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Old 05-28-2013, 05:58 PM
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Default Large tires

Does anybody know what it would take to put RV-10 main tires and wheel pants on an RV-9? Are the axles and or mounting brackets even close? I don't know enough about either one. I assume that means going from a 500x5 tire to a 600x6 right?
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Old 05-28-2013, 06:19 PM
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Default Check this out

David,

Check out this guy. I was following his progress for a while, but haven't seen much lately

http://mesawood.info/myrv7a/building/newgear.htm

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Old 05-29-2013, 08:02 AM
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I put larger tires on my 9:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ighlight=tires

Works well, but I have not attempted to do the wheel pants. I was told that there is someone in Oregon who put RV-10 pants on larger tires but have not seen the installation.

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Old 05-30-2013, 09:45 AM
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Default 380 x 150 x 5.00

there are several threads on using 380 x 150 x 5.00 tires. About same diameter as 600 x 6 but you can use existing 5" wheels and the combo fits within -7 pressure recovery wheel pants. Several of us including Smokey Ray have made this switch.

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