Re: [VAC] 59 22' Safari Tire and hitch question

["Terry Tyler" <Tylerbears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Don Hole,

You asked, 

>Am I better off to take the discount and get new 
>wheels and modern tires?  If so, what wheel/tire 
>combo would be equivalant?

That's the second part to this question. The first
part is which wheels and tires will fit in the space
available? Don't laugh. There are some critical
variables involved and what works for me may
not work for you. These trailers were not mass 
produced. 

Here's a previous posting that may get you 
started. It's from Ray Brett (see CC).

>I shopped by phone for 700X15LT  tires for my 79 Tradewind for my
>upcoming trip from Md. to Fla. One dealer didn't have them but offered
>an alternative at $159 each. I called another tire dealer, who I know
>and he said they didn't handle what I wanted  but gave me the number of
>a local commercial truck tire dealer who did. (this happens sometimes) I
>went to them and they charged me $58.00 each plus $7.00 mounting.  

>They saw my old tires had tubes, which I had already considered buying as
>extra protection for the new tires. They said "don't do it", because if
>you pick up a nail the tire will leak faster with a tube then a
>tubeless, bad seal around the rim. Consider commercial truck/heavy
>equipment  tire dealers for your new tires. 

>Also they said my six lug
>hole wheel is the same as a Nisson truck wheel and I can buy one from a
>junkyard so I can mount a spare, can this be true? They were confident
>enough that I'm gonna buy one, but before I mount the tire I'll ses if
>the Nisson rim  really fits. I had a couple of 6x6 blocks cut at an
>angle on one end I use as wheel chocks with me. They were looking for
>jacking points so I simply backed on up the chocks  raising the front
>tires, and they replaced them. I then repeated the operation on the rear
>two, neat,  fast, and I  learned it here.
>