m35A2 super single 395 install

[frank8003]

10 on the ground, one in the rack and a spare 6 in the bed is the way to go.
That is about a 1300 pound footprint on most of them, about 300 pounds more than the Caprice.
Anyhow, mine was built to be that way and it has worked for the last 46 years.
It'll be that way for the rest of my time here, and I am not fixing what ain't broke.

 

[joshuaz223]

I guess the fact that there is only one front tire doesn't cause any concerns only the rears?

 

[Jeepsinker]

If it is the front, there is nothing you can do about it anyway, but at least in the rear we can increase our safety factor by 4×.

 

[98G]

I had a front right blowout(super single). It was not all that hard to keep control.

The left rear blowout pictured above was actually a good deal harder to keep under control.

 

[skinnyR1]

How old are the tires you are running?

 

[rustystud]

How old are the tires you are running?

Everyone who runs ex-military tires are running at least 5 year old tires. The age of these tires are not really an issue anymore. There was a batch of BAD tires from Michelin I believe but those are all gone now. Any tire that becomes flat will be ruined if driven on it for any extended length of time. Meaning the time it takes to find an exit and get off the highway. Even with 'run flats' the tire will be destroyed. The run flats give you the ability to "get out of Dodge" when the bullets are flying. The tires will still be destroyed. Of course the military doesn't care about that, just get the vehicle out of there.

 

[Csm Davis]

Hey guys over here.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?t=146929

 

[zigman006]

I am wondering about the stock tubes also. You used stock 9.00X20 tubes?

When I mount my 395s I was going to use the commercial tubes they use on
cement mixers, as I have noticed the ones in these parts are running the same
tires we are talking about(my son and I just noticed this recently).

I automatically thought the stock 9.00x20 tubes would be way to small to handle
the much larger volume of tire that the 396 presents....

Did you ever decide on a tube size? I’m getting ready to get rid of my NDT’s and put the Michelins on.

 

[simp5782]

Did you ever decide on a tube size? I’m getting ready to get rid of my NDT’s and put the Michelins on.

395s use a 1400 tube and flap .

1300/20 1400/20 are the same.