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Re: Old Armstrong type tires - Still available?
Good old Armstrongs.They were excellent tires topped by no one.I feel they were right up there with Goodyear with off road rubbers.I`m talking machinery and municiple trucks like fire aparatus.They had an Extra Traction lug tread for what you want.The Rhino was the first oversize 11x15 I knew of.They made a popular tire called the Norseman that is what the Cepek Fun Countys were copied from.I mean exactly,except Norsemans had an "A" for rhe side lug and Fun Countrys had a "DC".Cepek was real involved with Armstrong back in the day.I assume they`re defunct and sold the tire line/name to Mickey Thompson(or visa-versa).I ran 14.50/37x16.5s for years starting in`77 when they first came out.They were Extra Tractions at first,then got a dumb name,Tru Grip RV,later.I got mine from Dick Cepek,then found them around here.The tire guys always said they were hard to get.As in,the factory couldn`t keep up.I don`t know what ever happened,or if Armstrong is still around.Try Coker Tire,they make some vintage truck tires.
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