perhaps?Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)
Probably not, the mounting face is offset right to the outside of the wheel. They look like they might be off a forklift or some such vehicle.
Cheers,
Tony.
Nah, they're not 101. Not by a long stretch. And with those wierd low profile tyres on I'd say dump truck, forklift, or some specialised vehicle, like a roadsweeper or something.
They'd make a 101 look like it was on roller skates....
Alex
...sort of "stealthed"....
Steve
Might fit in car parks.....
Alex
Hi, If they dont sell, how would I be fixed grinding out the welds that hold the centres in and having some Land Rover centres welded in? Any views on this? would it be: legal, safe, lunacy etc?
Cheers,
Tony.
On or around Wed, 03 Nov 2004 23:04:22 GMT, "Tony Wilkinson" enlightened us thusly:
legal, probably, safe, maybe... depends on the wheels and how you go about it. They'd have to be both concentric and straight, which would be tricky without making a jig first.
I't be better to remove the tyres and fit 'em to land rover rims.
Why the hell would you want thoses tyres on a Land Rover in the first place?
Alex
Good question, it seemed like a good idea at the time when I bought them..........
High speed driving on a golf course?
Would they make reasonable sand tyres?
Just a couple of thoughts.
P.
More about the tyres themselves here:
Just been browsing that, there's a bit about specs for filling tyres with water or antifreeze.
Why would anyone want to do this?
Alex
Ballast to keep them on the ground, my tractor has about 700ltres added to the front for when I pick things up at the back. It is also added just for extra traction.
AJH
On or around Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:36:47 +0000, snipped-for-privacy@despammed.com enlightened us thusly:
and the antifreeze is so that it doesn't freeze into a solid lump... which has "interesting" effects, as you can imagine.
Try putting that on a balancing machine!
Alex
I gave up using the antifreeze, I think it used to cost 60 quid a tyre and you'd lose the lot if it blew. I move on to calcium chloride but if that leaks (and with 70% fill a slow puncture only became apparent if parked with hole at the top) the inner tube becomes corroded to the rim. Since 82 I just use water and have a few days off driving if the weather gets severe. Even so if I park it up for a few months, as is becoming increasingly normal in my trade, the tyre tales a "set" and it requires a good few days work for the ovality to lessen.
AJH
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