eaton rear

 

good old 292

 

my ugly mug, and dam dead battery! if you want any more pics, just ask, i got em.

 

Sweeet truck man. Nothing says business like those Michelin XML's!!!!

 

Cool.

That a 12" Eaton? Those things were sweet, only 19 splines on the shafts, but they are so huge, they wo't break.

 

Makes me want to start looking for another 67-72.. but all I can find is 67-68 2wds which were pretty ugly and unrefined..

 

my grandpa has a 72 2wd, C20 with the huge eaton out back and a 350 under the hood. 40000 miles on it, and the only problems are slight rust bubbles on body, and the white bumpers are rusted

 

what size tires are these?

 

It says in his sig.

 

What the rear tires facing opposite directions?

You have them mounted funny for a reason?

 

The tires are 11.00R16 michelin XL's, basically a 38.5/11R16, the will fit fine on na stock wheel, and work great in mud. I have one of the back ones the wrong way because the tire guy screwed up, he already dumped the nailgard in them so i wasnt gonna make him take it off.

 

Ben, how do those tires wear and howl on the road?? And if you don't mind what did you pay for em.

Thanks.

 

dito, I am curious about those tires too...

 

sweet rig man. i'm liking the military tires.

you still going on that run this weekend? i'd really to come if i can.

shoot me an email ian_keirstead@angelfire.com

 

I have no idea how they wear, but considering there for a 10,000 lb military tuck id say pretty good probably, ive only got 10 or 15 miles on them. They howl like a mutha fukka, and i got them cheap, like 6 for $700 canadian, but they were blems, and i bought them second hand, but they were still new. New they list for $650 CND a piece which believe it or not, is about the price of a similar size bogger, when shipped here. They are one awsome mud tire though, dig right down and clean out easily, with little wheelspin. I would get another set if a i had the chance.

 

Nice rig! I dig the milk crate center console!

I had one in my old Ford for a while. Then I added a duct tape cup holder. The duct tape works great for bench seats. The side of the roll sticks to the seat and the tape seemed to help inulate drinks a little.

 

Thing looks like a goddamn dumptruck from hell, I really really like it!

 

Thanks rezzy! Im gonna do something silmilar to the rezzybed on it this winter hopefully, and lift the rear a couple more inches to level it out. I also plan to paint it omaha orange. Shell be a mean rig to be reckoned with when im done

 

These tires are actually non-directional. You can mount them either way. The military reason for this is so one side can be mounted forward and the other backwards and you can't tell from the tread print what dirrection the vehicles were going since it would leave the same pattern going either way. We run 14.00X20 Michelin XL's omn our 5-ton trucks. I like them a lot. we also have a Goodyear version, but the tread is milder and they don't do as well off-road.

 

Actually, that's a directional tire that was labeled non-directional so it could be sold to the military. You should have them mounted in the same direction so that if you lock up the brakes the difference in the tires won't cause it to spin.

 

Yeah, its obviously a directional tire, cause you can tell which way theyre going. and im not onna bother switching the tire, ive had no trouble yet so im gonna leave it.

 

hmm, guess they removed all of those arrows pointing one way. I have locked 'em up in a 36,000 pound wrecker towing a water trailer before and just slid straight. All of our tires that are sold as non-military tires seem to be directional on the civilian side(MT-R, etc.).

 

If they are directional, confuse the enemy, drive around backwards!!

Laters, Ryan

 

well, that the beaut of having one back tire on backwards, the enemy cant tell which way you came from, even with the directional tires.

 

Actually mount one side backwards the other forwards. That would confuse the hell out of everyone.

Laters, Ryan