M-105 9.00x20 tire question

[NavyRedneck]

I bought an M-105 a few months ago and have since located two spare tires for it. Now I'm in the middle of the trip and will be picking up the two spare tires on the way back. They are both mounted on rims and I will be picking them up without the seller being there.

Any idea how much they weigh? Can I pick them up by myself and get them into my truck bed? I forgot my hi-lift jack... If they are heavy I hope he has a loading dock.

What is the outside diameter of the tire? I also need to leave that much room in my bed when I repack.

Thanks.

 

[emmado22]

One guy can do it, but find a 2x6 to roll them onto the bed.

 

[crazyplowboy]

The outside diameter is 39" if I remember correctly.

 

[cornrichard]

I have a few mounted tires from when I singled out my deuce. I rolled one up on the bathroom scale. 176 lbs. No wonder my back hurts when I load these in the back of the pickup.

 

[wreckerman893]

If you try it by yourself pack a truss.
The ramp idea is a keeper but they are side heavy......be verrry careful rolling them up the ramp....if it falls on you it will hurt.

 

[radarmonkey]

Holy cow! 176 lbs! Does anyone know if there is a civilian size replacement for the 9.00x20 tire? I will probably need a couple of tires when I go get my MKT-85.

 

[JTugwell]

get fellow SS member Chinookpilot77 to throw em on there for you. i dont think hed even break a sweat.

http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...e/DSC03667.jpg

 

[jwaller]

get fellow SS member Chinookpilot77 to throw em on there for you. i dont think hed even break a sweat.

http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/t...e/DSC03667.jpg

now thats just funny.

 

[NavyRedneck]

Thanks for all the replies. I asked and it seems like the seller is gonna leave them on a forklift raised to the approx height of my bed. Will save my back. 176 lbs is too much for me to try to manhandle myself.

This may need a seperate thread but has anyone had a blowout with one of these tires? They seem pretty over-engineered to me.

 

[M543A2]

You can blow out any tire! I have run military tires on my M105's and trucks for years with no unusual problems with failures. The biggest complaint I would have is they wear quickly on the fronts of the military trucks. If military tread is used on a civilian over the road type truck at high speeds, heat build-up can be destructive. Tire condition is a good predictor of how long they will last, just like any other tire.
The most direct civilian replacement would be 10.00 x 20. There are many available in good condition at salvage yards.
Regards Marti

 

[Green_gator]

Getting them out of the bed of a deuce or trailer is an interesting job by your self as well. I have moved a few of them and used to slide them out of the bed and let them bounce a bit as I got control on them like you would do for a car tire. Stopped doing that when one of them bounced a bit oddly and into the metal building where I store stuff. No one was hurt but it banged up a section of the wall enough that I had to replace the panel as it was a rental storage unit. Moral of the story is you can do it with one person but the Army had a reason it listed many of the jobs as a two man job.