Baby got a new pair of shoes!

[jimmcld]

I put my new tires and wheels on my M816 over the weekend. I just wanted to show off my 16.00x20's.

Hope you like.

 

[Capt.Marion]

Looks good! Bet I can name three things you despise: Hills, Stop Signs, Stop Lights...

 

[decodeme2]

Thats for sure...Changed myne to 1400, Its much better...If you dont pull anything and are not in a rush to get to 50..then the 1600's are fine..
Kevin..

 

[Wildchild467]

looks mean!! i have no experience with bigger tires on the deuces and 5 tons...but they sure do look good! hope you dont experience brake fade...i did once (not with the deuce)and its wierd!

 

[drgreg]

I like the 16.00-20s on my M813A1. I don't have speed problems and the top speed is great.
Your M816 looks great, good work.

 

[mikeroot2]

Great looking truck. Looks menacing.

 

[Ord22]

awesome looking truck!!! are you looking to camouflaging it???

 

[cessnatwin]

Awesome! Post more!

 

[number9]

NICE I want a wrecker real bad.

Have you noticed any loss in braking performance - or degradation of?

.....

 

[Hammer]

NICE I want a wrecker real bad.

Have you noticed any loss in braking performance - or degradation of?

.....

Not sure about his, but on my 818 with 16's, I didn't notice anything negative about the braking. Probably felt BETTER with the bigger tires honestly.
BUT, when pulling my flatbed trailer with full air brakes, I have to watch it because I will lock up the trailer's air brakes well before I get close to locking up the brakes on my 818 (and it definitely can lock them up!)

 

[MyothersanM1]

Now that's one handsome vehicle of bad-@$$ proportions.

 

[tm america]

Very nice looking truck . Good job

 

[Coldfusion21]

Not sure about his, but on my 818 with 16's, I didn't notice anything negative about the braking. Probably felt BETTER with the bigger tires honestly.
BUT, when pulling my flatbed trailer with full air brakes, I have to watch it because I will lock up the trailer's air brakes well before I get close to locking up the brakes on my 818 (and it definitely can lock them up!)

This intrigues me. Have never driven an air braked trailer setup, wouldn't a proportioning valve of some sort make sense? In your example i would think the trailers brakes are getting beat on pretty good because they are going to try and slow the truck down before the trucks brakes have a chance to.

I may be completely off target, but figured i would ask.

 

[jimmcld]

I haven't driven the truck yet. The local big truck supplier only had one left hand lug nut in stock, so I had to use what I had and just put the spindles on the rest of the bolts. It only has four real nuts on one of the wheels and I'm not going to drive it until the others come in.

I also have a flat bed trailer with air over hydraulic brakes. It does tend to lock up the trailer brakes when the trailer is empty. Makes a lot of noise. However, with 8000 lbs on the trailer, I've had no problems.

Thanks for all the positive responses.

Jim

 

[Hammer]

This intrigues me. Have never driven an air braked trailer setup, wouldn't a proportioning valve of some sort make sense? In your example i would think the trailers brakes are getting beat on pretty good because they are going to try and slow the truck down before the trucks brakes have a chance to.

I may be completely off target, but figured i would ask.

What it probably means is I need to adjust the brakes on the 818. If they have to move too far before contact, then you have already applied the brakes on the trailer.

But, having air brakes on a trailer that is fairly empty (I have only towed with about 7k lbs on it so far,) is ALWAYS asking to skid the tires with very little brake application.
Add to that the air assist on the 818 doesn't react the same, and it takes a little getting used to.

 

[Hammer]

Oh, and the wreckers look so darn nice with the big tires on them!
It seems shallow, but on the 818, I think the way it rides, looks, etc. outweigh the power loss.

 

[sirmrtow]

thanks for posting,great looking truck

 

[Wildchild467]

just to let you know, i just put the picture of your wrecker as my new desktop wallpaper at work....i like it!

 

[srodocker]

Not sure about his, but on my 818 with 16's, I didn't notice anything negative about the braking. Probably felt BETTER with the bigger tires honestly.
BUT, when pulling my flatbed trailer with full air brakes, I have to watch it because I will lock up the trailer's air brakes well before I get close to locking up the brakes on my 818 (and it definitely can lock them up!)

seeing a 818 lock up with a trailer and a 715 w/101 when your behind them is a site not to see haha

 

[jimmcld]

just to let you know, i just put the picture of your wrecker as my new desktop wallpaper at work....i like it!

The ultimate compliment!