Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 08/22/2018 at 09:30 • Filed to: good morning oppo

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All aboard the tire bus. 

Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 09:33

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It would be interesting to extrapolate exactly how large that tire would be.

Ash78, voting early and often > Just Jeepin' 08/22/2018 at 09:36

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About OEM size for most current luxury SUVs.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 09:37

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well.... keep it rubber side down just got confusing

Milky > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 09:49

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All aboard the tire bus because were going to the tire fair.

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 09:53

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Was that donut shop before they turned it into a tire store ? 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Just Jeepin' 08/22/2018 at 09:59

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Truck appears like something between a 1.5 ton Ford AA and something bigger like a White , and a Ford AA is 67" wide. Max highway width for cars up into the ‘50s was 81" or so, and I believe was lower in prior times. The bodywork with the “tires” is not more than 4" wider each side than the base bodywork, I don’t believe - but the “tread” is trimmed off on the sides.

Conservatively, I put tire diameter at 76"+5" tread depth (x2) = 86" tire. 7'2" or so. Probably not bigger than 8'.

As to “width”, the wheelbase is clearly longer than SWB for a Ford AA 1.5ton, which is 130". Call it around 170", and wheelbase is about as long as the “tire” bodywork. A little over 14 '.

WilliamsSW > Milky 08/22/2018 at 10:00

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Tire fair >> tire fire

ttyymmnn > vondon302 08/22/2018 at 10:05

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I don’t know. It might have been. Because this is definitely a thing.

Just Jeepin' > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/22/2018 at 10:06

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Impressive, but I’m looking for the size of the tire that would have come from were that  just a segment.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/22/2018 at 10:10

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“A” for effort.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 10:12

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Where have all the good tire/gas logos gone... ?

At least Sinclair’s holding strong...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Just Jeepin' 08/22/2018 at 10:13

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Well, taking that 14' width and extrapolating with the assumption it’s a 700-20 bias ply or similar, that would map to about a 100' tire.

Other sizes/formats wouldn’t be too far off that, because bias ply tires have to be close to round in section. An even heavier duty tire will be about the same tread to OD ratio. The only potential weirdness is in wheel size.

Milky > WilliamsSW 08/22/2018 at 10:14

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Some tire fires  are fun tho.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > WilliamsSW 08/22/2018 at 10:15

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I’m 90% sure I know where that picture was taken. If it is,  I’ve been there (before it caught on fire).

It’s a long story, but I was part of a site survey team on deploying a surveillance system for protecting that site. We did get enough video for the police to arrest the person that set the fires, but the system wasn’t completely implemented at the time.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/22/2018 at 10:15

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Petroleum: Made by dinosaurs.

Just Jeepin' > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/22/2018 at 10:17

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Nice. I expected some one would have to figure out the curvature to see what size slice that was of the overall tire.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Just Jeepin' 08/22/2018 at 10:20

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Sorry, I’m an idiot. I was looking at the tire wrong this whole time.

Looking at it correctly, say for a 600-22, it’s about a 50' tire.

No larger than 70'. (30x3 brass age tire)

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 10:25

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Do you think advertising now will look this classy in the years to come?  I doubt it

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Ash78, voting early and often 08/22/2018 at 10:25

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+1 20 inch rim

WilliamsSW > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 08/22/2018 at 10:29

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I just grabbed it from the webs. West Texas apparently, so I bet you’re right about knowing the location.

Some people are assholes - glad they caught the idiot. 

Ash78, voting early and often > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/22/2018 at 10:39

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I parked next to the QX80 yesterday and didn’t realize they were up to 22" now.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Ash78, voting early and often 08/22/2018 at 10:40

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That’s insane

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 10:46

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Treat every day like a retread of the day before...

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/22/2018 at 10:48

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He does that all the time when I post obscure (at least to me) old cars. It’s great. 

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/22/2018 at 10:49

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You mean this isn’t classy?

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 10:51

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EH, I’M TIRED

user314 > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 11:06

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“ Sir , I’m gonna have to ask you to exit the donut .”

For Sweden > user314 08/22/2018 at 11:08

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When would Tony Stark ever go to Inglewood?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin' 08/22/2018 at 11:08

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If his 14' estimate is right for the arc , and that segment of the tire is ~ 1/36th (10 degrees) of the total circumference, then the diameter would be just over 160 feet.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 11:08

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Isn’t this pretty old now?

user314 > For Sweden 08/22/2018 at 11:13

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When Marvel is paying big bucks for location shots?

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/22/2018 at 11:16

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Actually, yeah, it’s been around since 1936. Here it is in 1940, with added cockpit glass.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 11:19

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If you have yellow band weiner, take these pills for a month.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ttyymmnn 08/22/2018 at 11:48

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http://poorlydrawndinosaurs.com/?p=126

ttyymmnn > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/22/2018 at 12:23

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Equal parts funny and sad.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > WilliamsSW 08/22/2018 at 15:33

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And I’m wrong! Interesting. I am surprised that there is more than one huge used tire pile region like this in the deserts of the US. Ours was an extraordinary collection of piles numbering around 10M tires in Arizona about 25-30 miles SW of Phoenix.

The location is still visible on the aerial view on Google Maps, but there are no tires there anymore.