Large tires

[speyers]

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?

 

[Av8torTom]

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

Tom

 

[Greg Arehart]

I put larger tires on my 9:

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=76076&highlight=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.

Greg

 

[LarryT]

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.

Larry Tompkins
544WB -6A
W52 Battle Ground, WA