I was wondering how everyone who has an older single axle truck handles these, say when it's time to get new tires, will the tire guys still do the work or are these a problem ? I am well aware of how dangerous these are, I do have the original shop manual for this truck, it has a detailed section on the wheels, but I certianly won't fool with them. I have one tire that is flat on the rear, was like that before I made the trip home ( read below ) they just inflated it, and it held air long enough, but I'm also wondering that if just inflating it is dangerous too, or is it just when assembling the 2 piece/split rim after a tire change ? I can recall what happened a about 15 years ago when driving a tri-axle R model Mack, with 29 ton on, blew a front tire on the right side, looked like a grenade went off under the fender, the fender was blown apart, the post mirror on the fender blew off, the battery box cover blew off, and I never found the steel ring that goes on the wheel, it blew off into the woods, have a lot of respect for 110 P.S.I. truck tires after that, not to mention the old split rimsNot sure if anyone recalls, but about 1 1/2 months ago I posted a question about crossing the Canadian border by Niagara Falls, Queenston/Lewiston crossing and it was reccommended to not go back the same way after picking up a 1964 F-600 grain truck. I made the trip Nov. 3rd - 4th, 600 miles out and 800 miles back, 34 hours straight, that old F-600 went down the road straight as an arrow, did not burn any oil, the whole thing went smoothly, used 98 gallons of gasoline, only issue is how low it was geared, 3000 r.p.m.'s in 4th with the button up gets you 62 M.P.H. sometimes 65 M.P.H. and it sounds like you are hammering the 292 Y-block engine, not a good highway truck unless I could change the rear or something I suppose, was an experience though, driving a 41 year old truck that far.
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