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| | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 181 | Hello - looking for opinions on the safety of running tube type bias tires on the front of a 58 Chevy 2.5 ton (Dayton wheels). The rears are all tube type in very good shape. I've got the tires, flaps and lock-ring wheels for the front, just would buy new tubes.....but I have this hesitation, believing that a tube-type blowout would be more likely and more catastrophic than a tubeless flat. Thoughts on this?
1955 GMC 630, 1959 GMC W660, 1958 Chevy Spartan 80
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 323 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 323 | I've been running my bias plys on my 55 2 ton with loads down the hiways without problems. I think the tube tires are tougher for the stumps I occasionally run over. I think a blowout is a blowout when it comes to tires. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 | I like tubeless tires, but there is nothing wrong with tube required tires. The most common cause of flats is folds in the tube caused by over inflating a tube when looking for a leak. Back when we ran tube required tires, we always put in a size smaller tube. Such as a 9.00 tube in a 10.00 tire. However, since you have Dayton wheels, finding tubeless wheels wouldn't be too difficult. In fact they are still produced. | | |
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