Filed under: Etc., Tech, Commercial Trucks
Titan Tire ships world's first 63-inch tire
Remember in the first Crocodile Dundee movie when he gets mugged in New York City and Sue says "He's got a knife," and Dundee says, "That's not a knife, this is a knife," and then he pulls out a beast-killing monstrosity of a blade? Well, that's what the folks at Titan Tire are saying right now about every other -- smaller -- tire in the world.
Titan has made a 63-inch rubber behemoth for use on trucks in Canada's oil sands. The stats on these rubber donuts is impressive: the 59/80R63 is the biggest production tire in the world, standing over fourteen feet tall and weighing 12,500 pounds with a load rating of 101 metric tons. It makes Titan a very appropriate name for the company, as we learned from another movie, Remember the Titans, that in Greek mythology the Titans were greater even than the gods. Now we can only hope this development will make the price of oil drop another ten dollars...
[Source: Titan via Gizmag]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Sylbert 2:33PM (7/31/2008)
put some spinnerZ on yo
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ati 2:33PM (7/31/2008)
I have to buy a set for my hummer
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torch0 2:33PM (7/31/2008)
these would look good on a prius
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Andy 2:41PM (7/31/2008)
Or on top of a Prius.
MemphisNET 2:45PM (7/31/2008)
Will it blend?
Having lived/worked out on the oilsands, seeing these massive trucks do their thing is extremely impressive.
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ALEXDB9 2:55PM (7/31/2008)
Now those are DUBS!!! Seriously, how long until some rapper puts this on his Impala? I say at most a week.
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Matt 2:56PM (7/31/2008)
Judging by how much petroleum is used in the manufacturing process of tires, I'd expect the price of oil to go up, not down.
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Joe_Flow_1 2:57PM (7/31/2008)
Is this bigger than the on that is on the 797b Cat dump truck (which I think is 13 feet tall a tire)....?
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71cuda 3:11PM (7/31/2008)
14 feet is taller than 13 feet...so, yes.
71cuda 3:57PM (7/31/2008)
Actually, the 797B uses tires with these dimensions, made by Michelin. So, the claim made by this post is false. It's just a competing tire brand.
So when you take your mining truck to Wal Mart for a tire change, you can get the fancy Michelins, or the house brand Titans.
Joe_Flow_1 10:19AM (8/01/2008)
Thats what I thought....Thanks for the confirmation.
Bert 3:02PM (7/31/2008)
Just wait until someone puts 62 inch spinners on there!
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Benfolio 3:06PM (7/31/2008)
Cue the two wheels in the foreground to suddenly roll toward each other, crushing the proud men under thier tonnage.
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Franz 3:40PM (7/31/2008)
LOL. I swear, I thought the exact thing when I saw the picture.
apearlman 3:10PM (7/31/2008)
Those guys look proud of themselves, but whose idea was it to only make 3? Are these for a giant tricycle?
Oh, and don't forget to build a mini-spare.
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apearlman 3:22PM (7/31/2008)
Those guys look proud of themselves, but whose idea was it to only make 3? Are these for a giant tricycle?
Oh, and don't forget to build a mini-spare.
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Bungle 3:25PM (7/31/2008)
59/80R63 has got to be wrong... no way these are 59mm wide!
I fear it's not long until we see these on a '64 Impala in a rap video.
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matt 3:30PM (7/31/2008)
it's probably measured in cm since 590/80 would just be odd.
matt 3:31PM (7/31/2008)
I take that back, it's probably measured in inches, based on the picture
Glifford 4:38AM (8/01/2008)
It is measured in Inches. Like the old Bias/Crossply tyres were! That's standard for larger tyres used on CVs