Well i finally tried out my new tires. 4 used goodyear wrangler mt millitary tires 36 12.5 16.5. They actually did pretty good on my bronco but the road manners suck. I got them for from the local military base they were refitting hummers to go over to Iraq and had to change all the tires that were less than 75% tread. Now i got something a little better than my bfgs and best of all they were free. Sorry about the long post just figured i would share with every body

hagen
79 bronco c6 d44 d60 460
ugly but the driveline is brand new

 

that's awesome man, good to hear it.

i dont' guess you got any hummer wheels to go with them did you?

-cutts-

 

Free? Grab as many as you can...I'm sure some of us will pay shipping to get them...and a beer for your efforts. =)

 

those tires are pretty easy to come by, there is a guy here in okc that sells em for 35-45 bucks, but he wont mount em, he only mounts semi truck tires....but just about any military instillation will either hand em out or sell em cheap at their auctions.....they dont like having tires without the little nipples still on em.......must be rough...... ive talked to a couple people that run em and they said the same thing, they work good in the mud but arent very forgiving on the road, plus they arent all that for rock crawling, the rubber is too stiff cause they are made to last a long time.....

 

I had used michelin tires they drove awsome on the road. offroad they were ok. but they were dry rotted out. had 4 of them blow out on me. now I have iroks and they have sooooo much more traction there is no comparison.

 

yea they were doing that around here for awhile too guess I should have grabbed some, but ohwell they would fit my F250 anyway.

 

Yeah i have 2 sets of the older Wrangler RT II's (36x12.5x16.5) used them twice in the pits then went and bought some 35" boggers, them tires were to hard to be any good.

 

I mud alot in an old junk yard so soft tires get cut up real quick. These tires seem to hold upo pretty good because they are so hard.

hagen

 

Ive been lookin into those tires. Are they radial or bias ?

 

i'm pretty sure they are bias but the new 37's are radial

 

how would i find out if they are available anywhere in iowa and what size rims do they mount on?

 

check any military installation or military auctions.

they run on 16.5" rims, if ya get the wheels with them they are beadlocks

-cutts-

 

Damn....I wonder if they are doing this everywhere? There are quite a few bases in San Antonio. I might have to make them fit.

 

all military bases auction off their old stuff, its just a matter of finding out when they do it........

 

36x12.5r16.5 are bias ply.