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Originally posted by flatfender47 flatfender47 wrote:

Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

Originally posted by flatfender47 flatfender47 wrote:

Kinda the tire of choice along with Tru Tracs back then.


That's only because better tires weren't available.  I looked.

Really ?

Armstrong Norseman
Armstrong Tru Trac
Winston Fun n Mud
Stagger Blocks (who made those ?)

The list can go on and on......


Norsemans, maybe.  Maybe even Desert Dogs.  They weren't easy to find, though.
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Originally posted by Bruce W Bruce W wrote:

Originally posted by flatfender47 flatfender47 wrote:

I ran Armstong 11.00-15 Hi Way Flotation tires (floats) for 10 years or more in the 70's, on and off road.

Good trick. Kinda like, "I spent a week in Nebraska one day." LOL  BW


Have you ever been to Nebraska? LOL That week spent in Nebraska one day is doable!

I know that you lived through the 70s.Big smile So did I.Ouch

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Originally posted by cpt logger cpt logger wrote:

Originally posted by Bruce W Bruce W wrote:

Originally posted by flatfender47 flatfender47 wrote:

I ran Armstong 11.00-15 Hi Way Flotation tires (floats) for 10 years or more in the 70's, on and off road.

Good trick. Kinda like, "I spent a week in Nebraska one day." LOL  BW


Have you ever been to Nebraska? LOL That week spent in Nebraska one day is doable!

I know that you lived through the 70s.Big smile So did I.Ouch


When the 70s started, I didn't really believe I would live to see the 80s.Ouch But here I am!  BW
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Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

Originally posted by flatfender47 flatfender47 wrote:

Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

Originally posted by flatfender47 flatfender47 wrote:

Kinda the tire of choice along with Tru Tracs back then.


That's only because better tires weren't available.  I looked.

Really ?

Armstrong Norseman
Armstrong Tru Trac
Winston Fun n Mud
Stagger Blocks (who made those ?)

The list can go on and on......


Norsemans, maybe.  Maybe even Desert Dogs.  They weren't easy to find, though.


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I never liked those, either.
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   floatation tires work in spring-snowpack travel at 4-psi yep.

First off, when I was in Jr college I had traded a VW bug to a woman for a '57 Willys wagon. The wagon had a 327 Chev with powerglide and Armstrong farm implement ribbed tires. 10-15 on 10-inch wheels on front and 11-15 on 10-inch wheels on the rear. That thing would run up the freeway like a normal vehicle.
   I think the tire had a 35-mph top speed warning label.   I ran them at 75-mph down the freeway with no problems, and never took them out to the sand.
   I was 20-years old at the time, and wound up dead-centering a power pole on the way home from a barn-party one night. Those were great tires !

   While we are kicking around old favorite tires, does anyone remember the Monaco which looked like the mud terrain. The Monaco tires had heavy lugs and I had bought a used set to run my my '73 power-wagon back in '74.
   Now, after those Monaco's wore out I installed a set of Armstrong Tru Trac's on the power-wagon and after having them shaved with the tire truing machine they ran down the highway fairly well with Gobs of weights on the wheels.

   On my 4x4 Ford van, I have worn out 2-sets of Mickey Thompson 34-inch bias ply tires, and those are the Truest tires I have run on my larger rigs, whereas the BF Goodrich TA's have almost always required lots more weights than you would expect for a well-known brand.
   After the mickey's I installed BF ta's in 315-16 size and was disappointed with the roundness of the tires, as no comparison to how true those mickeys were.

   I just took my jeep trailer to the lake behind my old '71 Winnebago motorhome full of camping gear and ran the Tru-Tracs at 9-psi on the highway for a soft ride. Hard to believe this pair of tires has not come apart yet.
30-years ago, I would buy the Armstrong Tru Tracs at the Price-Club store in Sacramento, California until the tires were discontinued.

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Top - Pismo Beach, Devils Slide, 1983, Armstrong Hi Way Flotation, 11.00 x 15, on 15" wide wheels
   Middle - 1977, California desert wash near Glamis, LF is flat, same tires/wheels as above.
   Bottom - 1978, So Cal  desert Jeep trip, same tires (different set) on 10" wide wheels.








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I don't know if I should even get into this talk. I spent many years in a tire shop and none of those tires are not around anymore.


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I never did much sand. but my "Desert Dog" tires sure added lots floatation for WV mud back in the 70s
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