unico tires

Anyone ever used Unico tires? I believe they were a popular tractor tire years ago.

 

Had 'em on my '56. They were 6.50-16 Grip Spurs, bought at a farm store in the early '60's. After 40+ years, they finally dry rotted apart. How many did you find ??(or want to get rid of, me want!!)mehh

 

There's a guy over on the 2a Page looking for Grip Spurs.

Got a bunch of 'em? I may be interested, too!
Bob in Arkansas

 

I have 5 of them on my CJ5.

 

They'd look good on my red Jeep too mehh. Didn't that one come from out west somewhere? How do the tires look? Old/weathered, or fairly new? If you're looking to change to something different, I can work with you.......................

 

Jeep came from Phoenix. The tires look to be in pretty good shape and drive well. After I balanced them, they run fine on the highway (55-60), no vibration.

 

I wonder how long they were actually in production. Check this out:http://fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Valley%20News/Oswego%20Valley%20News%201959%20pdf/Newspaper%20Oswego%20Valley%20News%201959%20-%200950.pdf
Check the date, and the ad at the bottom of the page.

 

Wow. Where is Mr. Peabody and the wayback machine when you need em!R)

 

How can you tell by looking at the tire if it shouldn't be used? How do you spot dry rot, etc.?

 

You can check for this:
"Date Codes: Every tire has a date code stamped on the sidewall, which gives the date that the tire was manufactured. They look something like this: DOT PDHH MLOR 3403. The date code can be on either side of the tire, so you may have to crawl underneath the rig and look on the inward facing side. The date code always starts with the letters DOT and ends with a 3 or 4 digit number. That last number is the date code, which tells you when the tire was manufactured. The first two numbers indicate the week (out of 52) and the last one or two digits indicate the year. For instance, 3403 means the 34th week of 2003, or the last week in August 2003. Starting with the year 2000, the date codes have two digits for the year, prior to that, only one. A date code of 079 would indicate the seventh week of 1999, or the third week of February 1999. "
Now, depending on when the tire was actually made, it may not have this info. Not sure when the practice started...........

 

I once got a set of new old tires that had been stored in a garage for years. They still had the stickers on the tread and they looked perfectly good when I put them on the car. Within a couple of months of mounting them I had to change then because they were so cracked that they wouldn't hold air.

 

If you want that look why not simply go with a NDT?
http://www.universaltire.com/firestone-tires/firestone-military-ndt.html

Firestone is simply a example Michelin makes a tire close to the grip spur but of course you already knew that.

 

You could always get some skinny (in this case 29") tsl's.

 

No, I didn't know that. Got a linky?