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03-05-2015, 06:16 AM
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flygrrl
1962 19' Globetrotter
Winchester
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Diamond Back Trailer Tires
Anybody have, or have used, these? http://www.dbtires.com/2013_catalog/...log_Web_Hi.pdf
Page 15 is trailer tires. Load ratings C, D, E, 6-10 ply. Very swanky looking , but $214-$259, not so nice. Thinking of biting but maybe someone has a better alternative. I know some folks do their own whitewalls by painting their tires, but does this work or last?
I will protect tires with covers when not on the road. Since I only need 2, and am Canadian, used to getting hosed on prices, this is pretty much the same price as what we would pay at Walmart.
Opinions welcomed!
Leonie
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03-05-2015, 06:32 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
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I use Diamond Back tires on my old cars. Great tires and a good company. Whitewalls should be good from them, however, I think it makes the Airstream look like it belongs in Detroit.
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03-05-2015, 06:38 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Melody Ranch
I use Diamond Back tires on my old cars. Great tires and a good company. Whitewalls should be good from them, however, I think it makes the Airstream look like it belongs in Detroit.
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X2
WW belong on "old carz"
Coker bias.
1962 'skinny' whites were in vogue.
Bob
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03-05-2015, 07:11 AM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
Lin
, Ne
Join Date: Dec 2009
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03-05-2015, 08:42 AM
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Rivet Master
1972 31' Sovereign
1975 31' Excella 500
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Benton
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Thanks for the link on the tires Carl, I have been looking for something like that for a while.
1/2 Ton 4WD Truck, 72 Sovereign Hensley Arrow
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03-05-2015, 09:16 AM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
Lin
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Ive had them on my trailer 4 yrs now, maybe 4 more, no signs of drying out. They are retreadable so that tells you that they have a high quality casing. They have a thick strong sidewall, not a wimpy sidewall like the ST LRD radial they replaced.
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03-05-2015, 09:16 AM
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1994 30' Excella
alexandria
, Kentucky
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Is the Yokahama RY215 both a radial and LT tire?
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1994 Classic 30'11" Excella - rear twin
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03-05-2015, 09:17 AM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
Lin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crispyboy
Is the Yokahama RY215 both a radial and LT tire?
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Yes
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03-05-2015, 09:41 AM
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Rivet Master
1972 31' Sovereign
1975 31' Excella 500
Currently Looking...
Benton
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I'm getting them.
1/2 Ton 4WD Truck, 72 Sovereign Hensley Arrow
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03-05-2015, 10:38 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1967 17' Caravel
Cumming
, Georgia
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I've personally bought six sets of tires from Diamondback. Mostly redline radials for muscle cars I've had over the past few years. I'm currently running a set of their wide whitewall trailer tires on my '67 Airstream Caravel. I always had great service from their tires and they balanced up great. You do need to allow some lead time as they don't have tires sitting around ready to ship (which is good). They make up the tires you order. I've also always had good luck with the Diamondback people.
I've currently got a set of wide whitewall radials on a '51 Ford F1 p/u that came from Coker. I had to have these tires balanced three times at three different places. They still aren't perfect. The whitewalls are checked looking. From what I understand Coker makes their tires up in advance and they are sitting around a warehouse for a period of time before you get them. The Coker folks are nice people but I haven't had good experiences with the tires I've bought from them. I've talked to two different people at car shows that have had the tread separate on tires that came from there. Coker replaced them both times but there is the potential for damage or injury when that happens. I prefer the look of whitewalls but also like the bias ply original look. I've got another set of bias ply trailer tires and wheels. I'll likely blast and paint them and run them on some trips this year for a different look.
Thanks, G
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As I saw written one time:
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03-05-2015, 05:14 PM
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flygrrl
1962 19' Globetrotter
Winchester
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Thank you everyone for posting.
StreaminGuy, goodness gracious, those are shiny trailers. STUNNING IMHO! I think the whitewalls look cooler (as in temp, not hipness), well....maybe in hipness too. I am also thinking of beauty rings. As the DH says, when you are into it up to here, (hand placed across forehead), don't suddenly not get what you want just because of a few $100. Let me be clear; THIS IS NOT WHY I MARRIED HIM. I am only obsessed with Airstreams and Jeeps, and he is into the obsessions as much as I am, so we share our toys. Although strangely I am the one that does all the dirty work on them.
Thanks again everyone
Leonie
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03-05-2015, 05:46 PM
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flygrrl
1962 19' Globetrotter
Winchester
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The Yokohamas are nice tho.......hmm.
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03-05-2015, 06:47 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1975 31' Sovereign
howell
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Melody Ranch
I use Diamond Back tires on my old cars. Great tires and a good company. Whitewalls should be good from them, however, I think it makes the Airstream look like it belongs in Detroit.
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Please tell more regarding looking like "Detroit"?
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03-06-2015, 10:41 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2014 27' FB Classic
Cambridge
, New York
Join Date: May 2014
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The Yokohamas look good, but they only have a weight limit of 2040 on the 15". My '14 27FB Classic has a GVW of 9k, so I guess I'm stuck with the GYMs @ 2540 each...
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03-07-2015, 05:40 AM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
Lin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Adiredneck
The Yokohamas look good, but they only have a weight limit of 2040 on the 15". My '14 27FB Classic has a GVW of 9k, so I guess I'm stuck with the GYMs @ 2540 each...
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That's a heavy trailer, better consider going to 16" tires.
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03-07-2015, 06:31 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
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Detroit
As I see it now....not as it was......This from the Urban Dictionary
pimpmobile
A pimpmobile is a term used to describe a large luxury vehicle, usually a 1970s-era Lincoln or Cadillac car, that has been heavily customized in a garish, extravagant style. Customized features such as headlight covers {known as 'Superfly Headlights'} hood ornaments, LOUD stereo systems, unusual paint colors, and shag carpet interiors, Mirrors on the floor/cieling of the car, were used by car owners/Pimps to advertise their purported wealth and major importance.
These customized vehicles were popular with pimps in the ghettos of large cities of the US in the 1970s and 1980s, especially New York City, Detroit and Los Angeles, as a way of symbolizing their power to their community. By the 1990s and 2000s, the term was used to describe any car that was too fancy/godi
Pimpmobiles became part of popular culture when they were depicted in 1970s films such as Superfly and The Mack. In later days they also appeared in Austin Powers in Goldmember and Undercover Brother. The conversions became popular with Americans of all races, and several companies manufactured kits to convert late-model cars to pimpmobiles.
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