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Goodyear military tires

yellowK20 said:
If you've seen how thick the tread caps are you might believe it there thick and heavy
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After you took the tread off of these tires you'd be down to 32" tall TOPS for just the shaved casing. Not buying they put 2+" worth of tread cap on it. With a half inch of tread that'd be 1.5" or more of non-tread rubber.

I'm thinking their number is as accurate as most tire company's numbers. Half bad math, half fantasy.
 
The cap was nearly 2" thick is all I'm saying .They were a full 1" taller then a stock BFG Mudterrain KM


To the original poster the 37" Goodyear MT is a good all around, fairly long lasting tire that can be had for cheap . they are definitely NOT a swamper or bogger traction wise in mud. but seem to do really well on other terrains. I've run Multiple sets on DD/mild hweeling type rigs and really like them.

Stay away from those 36" R/T's though they suck horrible on and off highway and they wear fast as hell
 
YellowK20,

How about snow? I notice your in Alaska and figured you would know how the snow traction is. I do a lot of snow running in winter, and rock in summer.
 
They do ok, there definitely not a dedicated snow and ice tire but they hold there own especially when siped
 
AJMBLAZER said:
Top to bottom with the weight of the vehicle. I always figure that's the most realistic height on vehicle.
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That may be, but it makes the numbers worthless for comparing tires that aren't on the same vehicle. You should measure from side to side.

For the purpose of gearing and speedometer, you want the circumference of the tire. Regardless of how much it squats, all of the circumference has to pass for one revolution. Without actually measuring circumference, the side-to-side diameter is the closest estimation. Also, for knowing what tire "hits" or "fits" we want the side-to-side diameter. For ground clearance, you want the radius from center to the ground. Grouping the "top" and "bottom" radii together as a diameter doesn't really tell us anything.
 
I have a set of the military 36" bias tires I was going to use on a set of the 12 bolt recentered H1 rims. I read somewhere(steel soldiers I believe) that you should not use the bias tire on the radial rim or vice versa. Does anyone know if this is true, I have a set of the 36" I wanted to use for awhile.
 
did you get them re-centered or do they clear on your set-up?
 
I got them recentered. Have a set of stock 8 bolt with the mag run flats and 36's wanted to swap the mag run flats and 36's onto the recentered 12 bolts. I have only swapped 1 so far and it didnt hold air, slow leaked over a day or 2 , could have been something I did wrong though. When I read that on steel soldiers I thought that could have been my problem.
 
Did you replace the o-ring when you swapped the tires. I have a buddy that bought some used wheels and didn't buy new o-rings, and they slowly leaked like you described.
 
I put the new o ring in that they shipped with them, maybe I didnt put enough of the silicone grease on them.
 
The biggest plus of the 37's is price and you can get them mounted on h1s. I am 700 into my 6 37's, 4 8 both h1's and 4 2 3/4 spacers for my rig. Eventually i'm going to get a set of the 38.5 Pitbull radial maddogs or if I can swing it i'd love to get my hands on a set of the 41.5 radial rockers, both are available for a 16.5 rim...
 
What brand spacers did you use? Can you post a picture, I was thinking of doing spacers instead of recentering but thought the front hubs would be sticking out a long way and get mashed in the rocks.
 
AJMBLAZER said:
Had a tape measure in my hand and found myself standing next to three HMMWV's with the various military tires. Shortest to tallest and all but the new ones are older and worn but still serviceable. All are on 8, 12, or 24 bolt HMMWV rims.

-36x12.5-16.5 Bias ply Wrangler RT/II's are about 34.25" tall.
-37x12.5R16.5 Wrangler MT/R's are about 34.5" tall. These are new with maybe a couple hundred miles on them.
-37X12.5R16.5 Wrangler MT's are a bit over 35" tall.
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My MTs all measure over 36"
 
That's for sure!

UP-ARMORED HMMWV DATA
Curb Weight: 9,800 lb (4,447 kg)
Payload: 2,300 lb (1,043 kg)
Gross Vehicle Weight GSW: 12,100 lb (5,489 kg)
Gross Axle Weight Rating:
Front 5,300 lb (2,404 kg)
Rear 7,000 lb (3,175 kg)
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I think mine's around 9000lbs. Older model. The newer ones we have are the 12,000lb ones though. Like super heavy, super slow, hard to drive turtles.
 
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