I love how these tires look and wouldn't mind picking up a set for my 1960 4x4... Anyone know who made these, and if they're still around? or maybe something close to em?

Thanks!
Joe

 

HEY THOSE ARE OFF MY TRACTOR! LOL.

I'd print the picture and take it up to Goodyear or Firestone and ask them!

 

Don't know the brand, but do know you aren't likely to find anything exactly like them in a modern tire. Pretty much everything modern will be radial. If my eye sees correctly they are the optional 19.5" bias plies that were available on these early factory 4x4s. I've had the same frustration looking for tires for my M-Hs. All the modern traction tires in my size and bias ply are foreign made, and don't have that old original look. But I got lucky and found a guy on Craigs List selling the below tires that had been hidden away for years in a warehouse. They are Cooper/Mastercraft Courser Traction LTs. Four are bias ply 7.50 x 17"s and the other two are 8-19.5" bias plies that are essentially the same tubeless size as the 17" tube type construction. Stu

 

wow those tires are beautiful Stu, nice find!!
Julie, I'll probably do that but if I can't find anything I think I might like these

900-16 STA Superlug - Truck - Truck and Military

Bias Ply Tires for light trucks - STA Superlug Bias Ply

 

Maybe gumbo mudders in as narrow as possible? I dunno, they usually aren't very narrow, lol. Like in this pic from one of my old mags.

Otherwise, I posted a pic of a "super crest" a while back, that looks close...same thread as Stu originally posted those tires he got.

 

Good choice. And USA made. They are real popular in the Power Wagon community. I think they'll need a 6" wheel, though. To me one of the things that has always attracted me to the '59 picture you posted was the fact that they are tall and skinny. Great for ground clearance and to dig in where needed. Stu

 

Ground Hawg is close in pattern, but is wider.
Ground Hawg Bias Tires, new Lower Prices on Ground Hawg Bias Tires

Dave

 

What do the retreaders offer? Seems like back in the day that's where a lot of these traction tires came from.

 

They are most surely 19.5" Firestone tires(The 19.5" wheels were an option on F250 Fords up to 1966, I believe. I had six Firestone stamped wheels that came on an F250 4wd. I sold the wheels to a restorer). I believe they were called Super All Traction or something of that sort. They would be a descendent of the Firestone chevron-patterned Ground Grips of the 30s and early 40s era. If you have ever seen pictures of early WW2 vehicles or 30s trucks with traction tires on the rear, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Those tires are or were recently made for larger trucks.

Anyone living in the midwest may remember the Coop Country Squire tires from the early 80s and earlier. They had a pattern similiar to Stu's pictured tires. I remember seeing a lot of those on 4wds in the 70s/early 80s that saw a lot of mud on ranches, etc. Not so much a highway tire-noisy. Those go back to the late 40s/early 50s, except the spacing was tighter between lugs, and the lugs had a wavy look to them.

 

Here ya go, Owen, one of my two remaining COOP Country Squires. Even holds air....sorta. Stu

 

they look very similar to goodyear custom high miler xtra grips. just don't know if they are available in your size. tall, skinny, lots of bite. have them on my 42.

 

Super swamper makes a good radial in a skinny tire.

Super Swamper Radial TSL Tires, Great Savings on Super Swamper Radial TSL Tires

 

I am thinking about trying a set of these retreads, my truck seldom leaves the farm and is almost always on dirt. $91.00 per tire plus shipping.
http://www.treadwright.com/portals/0...arge/19_1_.jpg

 

Check out Coker tire they sell many new old style tires. Including different military type tires.

 

This is where the discussion probably should have been directed early on. Places like Coker, Universal Tire, M.E. Miller, and Lucas Tire are gonna be able to provide authentic looking traction bias ply tires as long as you're ok with their tread designs and as long as your wheels are a normal 15" or 16" size.

IIRC I don't think you'll find any traction 19.5s at these sources, and just me but I don't care for any of their 17s. Here's links to them. Stu

Military & Truck - Tire Brands
Truck and Military
M.E. Miller Tire
Lucas Classic & Vintage Tires, wide white wall, Pirelli Cinturato, Goodyear, Denman, Lester, Universal