Tail Dolly Tire

[Albert Gold]

The casing of the tire on my tail dolly for my Discus B, which I suspect
dates from the time the ship was delivered to it's original owner in
1985, has split along the tread, allowing a bit of the inner tube to
bulge out. The marking on the side wall of the tire, which is of German
origin, says, "200 X 50." Can anyone tell me where I might be able to
find a suitable replacement tire?

Al

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Albert Gold wrote:
> The casing of the tire on my tail dolly for my Discus B, which I
suspect
> dates from the time the ship was delivered to it's original owner in
> 1985, has split along the tread, allowing a bit of the inner tube to
> bulge out. The marking on the side wall of the tire, which is of
German
> origin, says, "200 X 50." Can anyone tell me where I might be able
to
> find a suitable replacement tire?
>
> Al



Al,

This is a very common tail wheel size - try here first:

http://www.wingsandwheels.com/page32.htm

then:

http://www.desser.com/tailwheel.html

and also, may still have good german contenental tubes:

http://store.williamssoaring.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=WSP&Category_Code=THT

I don't like the chinese tires and tubes.. Tost heavy duty tire
superior to OEM Contenental tire.. Make sure you get the right style of
inner tube stem... Save the tube if you can.

aerodyne

[01-- Zero One]

This is a somewhat common size for some of the electric scooters and
wheelchairs right now. A google search will yield many results.

Larry
"01" USA

" > wrote in message
:

> The casing of the tire on my tail dolly for my Discus B, which I suspect
> dates from the time the ship was delivered to it's original owner in
> 1985, has split along the tread, allowing a bit of the inner tube to
> bulge out. The marking on the side wall of the tire, which is of German
> origin, says, "200 X 50." Can anyone tell me where I might be able to
> find a suitable replacement tire?
>
> Al

[[email protected]]

I can't recommend non-aircraft tires.

It's not a safety issue for a tailwheel, they just don't last as long.
It is not worth the time and hassle or risk of an unscheduled
replacement. Sidewall cracking on a old, quality tire can be monitored
and replacement deferred to off season in many cases. Sudden flat on
flight line is much less convienent IMO.

[Bill Daniels]

I got a complete replacement wheel for my tail dolly. The wheel came from a
hospital cart. It has a solid urethane tire like the roller blade wheels we
all use for tailwheels. It is just as soft as an inflated tire with a tube
but it will never go flat.

Bill Daniels

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> I can't recommend non-aircraft tires.
>
> It's not a safety issue for a tailwheel, they just don't last as long.
> It is not worth the time and hassle or risk of an unscheduled
> replacement. Sidewall cracking on a old, quality tire can be monitored
> and replacement deferred to off season in many cases. Sudden flat on
> flight line is much less convienent IMO.
>

[Bruce]

Albert Gold wrote:
> The casing of the tire on my tail dolly for my Discus B, which I suspect
> dates from the time the ship was delivered to it's original owner in
> 1985, has split along the tread, allowing a bit of the inner tube to
> bulge out. The marking on the side wall of the tire, which is of German
> origin, says, "200 X 50." Can anyone tell me where I might be able to
> find a suitable replacement tire?
>
> Al
>
Standard size of a wheelchair front wheel. Very cheap usually, will have a light
grey colour usually.

--
Bruce Greeff
Std Cirrus #57
I'm no-T at the address above.
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\_________0_________/

[Thomas Knauff]

We stock a replacement solid wheel/tire to fit the tail dolly. This
eliminates the inner tube and ends flat tail dolly tires.

--
Thomas Knauff
Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies
Ridge Soaring Gliderport

www.eglider.org
(814) 355 2483
fax (814) 355 2633
"Albert Gold" > wrote in message
...
> The casing of the tire on my tail dolly for my Discus B, which I suspect
> dates from the time the ship was delivered to it's original owner in 1985,
> has split along the tread, allowing a bit of the inner tube to bulge out.
> The marking on the side wall of the tire, which is of German origin,
> says, "200 X 50." Can anyone tell me where I might be able to find a
> suitable replacement tire?
>
> Al
>

[Bert Willing]

I actually like to have an inflatable tail dolly wheel 200x50 (I think
that's a standard type) - it's the same size as my ASW20 and Calif tail
wheels, so it already came handy once :-)

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Thomas Knauff" > a écrit dans le message de news:
et...
> We stock a replacement solid wheel/tire to fit the tail dolly. This
> eliminates the inner tube and ends flat tail dolly tires.
>
> --
> Thomas Knauff
> Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies
> Ridge Soaring Gliderport
>
> www.eglider.org
> (814) 355 2483
> fax (814) 355 2633
> "Albert Gold" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The casing of the tire on my tail dolly for my Discus B, which I suspect
>> dates from the time the ship was delivered to it's original owner in
>> 1985, has split along the tread, allowing a bit of the inner tube to
>> bulge out. The marking on the side wall of the tire, which is of German
>> origin, says, "200 X 50." Can anyone tell me where I might be able to
>> find a suitable replacement tire?
>>
>> Al
>>
>
>