My roommate Miles Fox (you BABE-ers know him) had the tires slashed on his Toyota camper a few months ago, and we want to get it going again, but the rear tires are seemingly unobtainium. It was running 265/70-14 bias-ply tires, which we can't seem to find ANYWHERE. I can't find a size that's even close. Any recommendations from you guys?
-
Oct. 13, 2009 12:08 p.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork
-
Oct. 13, 2009 12:18 p.m. TJ HalfDork
265/55-17 exist and are about the same size. Not sure if new wheels are an option or if he needs to stick with the 14" wheels.
-
Oct. 13, 2009 1:35 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
No such thing in 14" , as far as I know the biggest you can buy is 225/70-R14, and has been for years. I suspect the tires on his camper must have been pretty old anyway.
-
Oct. 13, 2009 1:51 p.m. Spinout007 Reader
check with the 4wd crowd, I seem to recall seeing 28inch tall 14's in a truck mag a few years back. I was looking for off road tires that fit 14's.......hey I was looking at buying a sammy, looking back on it, I should have pulled the trigger on that deal.
-
Oct. 13, 2009 2:56 p.m. ClemSparks UberDork
Is this a dually one-ton camper? I had one of those and it had "185r14 LT" tires on it. There was no aspect ratio listed. They're not cheap tires because they're like 6 or 8 ply or something "heavy duty" for the intended use. I think westphalia campers might have used the same size...maybe. I mention that because those guys will know what tires to get and where to get them.
But I might be talking about something completely different. The one's on the camper I had were certainly not 265mm width. They were on, probably a 5 or 6 inch wide wheel.
Clem
-
Oct. 13, 2009 4:01 p.m. btp76 Reader
I saw that "truck" at LeMons. Doesn't that thing have the super common 5 on 4 1/2 bolt circle? I would suggest some cheap ford or dodge 15" steelies with 255 - 70 - 15s.
-
Feb. 13, 2010 10:26 a.m. MilesFox New Reader
ClemSparks wrote:
Is this a dually one-ton camper?
Clem
This is actually a single wide tire. I have heard of stamped dually rims but they were more common on 3/4 ton 'mirage' campers and such. this one is a 'chinook'.
I called the junkyard. I can get wheels for 30-45 bucks with tires. I'll tell them ford or dodge 15's. They dont keep an inventory of wheels there, but if there is a car in the yard with wheels on it, then i'll be good to go.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
