Help with 7.00X17 tires, Budd wheels, '39 3/4 ton followed me home

[RalphG]

I was lucky enough to pick up a "good as new" pair of 7.50x17s for $25 at a farm auction sale last year. Had to search through quite a pile of used assorted tires but when I saw 17s I knew they were worth picking up. Hopefully to go on one of the old trucks here when I get around to it.

[flatheadman]

I have one just like that with a Wood hydraulic dump bed. Came from central Montana. It is for sale in Northern Nevada.

[flatheadman]

The tubes are going to be as hard to find as the tire as the stem is in the center and bent 90 degrees.

[47 flatbed]

Seems the bigger trucks have been left as used last. My 47 is a 1 ton. Last year I bought a 39 3/4 ton express bed it has wide 5 on her. Truck is complete and anxious to start the resto

[jim galli]

putting the widowmakers together

Putting the widowmakers together. Notice the joint in the 2 air hoses where I control the air and where I sit while they're airing up.

Sometimes I think we scare ourselves out of doing things that were routine to our grandparents. OK to have some sense about it, but in general I feel our society is very shallow on the risk taking.