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I have broken down tube tires mostly with a duckbill hammer and tire spoons. For the stubborn ones where the rust & ancient rubber bead have fused and wouldn’t move with any hammering, I pushed the tire/wheel under my flatbed equipment trailer and used a hydraulic bottle jack to break the beads...

Hydraulic Bead Breaker

How about an Electric-Over-Hydraulic controller (12-volt)? That way you could use a standard trailer plug to tow it…the hydraulic brakes are pretty effective on these trailers. As stated in other threads, you can get 6-lug Budd wheels in other, smaller sizes to use modern tubeless radial tires...

But then you’d have to turbo & intercool it…. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Either hooks on ends of chain or with some Grade8/10 bolts/washers/nuts/etc…

It’s possible that your air dryer is plugged, causing excessive back pressure (seen it a few times). Air dryers are commonly overlooked on these trucks, when is the last time it was serviced?

The same as yours…so I just remove them and use the manual shut-off cable.

DONE! Thanks!

LOL, you’re right….and I’m just old…. Gotta live up to my moniker below my username, anyway

@74M35A2 Contact member 74M35A2, he makes gear reduction starters for the 8.3 Cummins for these trucks (I still need to order one for mine too). Can’t beat the price nor service.

Easy rule to remember Budd nut tightening/loosening orders: if you have the handle of your wrench pointing upwards, they should tighten towards the front of the vehicle and loosen towards the rear.

Those old KC bulbs use a lot of current (amperage)…I hope the switch goes through a relay to power those lights. If so, make sure the relay is securely mounted & its ground wire is good to go as well.

IN!

Those are 5-ton Combat Wheels; that owner probably experienced a little tire rub when making turns so he reversed the front wheels. Those front wheels should NOT be mounted like that….flip them around and they’d tuck right into the fenderwells. As 98G said, put some HEMTT wheels on the fronts...

I had to use a 36-inch pipe wrench on one once, when strap wrenches wouldn’t budge it….once it broke free of corrosion, it came off by hand.

Would like to give many thanks to Bryan & Derek at Colorado Springs GP yard…. Back in October I met with 98G there to swap some trade items & pick up some auction winnings. Bryan and Derek were extremely helpful and were able to forklift off items from my trailer so 98G could hook them to his...

If I-10 is involved, prepare yourself through NM…

Mine are all earmarked for use on my 931 soon….

I only run Goodyears for 16.00 & 14.00, for the same reasons Simp outlines above.

Good project frame for cheap price...hard to beat.