
Build diary · Step 06
New shoes for the truck

The fire brigade’s relatively narrow wheels with twin tyres at the back unfortunately aren’t suitable for my plans. Wider wheels have a bigger footprint off-road, and by letting air out I can increase grip even further. Also, stones can get wedged between twin tyres and damage or slash them – something you really don’t want off-road.





At around 150 kg per wheel the swap isn’t that easy, but it went much better than expected. At first I tried using a pallet jack, but soon switched to levering the wheels into position with an iron bar. That worked surprisingly well – still, I’ll order wheel positioning aids for the future to protect the threads.



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