michelin see thru airless tires

[dogpatch1]

my aunt sent me back some pics from south carolina @ the michelin test track of some new tires they are getting ready to test. just think of the impact these will have...

spike strips will no longer be effective.
"free" air at stations
tire repair costs

and you thought those 24's and spinners were all that!..... dp1

 

[hillbilly4008]

Those have been around for years. Ive seen em on forklifts, and front end loaders in dumps. Mainly used for instances where flat tires are common.

I cant imagine how they would work on a car though, highway speeds??? Pot holes?

 

[Arkansawer]

Do they have them in white walls?

 

[Gearhead10]

I got an e-mail on those earlier this week. Man they would Not work out here in the midwest in the winter, they'd get plugged up in a hurry. " hey bubba I got a shake in the front end"

 

[dmw56]

Yes, we had fork lifts with those at a Pallet/Lumber yard I worked at. Didn't have to worry about flat tires all the time.

 

[fatfenderfreak]

How many burnouts could you get out of those?

 

[hillbilly4008]

Same as any tire. One REALLY good one.

 

[Willowbilly3]

We've been running those on the skid steer for a while.

 

[T2T]

I got some............I painted them red.

 

[streetrodman]

tires

slap some porta-walls on em' and you will be ready to roll

Streetrodman

 

[hodag]

I saw something about them in one of my four wheel drive magazines. I think they are calling them a "tweel".