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Joined: Feb 2001
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'Bolter
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DES57. It is a double hitch. The plate is attached to a hitch bar which is removeable and i keep a replace ment in the cab if I want to tow something, which as happened once in the last 15 years.
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Joined: Mar 2010
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Renaissance Man
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With the numerically low rear end gears, and the overdrive transmission you are running, you should go with whatever tires have the smallest diameter. This will make your overdrive more usable than with the taller tires you have on the rear now.
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'Bolter
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WEbOLD I had a pair of polyglas goodyears,raised white letters on the ground since 1971. Always in out of the weather and sun,just changed them last summer.A friend gave me some tires on wheels 25 years older than that.
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54Carl. It has a Nova rearend with 2.73 gears. at 70 on the highway it runs 70 at 2100 rpm. The only apprehension is I will have recalibrate the speedo not a fun job.
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Bubba - Curmudgeon
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Search the Internet for "ratio adapter for a speedometer drive gear".
You can determine the ratio adjustment you need by calibrating how much you are off in a test run on a 1/10 mile marked highway (maybe a well marked Interstate).
Maybe someone here can most a link to the procedure (or, a link to a post here that describes the procedure)?
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Last edited by Otto Skorzeny; Sat Mar 25 2023 12:42 PM.
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom)
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck)
1956 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood (The Godfather)
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (The Purple Knif)
1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red)
1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe
1979 Ford F-100
1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red)
1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
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'Bolter
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Fixite7,
As many have shared in other discussions, don’t crawl under that truck, even with all four tires on the ground, without blocking it. Tires that old can blowout at anytime just sitting there.
1957 Chevy 3200
PS, A/C, Tilt column, Rebuilt 350, Rebuilt TH350, Reupholstered Bench Seat, sound proof/insulated, LED headlights/taillights
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Curmudgeon
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Wow, a 4 subject discussion in the same posting.
I like having the same tires size on all 4 wheels that way I only have to carry one spare tire.
"Adding CFM to a truck will only help at engine speeds you don't want to use."
"I found there was nothing to gain beyond 400 CFM."
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Gearhead, Moderator for The Swap Meet and General Truck Talk
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While this conversation has taken a little ride around the globe of things related to the original topic, I think Ron (WE b OLD) has all the helpful info he needs to make his tire choice decision. If he wants to continue to talk tires and other "Driveline" related stuff, feel free to start a new conversation there. This one is now locked down. On to other GTT conversations folks.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!  Dan
Last edited by Gdads51; Sat Mar 25 2023 01:34 PM.
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck)
1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod)
2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver)
US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998)
Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
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