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RE: Off Topic: Hopelessly looking for tires
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 7 Jun 2001 00:42:45 GMT
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<tom@tomstechnic.com%SayNoToSpam%>
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You are forgetting that there is also a tire that looks like the ballon
tire, but is solid and fits on the older type of 20x30 rims... :)
-Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Ray Sanders
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:18 PM
> To: lugnet.technic@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Hopelessly looking for tires
>
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> In lugnet.technic, Gaurav Thakur writes:
> > BTW the old 20x30 wheels are about the same size as these and are much
> > easier to obtain (since they appear in many sets; the 68.8x24s • are only in
> > 5571 and 8479), so if you really cannot manage to get hold of • more 68.8x24s,
> > the 20x30s could be a feasible alternative.
>
> Now this begs a question... Why did TLC produce two very
> different tyres and
> mark them both "20 x 30" ? I'm referring to the largish one found in 8862
> Backhoe Grader and the newer one from 6617 Tough Truck Rally. I
> have one of each
> in front of me.
>
> It appears the the rim diameter is 30mm and the rim width is
> 20mm, but the rims
> and tyres are quite incompatible (one being a solid tire, rim #
> 4266, and the
> other a balloon tyre, rim # 6582).
>
> Ray
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| (...) Now this begs a question... Why did TLC produce two very different tyres and mark them both "20 x 30" ? I'm referring to the largish one found in 8862 Backhoe Grader and the newer one from 6617 Tough Truck Rally. I have one of each in front of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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