Does anybody have any pics of the late sixties early seventies 4x4 with factory option 19.5" wheels? On another note, does anybody know where to get replacement traction tires for these wheels. Mine have the old power king 8R19.5 but I cannot locate any replacements. Any help?

 

Hi and welcome to FTE. Sorry but I don't have any pics. With 8R - 19.5 rubber your truck was likely ordered for a mine, railroad or public utility. Goodyear still makes them. There may be others.

Goodyear Commerical Truck Search

Try a search for Wingfoot Commercial Tire centers. Goodyear is a big player in the commercial truck tire business so there may be a Wingfoot shop near you.

Lots of step vans used 19.5's .

 

B6D1015B .. Wheel / 19.5" x 5.25" / 8 lug 6.50" bolt circle.

Original application: 1956/72 F250 / 1968/72 F350.

Original tire size: 8.00" x 19.5" tubeless.

 

Yes it was for a utility company. I looked at the wingfoot link but didn't see any tires listed in that size. The fella with the second response, where did you come up with that info. as it is correct. The wheels are 5.5x19.5 with 8R19.5 tires. Unfortunately I need some tires but i don't want a street tread tire and that is all I can find. If anyone has a direct link to a "offroad" tread tire in 8R19.5 please post it up. Thanks for the help so far.

 

After reading my response I realized it sounded like I was coming off like a smart a**, which was not my intention. I have been unable to find any info like that on the truck, tires, or wheels. Thanks for the input.

 

This is a little wider, but might still be usable:
Ultra Grip Tires, Retread Tire | TreadWright, Inc.

 

Wedge1 , bring up the Wingfoot home page then use the tire locater function on the right side. Click the application bar then click urban/regional delivery. Click the second bar down then click drive. Click the third bar then click 8R-19.5.

I tried to direct link it but the FTE mainframe directs it to one of the sponsors.

 

Apparently i am a little slow, I cannot find the "tire locator" tab you are reffering to. I am going to wingfootct.com which is the only site I can find. Am I going to the wrong site?

 

Ford Six, thanks. Those are pretty close to what I am looking for. I may end up having to go with a size like that.

 

look on the rickson website for tire and wheel options.

 

I'm gonna try to link it again.

Goodyear Commercial Truck Tire Systems

Blasted main frame keeps ruining the link.

Try typing Goodyear Commercial truck tires in your search.

 

Ok I got it that time. That is the exact size I am going for, I am just looking for something more aggressive. I am curious how retreads would do as the steer tires. I might could have some recapped with an aggressive tread, but I've always heard not to use retreads as steer tires. Any thoughts?

 

not for anything but some options look at 225/70r19.5 more options and the tire sizes are nearly identical. The revs per mile difference is less than 30 a 245 tire is less than 10 revs per mile difference but they are wider. There are a lot more options in these tires as well. I am not a fan of goodyear but its personal, as for retread steer tires no way not even worth the chance. If you were going to be off road all the time maybe but not on an over the road rig.

 

If your intended use for the truck is primarily off road, that meaning your on highway time is limited to short low speed trips then retreads would be okay on a steer axle. Extremely agressive treads on steer axles make it very hard to control at normal road speeds due the flexing of the tread. When I worked for a moving outfit I was responsible for tires for about 160 vehicles. I did a lot of research on retreads as we ran a lot of them on drive and trailer axles. Retreads can deliver similar performance and service life to a new tire if you make good choices. First off you have to be picky about what you send out to be retreaded ( capped ). Old, dry rotted, off brand tires can be capped but you'll most likely get poor service from them. Good, top of the line, name brand casings are the best to cap. My 3 top picks are Goodyear, Bridgestone and Michelin. Next in line would be Continental, some BF Goodrich and some Firestones. Casings to avoid include Toyo, Wanli, Dayton, Sumitomo and others. I've had some luck with Yokohama but it wasn't all good. Next pick a good retreader. Retreaders that cap for Wingfoot have to meet some pretty tough criteria to get Goodyear's business. Another good retread is Bandag. A lot of trash trucks run Bandags and trash trucks are hell on tires. Something I never had a chance to try is a Margoni ring tread cap. They are relatively new to the North American market but have been popular in Europe for many years.

If you consider Goodyear you might want to check out their G177 tread. They are popular with the garbage outfits for aggressive drive tires but I don't know if they can cap them in the size you need.

 

Try this link.

Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau

Well I tried to link some good nonbiased info on retreads but the flippin mainframe doesn't approve.

If you're curious try retread.org