"The fact remains that tubeless tyres on a tubed rim are illegal and for that reason as well as the safety aspect, should be avoided"
Are you sure...my brand new 32t 8 wheel truck does NOT have safety beads.
No reason why they would be any more dangerous than running on a flat tubed tyre...think about it.
That's fine, I certainly don't want us to fall out over a difference of opinion.I will take your word for it....I'm perfectly happy with my set-up.
I'm going to give that a go. I've been whacking it with hammers and all sorts.
Col
If you have another Landy handy you can also drive over the edge of the tyre to crack the bead lol
I now know that there is actually a tube in the tyre as it was repaired today.
A bold 2nd post from me I guess, but it might make you laugh , when I bought my s3 it had 265/75r16 Insa turbo dakars squeezed onto the original swb tubed rims, I'm not joking ! I ran them for about a year before taking an interest in what rims I had on, before changing to defender take offs. Didn't have any problems but when I realised quite what the set up was I didn't want to risk something happening. I'll try and post a picture when I figure out how
Run the same KP 205R16 MT on my 1967 swb ex mil. Fitted on mil split rims with tubes and yes fixing punctures with the split rims is easy. It's only easy though as they are blasted and painted so not glued together with rust. Had to fix puncture when driving the North Coast 500 this summerI picked up a set of Kingpin Mud Tracker remoulds in size 205R16 Today.
I thought they were quite good value at £54 each. In my opinion they also look more Series like. Now to get the wheels sand blasted and painted. The vehicle will have to sit on blocks of wood without wheels for a while as that gets done. I did have another set of the same wheels, but unfortunately sold them thinking they were taking up space and I would never use them.
For anyone wanting to change tyres themselves, surely the military split rims with the bolts are the best option for that.