[rebel-builders] tires for rebel

[Richard Wampach]

A 600x6 is a pretty standard tire. Cessna, Piper and many other "Spam
cans" use them either 4 ply or 6 ply will work very well for your plane.
Any FBO should have them. Did you get a Aircraft Spruce outlet in
eastern Canada? UPS delivers almost any ware in a few days. Do you
suffer an import penalty as implied in your or is that a monies exchange
rate?

We Californians often buy from Chief in Oregon & beat the sales tax,
Tires start at $32.00 in your size.
1-800-447-3408, 1-541-476-6605, www.chiefaircraft.com

Hope this can ease the pain a bit!

Dick Wampach SR-108

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From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of
Garry Wright
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 2:40 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: [rebel-builders] tires for rebel

There has been a fair bit of discussion in the archives on tires for the

rebel but none very recently. My McCreary's are getting pretty weary and

I should replace them soon. My wheels are the old gold matco wheels with

center reinforcement both sides.

The McCreary numbers are 6.00-6 4 ply which are available fairly widely
with one tube and one tire costing about $67US plus shipping plus
exchange which at ACS is currently outrageous at about 25% (C$=$0.94US
right now). Canadians should be demanding better from the Canadian
outlets. This seems to apply to everything from tires to BBQ's. (rant
off)

Others have used non-aviation tires. What experience is out there now on

what is available? What brands, availability etc.

Garry
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[Drew Dalgleish]

At 03:39 PM 6/11/2007 -0600, you wrote:

There has been a fair bit of discussion in the archives on tires for the
rebel but none very recently. My McCreary's are getting pretty weary and
I should replace them soon. My wheels are the old gold matco wheels with
center reinforcement both sides.

The McCreary numbers are 6.00-6 4 ply which are available fairly widely
with one tube and one tire costing about $67US plus shipping plus
exchange which at ACS is currently outrageous at about 25% (C$=$0.94US
right now). Canadians should be demanding better from the Canadian
outlets. This seems to apply to everything from tires to BBQ's. (rant off)

Others have used non-aviation tires. What experience is out there now on
what is available? What brands, availability etc.

Garry
068R

Hi Garry When my McCrearys wore out I switched to Carlisle 8.00-6 golf cart
tires. These are the same ones that shipped with many of the early rebels.
I don't have enough time with them to say how well they wear but if you go
into rough strips I think they're a lot nicer because of the bigger
footprint and you can run much lower pressures. They are cheaper than
aviation tires and I bought them at my local farm/auto tire store.
Drew



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[Bob Patterson]

Right on, Drew !

We've run the Carlisle or DICO golf cart tires on all of our
Rebels .... They make for great landings ! ;-)

I've heard they can be bought at WallyMart too.....
Do you recall the name of your store -- I might need a tire
or 2 soon .... ??? You do have to watch the tube - you
need a special valve stem setup for some rims .... Just
match what you have ! (And get a spare tube to carry
in the Rebel when travelling - they can be hard to find !)

Seems to me the Carlyle tires sold for about $36 each ...
In any case, they only last about 2 years on pavement,
but forever on grass !! At the low price, it's not too bad
replacing them every couple of years....

One caution - they are only rated for about 600 lb each,
and "not for road use" ..... Have always worked fine for us,
though !

--
......bobp
http://www.prosumers.ca
http://bpatterson.qhealthbeauty.com
http://apatterson2.qhealthzone.com

-------------------------------orig.-------------------------
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 20:44, Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Hi Garry When my McCrearys wore out I switched to Carlisle 8.00-6 golf cart
tires. These are the same ones that shipped with many of the early rebels.
I don't have enough time with them to say how well they wear but if you go
into rough strips I think they're a lot nicer because of the bigger
footprint and you can run much lower pressures. They are cheaper than
aviation tires and I bought them at my local farm/auto tire store.
Drew

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

At 03:39 PM 6/11/2007 -0600, you wrote:

There has been a fair bit of discussion in the archives on tires for the
rebel but none very recently. My McCreary's are getting pretty weary and
I should replace them soon. My wheels are the old gold matco wheels with
center reinforcement both sides.

The McCreary numbers are 6.00-6 4 ply which are available fairly widely
with one tube and one tire costing about $67US plus shipping plus
exchange which at ACS is currently outrageous at about 25% (C$=$0.94US
right now). Canadians should be demanding better from the Canadian
outlets. This seems to apply to everything from tires to BBQ's. (rant off)

Others have used non-aviation tires. What experience is out there now on
what is available? What brands, availability etc.

Garry
068R

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[Drew Dalgleish]

Hi Bob I bought my tires at Haugh tire in Exeter $36 sounds about right.
They ordered them in for me and I had them the next day. I've bought tubes
off the shelf at the TSC store in Goderich so they might not be that
uncommon either.
Bob Can you add me to the ramble list please. I may be able to go with you
guy's as far as MN. Then I'm going to head north to my camp from there.

At 09:57 PM 6/12/2007 -0400, you wrote:

Right on, Drew !

We've run the Carlisle or DICO golf cart tires on all of our
Rebels .... They make for great landings ! ;-)

I've heard they can be bought at WallyMart too.....
Do you recall the name of your store -- I might need a tire
or 2 soon .... ??? You do have to watch the tube - you
need a special valve stem setup for some rims .... Just
match what you have ! (And get a spare tube to carry
in the Rebel when travelling - they can be hard to find !)

Seems to me the Carlyle tires sold for about $36 each ...
In any case, they only last about 2 years on pavement,
but forever on grass !! At the low price, it's not too bad
replacing them every couple of years....

One caution - they are only rated for about 600 lb each,
and "not for road use" ..... Have always worked fine for us,
though !

--
......bobp
http://www.prosumers.ca
http://bpatterson.qhealthbeauty.com
http://apatterson2.qhealthzone.com

-------------------------------orig.-------------------------
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 20:44, Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Hi Garry When my McCrearys wore out I switched to Carlisle 8.00-6 golf cart
tires. These are the same ones that shipped with many of the early rebels.
I don't have enough time with them to say how well they wear but if you go
into rough strips I think they're a lot nicer because of the bigger
footprint and you can run much lower pressures. They are cheaper than
aviation tires and I bought them at my local farm/auto tire store.
Drew

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At 03:39 PM 6/11/2007 -0600, you wrote:

There has been a fair bit of discussion in the archives on tires for the
rebel but none very recently. My McCreary's are getting pretty weary and
I should replace them soon. My wheels are the old gold matco wheels with
center reinforcement both sides.

The McCreary numbers are 6.00-6 4 ply which are available fairly widely
with one tube and one tire costing about $67US plus shipping plus
exchange which at ACS is currently outrageous at about 25% (C$=$0.94US
right now). Canadians should be demanding better from the Canadian
outlets. This seems to apply to everything from tires to BBQ's. (rant off)

Others have used non-aviation tires. What experience is out there now on
what is available? What brands, availability etc.

Garry
068R

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[Garry Wright]

Thanks Richard, Bob and Drew. I will look into the Carlisle or DICO
tires. May be much more reasonable than the others.

Garry

Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Hi Bob I bought my tires at Haugh tire in Exeter $36 sounds about right.
They ordered them in for me and I had them the next day. I've bought tubes
off the shelf at the TSC store in Goderich so they might not be that
uncommon either.
Bob Can you add me to the ramble list please. I may be able to go with you
guy's as far as MN. Then I'm going to head north to my camp from there.

At 09:57 PM 6/12/2007 -0400, you wrote:

Right on, Drew !

We've run the Carlisle or DICO golf cart tires on all of our
Rebels .... They make for great landings ! ;-)

I've heard they can be bought at WallyMart too.....
Do you recall the name of your store -- I might need a tire
or 2 soon .... ??? You do have to watch the tube - you
need a special valve stem setup for some rims .... Just
match what you have ! (And get a spare tube to carry
in the Rebel when travelling - they can be hard to find !)

Seems to me the Carlyle tires sold for about $36 each ...
In any case, they only last about 2 years on pavement,
but forever on grass !! At the low price, it's not too bad
replacing them every couple of years....

One caution - they are only rated for about 600 lb each,
and "not for road use" ..... Have always worked fine for us,
though !

--
......bobp
http://www.prosumers.ca
http://bpatterson.qhealthbeauty.com
http://apatterson2.qhealthzone.com

-------------------------------orig.-------------------------
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 20:44, Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Hi Garry When my McCrearys wore out I switched to Carlisle 8.00-6 golf cart
tires. These are the same ones that shipped with many of the early rebels.
I don't have enough time with them to say how well they wear but if you go
into rough strips I think they're a lot nicer because of the bigger
footprint and you can run much lower pressures. They are cheaper than
aviation tires and I bought them at my local farm/auto tire store.
Drew

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[Rick Harper]

G'day Guys .....

I bought my Carlisle DICO TURF tyres (English spellink at "Freds Golf Cart World Texas - $28.85 each !

Biggus
541R
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Patterson
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] tires for rebel



Right on, Drew !

We've run the Carlisle or DICO golf cart tires on all of our
Rebels .... They make for great landings ! ;-)

I've heard they can be bought at WallyMart too.....
Do you recall the name of your store -- I might need a tire
or 2 soon .... ??? You do have to watch the tube - you
need a special valve stem setup for some rims .... Just
match what you have ! (And get a spare tube to carry
in the Rebel when travelling - they can be hard to find !)

Seems to me the Carlyle tires sold for about $36 each ...
In any case, they only last about 2 years on pavement,
but forever on grass !! At the low price, it's not too bad
replacing them every couple of years....

One caution - they are only rated for about 600 lb each,
and "not for road use" ..... Have always worked fine for us,
though !

--
......bobp
http://www.prosumers.ca
http://bpatterson.qhealthbeauty.com
http://apatterson2.qhealthzone.com

-------------------------------orig.-------------------------
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 20:44, Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Hi Garry When my McCrearys wore out I switched to Carlisle 8.00-6 golf cart
tires. These are the same ones that shipped with many of the early rebels.
I don't have enough time with them to say how well they wear but if you go
into rough strips I think they're a lot nicer because of the bigger
footprint and you can run much lower pressures. They are cheaper than
aviation tires and I bought them at my local farm/auto tire store.
Drew

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

At 03:39 PM 6/11/2007 -0600, you wrote:

There has been a fair bit of discussion in the archives on tires for the
rebel but none very recently. My McCreary's are getting pretty weary and
I should replace them soon. My wheels are the old gold matco wheels with
center reinforcement both sides.

The McCreary numbers are 6.00-6 4 ply which are available fairly widely
with one tube and one tire costing about $67US plus shipping plus
exchange which at ACS is currently outrageous at about 25% (C$=$0.94US
right now). Canadians should be demanding better from the Canadian
outlets. This seems to apply to everything from tires to BBQ's. (rant off)

Others have used non-aviation tires. What experience is out there now on
what is available? What brands, availability etc.

Garry
068R

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[Rick Harper]

PS .... Got 550 landings out of 'em too !

(but I gotta admit - I always take off on the asphalt & land on the grass ... whenever I can

Biggus
541R
----- Original Message -----
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To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] tires for rebel


G'day Guys .....

I bought my Carlisle DICO TURF tyres (English spellink at "Freds Golf Cart World Texas - $28.85 each !

Biggus
541R
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Patterson
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] tires for rebel



Right on, Drew !

We've run the Carlisle or DICO golf cart tires on all of our
Rebels .... They make for great landings ! ;-)

I've heard they can be bought at WallyMart too.....
Do you recall the name of your store -- I might need a tire
or 2 soon .... ??? You do have to watch the tube - you
need a special valve stem setup for some rims .... Just
match what you have ! (And get a spare tube to carry
in the Rebel when travelling - they can be hard to find !)

Seems to me the Carlyle tires sold for about $36 each ...
In any case, they only last about 2 years on pavement,
but forever on grass !! At the low price, it's not too bad
replacing them every couple of years....

One caution - they are only rated for about 600 lb each,
and "not for road use" ..... Have always worked fine for us,
though !

--
......bobp
http://www.prosumers.ca
http://bpatterson.qhealthbeauty.com
http://apatterson2.qhealthzone.com

-------------------------------orig.-------------------------
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 20:44, Drew Dalgleish wrote:

Hi Garry When my McCrearys wore out I switched to Carlisle 8.00-6 golf cart
tires. These are the same ones that shipped with many of the early rebels.
I don't have enough time with them to say how well they wear but if you go
into rough strips I think they're a lot nicer because of the bigger
footprint and you can run much lower pressures. They are cheaper than
aviation tires and I bought them at my local farm/auto tire store.
Drew

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

At 03:39 PM 6/11/2007 -0600, you wrote:

There has been a fair bit of discussion in the archives on tires for the
rebel but none very recently. My McCreary's are getting pretty weary and
I should replace them soon. My wheels are the old gold matco wheels with
center reinforcement both sides.

The McCreary numbers are 6.00-6 4 ply which are available fairly widely
with one tube and one tire costing about $67US plus shipping plus
exchange which at ACS is currently outrageous at about 25% (C$=$0.94US
right now). Canadians should be demanding better from the Canadian
outlets. This seems to apply to everything from tires to BBQ's. (rant off)

Others have used non-aviation tires. What experience is out there now on
what is available? What brands, availability etc.

Garry
068R

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