Re: [OMC-Boats] 6.90-9 Evenrude trailer tires

I bought two of these tires back in September for about 72.00 each installed.  The shop I bought them from (near DFW airport) indicated they were airport baggage cart rims and plentiful if you are near a commercial airport.  If you have one near you, you might check with some shops around the airport or better yet, check with one of the ramp facility offices and see who does the maintenance on cart tires.  You should also be able to find some rims there.  As mentioned previously, the tires can still be found.

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer

--- On Tue, 6/2/09, DOUGLAS JULIEN <dfjulien@...> wrote:

From: DOUGLAS JULIEN <dfjulien@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] 6.90-9 Evenrude trailer tires
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...mate.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 6:35 PM

Hi Wayne:

Those 6.90 -9 tires are a pain to find.  The original trailer specs call for an 8-ply 80# tire.  It's easy to find a Carlyle 6-ply 60# version (load range C) which will work if run up to 60 lbs but for how long?  They get hot.  I've located a Chinese 10-ply 100# version, available from my local Autotire (26 locations near St. Louis) which they get from St. Louis Wholesale Tire (http://www.stlwholesale.com/).

It's after hours so I can't check if they still have them.  Best to mount on the OMC rims as the standard OMC hub is too large to fit the hole in a standard 9" wheel.  In other words, make sure the wheels fit your trailer hubs.

-Doug Julien

--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Wayne <wayne@...> wrote:

From: Wayne <wayne@...>
Subject: [OMC-Boats] 6.90-9 Evenrude trailer tires
To: omc-boats@...
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 5:30 PM

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