Tire Outside Diameter

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Tire Outside Diameter

Post by SinDiesel » Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:26 pm

What is the Outside Diameter of the standard Mighty Mite Tires?


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Post by Bill H. » Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:02 pm

Not sure exactly sure what you're after but the tire size is 6.00 X 16" which gives a tire height of about 28" to 29".
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Post by SinDiesel » Sat Dec 31, 2016 10:39 pm

Thanks Bill,
I am a bit unfamiliar with 16X6 (i.e. Rim Diameter and width) and how it corresponds to the outside diameter of a tire without a 3rd dimension like aspect ratio. Is there a standard that maybe I'm not familiar with such that all NDT's have a certain aspect ratio or "rule of thumb" for older tires.

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Post by Joe Gopan » Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:38 am

Is ther a tire problem you are trying to avoid?
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Re: Tire Outside Diameter

Post by SinDiesel » Sun Jan 01, 2017 7:25 am

Not having any tire problems, just running some calculations on the effects of final drive speed due to variations in actual tire diameter.

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Post by Radar4xfour » Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:46 am

A 6.00-16 measured at 27-3/4" with 25 PSI in the tire.

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Post by Bill H. » Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:47 am

Radar4xfour wrote:A 6.00-16 measured at 27-3/4" with 25 PSI in the tire.

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Radar, is that an actual measurement? The books all list the 6.00 X 16 NDT at 28.6".
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Post by Radar4xfour » Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:57 am

Yes it is an actual measurement, at 25 PSI.

And just for fun I measured the other Mighty Mite in the shop. It measured, at 25 PSI, 27-15/16"

Both measured with a level and rule, not just eyeballing it.

Bill, if your machine is handy please go measure it, I suspect the number will be different. In fact there a few other variable that we could take into consideration like manufacturer and load ranges. For certain there are LT, B and C load ranges in the 6.00-16 available. Both the tires I measured were B's, the correct 4 ply rating for a Mighty Mite.

That is all on the subject from me.

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