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So this is for the small handful of SEORTM owners out there in Steel Soldiers land.
And maybe some of the Exspansible Van folks.
Borrowed from Olive-Drab
Borrowed from some Russian Minecraft gaming site.
1.) What size tires & type are you running currently?
2.) What have you seen others use on the SEORTMs?
3.) Dual rears or singled out? M811s look to be duals in the rear, where the M944s look to be singled. On the singled M944 are the hubs flipped by the military?
The way the van body has a sharp edged trapezoidal shape over the rear axle makes me think there isn't much room for change, if you want the rear axle to have any use off road.
Also with the high metal body's center of gravity, would one want to make it even more tippy, by raising the axle higher off of the ground.
For the record I have an Faded FD red M811 with 12.00 x 20 NDTs. rear most axle is dual-ed and the middle axle is singled, with the inner tires missing.
My truck came from the Kititas FD, and was stripped and modified to be a mobile command center / cover troop transport.
I have 16.00 x 20s on Hemtt rims, from my M939 that spun the transmission, and I was toying with idea of swapping shoes between them.
Maybe the heavy rims and tires might lower the CG??
But I think I read that there is less weight in wheels after singling it out.
I will have to search that out again.
Now if I use the Bridge truck spacer& rims I might get a wider foot print.
I am sure glad OSO kept all of the rim related parts when he swapped up to 16.00 x 20s on the bridge truck.
I am going to camp in it as I work on improving a remote piece of property.
So getting it there will mean dirt roads and off road, and not at all level.
Another problem I see is the governor for the PTO generator won't let me get above 35 MPH when driving normal.
That is with the gas to the floor or the hand throttle pulled all the way open.
Add bigger wheels and those hill will turn into mountains.
Thanks for the input.
And maybe some of the Exspansible Van folks.
Borrowed from Olive-Drab Borrowed from some Russian Minecraft gaming site.1.) What size tires & type are you running currently?
2.) What have you seen others use on the SEORTMs?
3.) Dual rears or singled out? M811s look to be duals in the rear, where the M944s look to be singled. On the singled M944 are the hubs flipped by the military?
The way the van body has a sharp edged trapezoidal shape over the rear axle makes me think there isn't much room for change, if you want the rear axle to have any use off road.
Also with the high metal body's center of gravity, would one want to make it even more tippy, by raising the axle higher off of the ground.
For the record I have an Faded FD red M811 with 12.00 x 20 NDTs. rear most axle is dual-ed and the middle axle is singled, with the inner tires missing.
My truck came from the Kititas FD, and was stripped and modified to be a mobile command center / cover troop transport.
I have 16.00 x 20s on Hemtt rims, from my M939 that spun the transmission, and I was toying with idea of swapping shoes between them.
Maybe the heavy rims and tires might lower the CG??
But I think I read that there is less weight in wheels after singling it out.
I will have to search that out again.
Now if I use the Bridge truck spacer& rims I might get a wider foot print.
I am sure glad OSO kept all of the rim related parts when he swapped up to 16.00 x 20s on the bridge truck.
I am going to camp in it as I work on improving a remote piece of property.
So getting it there will mean dirt roads and off road, and not at all level.
Another problem I see is the governor for the PTO generator won't let me get above 35 MPH when driving normal.
That is with the gas to the floor or the hand throttle pulled all the way open.
Add bigger wheels and those hill will turn into mountains.
Thanks for the input.
