If you carefully look at either the rear steer wheel, or the front drive wheel, you'll see where the rubber adheres to the steel.. The inside of the steel/rubber adhesion is the actual press on tire.
Now if you again look carefully, you'll see the hub (or wheel), that peice should be all steel, therefore the tire is fitted to the hub w/ steel on steel.
Now if you measure the outside diameter of the hub, (which is the inside diameter of the tire) where the 2 steel(s) meet, that would be 1 measurement of the 3 needed.
The next measurement would be the width of the tire, from 1 side of steel, to the other side of steel. That would be your 2nd measurement.
The 3rd measurement, or tire OD, which is rubber to rubber height, can be determined by the 1st 2 measurements in the book.
So if the drive tire has a width of 7" and an ID of 12 1/8" the tire OD is automatically 18" (unless you have an uncomman size, unlikely). Therefore the tire size is 18 x 7 x 12 1/8.
This only works for cushion tires, not pneumatic or solid pneumatic tires. Hope this helps
Sorry, but this model precedes me. If you have a forklift truck that stocks industrial tires nearby your best bet is to take off the tires and bring them there. In all likelihood they have the tires in stock and can press them on.
hey duo would there be any chance that the steer wheels are 8 in are maybe 8.5 I have measured the rear hub and it looks to be 8.5 but im not sure if there is a retaining ring of some sort and its acutally 8 in thanks Robert
I think that the drive tires are 18" OD, 7" wide, 12 1/8" ID
The steer tires- 16" OD, 5" wide, 10 1\/2" ID.
Hard press on tires are sized by outside diameter X width X hub size. Measure the size of the hub it is pressed on and the width. Most 8" hubs use a 14" tall tire, 10 1/2 " hubs use a 16" tall tire, and 12 1/8" hubs use a 18" tall tire.