My truck

A couple months ago around November 30 2011 I got my first truck. Its a 1985 Chevy k20 pickup truck, when i got it there was a lot of things wrong with it. I was told it was a ex military truck I'm not sure if it was or not and the only thing i know that was from the military is the tires. The rims and tires are 37.5 12.5 16.5R the was said to have military run flats. The front rims were bolted together and really heavy when i changed the rims they did not have run flat in them. When i got to the back they where also bolted together and they were three piece rims and had run flat. The run flat was about a 50 to 75 pound block of solid thick rubber. after i changed the rims all the way around the truck lost a easy 300 pounds.

A tip if you cant set the bead on a tire and rim because of any reason you will need (after you get the tire around the rim) like brake parts cleaner or any spray can that the cleaner inside will ignite when hit with a flame, you will need a torch or something like that. What you need to do is put the rim on the tire and if it bead doesn't set while the tire is on the tire changer machine put the tire in a open place and shoot the cleaner inside and around the rim and tire where the tire and rim would meet. After that go right from spraying around the rim down the side wall and then the where the tire tread is to the floor and away about a foot from the tire. Remember the whole time make sure the everything you sprayed stays wet then ignite the cleaner and step back. the tire will explode into the air popping the tire out and setting the bead to the rim. after you do this hurry and put the fire out and air the tire up before the tire pressure becomes to little and pushes the tire back off the rim.