There's nothing more satisfying than thinking up a solution to a problem, figuring out how to manufacture a unique tool in your head, manufacture that said tool, using that tool that you created and successfully completing the task👍 Have a great weekend Sam
I live in Baltimore city and your way of explaining the process to correcting a problem has me intrigued. You give clear and accurate information about what you are doing and I appreciate your statements. Knowledge is a gift only if you care to learn what is being taught. I understand your point of views better than I thought.
I once had a truck with Dayton hubs. Don't miss that at all. The other two, both had both inner and outer rims secured with one shoulder nut. I see you have Freightliner steers. Seating is never an issue with Michelin tires.
Great explanations in amongst all that Sam. I have seen at least 9 x Ford 9000s since I started watching this series and could have sworn I’d never seen one before that date so there you go. The Lodge & Shipley looks like a good sturdy lathe, I love the old stuff because it’s heavy but a very stable platform for precision turning.
Just a thought… Mr. PETE would really enjoy hearing your comment about him. It would really encourage him to continue making videos. Also, your videos are awesome.
Sam; look up Cutting Edge Engineering; this is Kurtis' channel over in Australia & he has all manual lathes, a mill and a few other pieces of equipment. He works on construction equipment components; rams for dozers, graders, haul trucks, reskins grader blades; installs new steel after removing the old piece. He's also in the process of rebuilding his FRANNA yard crane; he's done 17 or 18 videos on that so far.
I drove a nissan UD for a while back in the 80's hauling gravel, same stud setup, absolute pain in the arse to have to change an inner wheel on the road, basically 20 nuts off and 20 nuts on.
I've always just put a spacer on the stud then screwed the nut on to draw it up. Love the LTL Guess with your set up no worry about the stud turning or bugering the threads. Fancy! Fancy! 🤩
Sam when I worked in a truck stop I did not like to change the truck tires it was a workout we also had to change what we on the west cost called a CA. wheel that used the wedges to hold the wheels on it was a pain in the hip pockets because you had to make sure that the wheel was running true.
As long as we're working on old Ford's.... Last fall I bought a 1965 F350 with a dump box. Actually drove it home. 😊 As you'd expect it needed a lot of work. ( Still does) I'm a mechanic by trade who thinks he's a body man as well😢. I always start with the chassis/ drive line before attempting body repairs. The LH studs were already replaced with RH on the left rear. The left front still had the LH. Of course someone has stripped the threads on one stud so the nut would go neither off nor on. I was sure finding a replacement would be easy. 😢 Everyone wanted to sell me 10 at about $8.00 each. And only RH. Plus a set of 10 nuts at $5.00 each. I went to my local heavy truck and equipment dealer and thanks to a extremely helpful associate, who dug through old bins of obsolete parts, I went home with a new LH stud and nut for........$4.20!😅 There are some people, still, who will go the extra mile!
My grandparents had a trucking company, at their height they had 52. I was the tire guy for many years. They swore by Michelin tires because of the fact that 99.9% of the time they would see without having to use one of those high pressure rings or a cheetah.
Old time driver here love the video however I would never use used tires on the steer but my opinion I put around 4 million miles on trucks thanks for the videos love what you do keep it up
Thanks Sam, a very well done video with great descriptions of what you are doing. For a guy who never did any of what you do, it is very interesting. I'm 81 so I'll never have the opportunity to give it a try but at least I will be able to say I know what folks are talking about.
Saturday mornings with Sam. Always a pleasure. And I guessed it correctly - one day after watching a crane video, and watching you devise a solution to an issue with it I thought to myself "Sam either has an engineering degree - or really should get one". 🙂
Not being a picker of nits here; bu you could have taken an extra 2 minutes to pull the wheel off the truck & taken the tire off the backside; it would have been much easier to get it off; a nice 4 ft square of thick burber carpet works great for aluminum wheels. I used to be a commercial tire monkey for a few years.
Yeah, I always ended up scraping up the pretty side whenever an owner insisted I leave the rim on the vehicle to change a steer tire. If they complained I just sent them to talk to the manager.
Chrysler Corp. used to have left and right handed threads on their cars in the old days. That was to stop the lug nuts from loosening from rotation of the tire.
Like your home made tool for pulling studs, sweet. I worked in a jobber machine shop for years and all our manual lathes were monarchs, swing diameters from 16” to 30” up to 12’ centers, loved those machines. I admire tire guys, they work hard and do earn their money. Thanks for the video, looking forward to seeing that kit go in, enjoyed watching.
Better you than me! I’m so glad to see you put the torque wrench to it I like the Jack stand with it too. I’m sure there’s a good reason but the drivers seem more like steering tires but maybe you don’t drive in snow and ice and I wish I never had too. I drove 42 years and I never once saw a tire man change it on the truck but hey it worked but you were definitely breathing hard. Cool a wet kit that makes her more useful by a long shot. Love 9000 my favorite tractor by far.
I'm glad you are saving the old Ford. Not my favorite truck but I've owned a few 😂😂. But it's not a Peat so at least it is still actually America Made. Great video.
IMO, only if you have to replace most of the hubs at the same time. Then you'll also have to replace the rims. These are still pretty common, and aren't that bad to work with, they just have some nuances to be aware of.
My memory is now my downfall as I have troubles remembering the things we done years ago. One thing for sure is hauling logs or any material on a road bed was bad as like new crusher rock. Worked like a tick on a hogs back. Once it started chewing its way in, it didn't stop till it hit the hogs stomach. Same with those sharp stone on our new roads, so we changed the tires with out taking off the rims. That is where memory is foggy as it was no special tools, hey... out on a logging road, only thing going for you was the on board air brakes system was enough to air up a tire... or in a lot of cases, most all of them on those eighteen wheelers. Even those front tires were easy enough with a touch of cosby Sause and a air hose with the on and off quick handles on airlines. Scrappy, I just got home from a terribly close call to dying from a bad heart attack.... yeah, last week on the 13th and back home on the 18th. Here in alaska, many things seem cheaper than your costs, like my heart attack was close to a million dollars all said and done. If I had been there a full week, most likely they would of nocked me out, and sold my organs to pay for costs with our Biden administration. If I make my next birthday in oct. the twenty ninth, I will be seventy five so medicare paid for all of my stay but my lead nurses husband bruised his heart and just a in and out came out of pocket for the paltry sum of three hundred thousand dollars~!!!!! You best not go to the hospital for giving blood for their drives to save lives as they will figure out wear and tear on their floor and you would go broke just being in the palace of no pleasure at all. He is lucky that his wife works as a nurse and so family rates and insurance.... with their wages combined.. they still spent forty thousand dollars and follow up visits will only cost more! So if you just have a hang nail problem, rather than going to a hospital... "Hairy Cary might be the best option!
Hey Sam, I enjoy your video's, seems like I always learn something. Keep up the good work my friend. By the way thanks for being so nice and happy looking while doing your video's. God Bless you and your family.
Sam, Steve Feszchak at FSC Trucking is doing restoration of a 1983 Ford 9000 cabover and found “H” shackles on his front suspension with non-greasable bushings. Could you take a look at the latest video released today 8-23-2024 and see what he’s encountered? You might have similar suspension on your LTL9000. If you could be a resource to him or even offer encouragement, I would appreciate it. Probably just the last 10 minutes of this video would give you most of the information you might want to assess the situation. FSC Trucking is a good channel for watching him hauling loads with his ‘84 Peterbilt cabover. He’s especially good at offering footage which retired truckers especially enjoy. His videos are highly edited which I enjoy, but I don’t much care for his occasional live feeds, which is obviously unedited. He has a shop and a mechanic (Chris) where he maintains his equipment and is rehabbing some old equipment including the ‘84 Ford 9000 cabover along with its accompanying Chapel Trailer; a former mobile chapel that frequented truck stops back in the day. I’ve followed Matt for years and I’m glad you have your own channel now. Before that, you had cameo appearances on Diesel Creek, which I enjoyed your many contributions. 👍
Perpetual Motion RUclipsr Andy in lower Michigan has a similar Lodge and Shipley lathe. He does a lot of line boring and bushing work on dirt diggers. I was born in 1963 so that was a good year for machine tools 😊.AL B.
I spent a decade working on a larger version of your Lodge & Shipley, a 25 x 96 which also had the 2000 rpm top speed. Ours was a 1980 model and super accurate. The bigger lathe comes with a 2 speed tailstock which is handy when drilling with a 3" bit :-)
My choice would be to change the hubs to piloted type over the old ball and seat type. easier to get parts for. Fun to watch what your doing though, thanks.
in all my 25 years of driving a semi truck Ive never had a parts store ask me if the stud is going on the left side or the right side of my truck..... wait is that referring only to a bud style wheel? if so that would be a great reason to why you should just change all that over to the single nut style. less things you have to do to change wheels, change brakes, change wheel seals.
Hello Sam it's great to see you first thing in the morning here in Oregon. I got to say you're a hoot and a fun person to hang around with. My only complaint is I have to wait 3 weeks to see you again on or at work. I know you work hard, have a job, have your parents farm and all your responsibilities. It would just be nice if you can make a simple 5-hour long video. I mean come on... I can see your eyes rolling already. I appreciate your content immensely it's fun informative and I don't know diddly about it but when I watch your videos I learn a little bit each time. You have yourself a wonderful day and keep cranking out those videos. You know what might help is if you ask your buddy Matt, since he doesn't technically do anything... To be your cameraman? 😁
Try looking up Cutting Edge Engineering Australia on RUclips works in a single man workshop on eathworking machinery plus making his own specialty tools with all the steeps you can really pick up some welding tips as well Noel
Enjoy watching your videos. I wouldn't want to hear anything bad. FYI the recommended tire life expectancy is 6 years. That's the maximum. That's from Goodyear and the NTSB. I pulled expensive mobile medical trailers for over 20 years. The penny pinchers could not comprehend the tire life concept. Some of our units would stay at hospitals for years. The tire's tread would be almost new looking. At times when we were bringing a unit back multiple tires would blow out. It could get very expensive for road service plus the damage that occurred on some occurrences. The bean counter always wanted to squeeze everything until it had to be replaced. The tires appeared new looking, but the rubber degrades after a period of time. When you put that 10 year old tire on the steer axle, I cringed. That's the most important axle of all. If the tire blows, you hang on and pray. I don't have to tell you the consequences of a steer tire failure. Too many times it's a life threatening event. Not only to you and any one with you, but to anyone on the highway near you. I hope no harm comes to you. Gambling that way is not a good bet. May the Good Lord look over you and yours.
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There's nothing more satisfying than thinking up a solution to a problem, figuring out how to manufacture a unique tool in your head, manufacture that said tool, using that tool that you created and successfully completing the task👍 Have a great weekend Sam
I live in Baltimore city and your way of explaining the process to correcting a problem has me intrigued. You give clear and accurate information about what you are doing and I appreciate your statements. Knowledge is a gift only if you care to learn what is being taught. I understand your point of views better than I thought.
His clarity is very much appreciated.
Worked in fleet services for a city, never worked on bud wheels but was told by the old timers I was lucky because they were a pain.
I once had a truck with Dayton hubs. Don't miss that at all. The other two, both had both inner and outer rims secured with one shoulder nut. I see you have Freightliner steers. Seating is never an issue with Michelin tires.
Great explanations in amongst all that Sam. I have seen at least 9 x Ford 9000s since I started watching this series and could have sworn I’d never seen one before that date so there you go. The Lodge & Shipley looks like a good sturdy lathe, I love the old stuff because it’s heavy but a very stable platform for precision turning.
Just a thought… Mr. PETE would really enjoy hearing your comment about him. It would really encourage him to continue making videos. Also, your videos are awesome.
Sam; look up Cutting Edge Engineering; this is Kurtis' channel over in Australia & he has all manual lathes, a mill and a few other pieces of equipment. He works on construction equipment components; rams for dozers, graders, haul trucks, reskins grader blades; installs new steel after removing the old piece. He's also in the process of rebuilding his FRANNA yard crane; he's done 17 or 18 videos on that so far.
I cured that whole problem on my old tractor. I changed over to hub pilot hubs. Problem solved. That is a nice Ford.
Definitely the right solution. And thank you!
I drove a nissan UD for a while back in the 80's hauling gravel, same stud setup, absolute pain in the arse to have to change an inner wheel on the road, basically 20 nuts off and 20 nuts on.
I've always just put a spacer on the stud then screwed the nut on to draw it up. Love the LTL Guess with your set up no worry about the stud turning or bugering the threads. Fancy! Fancy! 🤩
Sam when I worked in a truck stop I did not like to change the truck tires it was a workout we also had to change what we on the west cost called a CA. wheel that used the wedges to hold the wheels on it was a pain in the hip pockets because you had to make sure that the wheel was running true.
As long as we're working on old Ford's.... Last fall I bought a 1965 F350 with a dump box. Actually drove it home. 😊 As you'd expect it needed a lot of work. ( Still does) I'm a mechanic by trade who thinks he's a body man as well😢. I always start with the chassis/ drive line before attempting body repairs. The LH studs were already replaced with RH on the left rear. The left front still had the LH. Of course someone has stripped the threads on one stud so the nut would go neither off nor on. I was sure finding a replacement would be easy. 😢 Everyone wanted to sell me 10 at about $8.00 each. And only RH. Plus a set of 10 nuts at $5.00 each. I went to my local heavy truck and equipment dealer and thanks to a extremely helpful associate, who dug through old bins of obsolete parts, I went home with a new LH stud and nut for........$4.20!😅 There are some people, still, who will go the extra mile!
The Ford really should have backup lights and a back up alarm
My grandparents had a trucking company, at their height they had 52. I was the tire guy for many years. They swore by Michelin tires because of the fact that 99.9% of the time they would see without having to use one of those high pressure rings or a cheetah.
Old time driver here love the video however I would never use used tires on the steer but my opinion I put around 4 million miles on trucks thanks for the videos love what you do keep it up
Your info on proper studs and thimbles for budd wheels is potentially life saving.
Thanks Sam, a very well done video with great descriptions of what you are doing. For a guy who never did any of what you do, it is very interesting. I'm 81 so I'll never have the opportunity to give it a try but at least I will be able to say I know what folks are talking about.
You make changing those front tires look easy Sam!👍
Saturday mornings with Sam. Always a pleasure. And I guessed it correctly - one day after watching a crane video, and watching you devise a solution to an issue with it I thought to myself "Sam either has an engineering degree - or really should get one". 🙂
Great solution..always interesting to see your solutions..that old Ford is a gem!
Too bad ford stopped making trucks like this
Not being a picker of nits here; bu you could have taken an extra 2 minutes to pull the wheel off the truck & taken the tire off the backside; it would have been much easier to get it off; a nice 4 ft square of thick burber carpet works great for aluminum wheels. I used to be a commercial tire monkey for a few years.
Yeah, I always ended up scraping up the pretty side whenever an owner insisted I leave the rim on the vehicle to change a steer tire. If they complained I just sent them to talk to the manager.
I love it when someone takes the time to make a tool to do the job well. Well done !!
Chrysler Corp. used to have left and right handed threads on their cars in the old days. That was to stop the lug nuts from loosening from rotation of the tire.
It's a good Saturday to start out with a posting from Scrappy Ind. The pld LTL is looking good.
Like your home made tool for pulling studs, sweet. I worked in a jobber machine shop for years and all our manual lathes were monarchs, swing diameters from 16” to 30” up to 12’ centers, loved those machines. I admire tire guys, they work hard and do earn their money. Thanks for the video, looking forward to seeing that kit go in, enjoyed watching.
Better you than me!
I’m so glad to see you put the torque wrench to it I like the Jack stand with it too.
I’m sure there’s a good reason but the drivers seem more like steering tires but maybe you don’t drive in snow and ice and I wish I never had too.
I drove 42 years and I never once saw a tire man change it on the truck but hey it worked but you were definitely breathing hard.
Cool a wet kit that makes her more useful by a long shot.
Love 9000 my favorite tractor by far.
Nothing beats a LeBlonde lathe, my starter lathe was a 19x59 LeBlonde Regal.
Your lab thought you were strangling a chicken when you were installing that lug LOL.
Thanks Sam…informative content.
COE or conventional I think Ford made some of the best looking trucks in the day. Scrappy’s truck is a beauty!
I'm glad you are saving the old Ford. Not my favorite truck but I've owned a few 😂😂. But it's not a Peat so at least it is still actually America Made. Great video.
That tool worked very well.
Would it be worth converting to hub pilot
IMO, only if you have to replace most of the hubs at the same time. Then you'll also have to replace the rims. These are still pretty common, and aren't that bad to work with, they just have some nuances to be aware of.
Man that Ford 9000 is a nice truck!!
Sam this video was very interesting About Working on Wheel Studs .
My memory is now my downfall as I have troubles remembering the things we done years ago. One thing for sure is hauling logs or any material on a road bed was bad as like new crusher rock. Worked like a tick on a hogs back. Once it started chewing its way in, it didn't stop till it hit the hogs stomach. Same with those sharp stone on our new roads, so we changed the tires with out taking off the rims. That is where memory is foggy as it was no special tools, hey... out on a logging road, only thing going for you was the on board air brakes system was enough to air up a tire... or in a lot of cases, most all of them on those eighteen wheelers. Even those front tires were easy enough with a touch of cosby Sause and a air hose with the on and off quick handles on airlines. Scrappy, I just got home from a terribly close call to dying from a bad heart attack.... yeah, last week on the 13th and back home on the 18th. Here in alaska, many things seem cheaper than your costs, like my heart attack was close to a million dollars all said and done. If I had been there a full week, most likely they would of nocked me out, and sold my organs to pay for costs with our Biden administration. If I make my next birthday in oct. the twenty ninth, I will be seventy five so medicare paid for all of my stay but my lead nurses husband bruised his heart and just a in and out came out of pocket for the paltry sum of three hundred thousand dollars~!!!!! You best not go to the hospital for giving blood for their drives to save lives as they will figure out wear and tear on their floor and you would go broke just being in the palace of no pleasure at all. He is lucky that his wife works as a nurse and so family rates and insurance.... with their wages combined.. they still spent forty thousand dollars and follow up visits will only cost more! So if you just have a hang nail problem, rather than going to a hospital... "Hairy Cary might be the best option!
Great solution!! Thanks for sharing
Mr Pete is THEEE dude!
Sam, you should get a work light over the metal lathe. When you see better you work better 😊
Thanks Sam for the coffee break.
Cheers.
Hey Sam, I enjoy your video's, seems like I always learn something. Keep up the good work my friend. By the way thanks for being so nice and happy looking while doing your video's. God Bless you and your family.
Sam, Steve Feszchak at FSC Trucking is doing restoration of a 1983 Ford 9000 cabover and found “H” shackles on his front suspension with non-greasable bushings. Could you take a look at the latest video released today 8-23-2024 and see what he’s encountered? You might have similar suspension on your LTL9000. If you could be a resource to him or even offer encouragement, I would appreciate it. Probably just the last 10 minutes of this video would give you most of the information you might want to assess the situation.
FSC Trucking is a good channel for watching him hauling loads with his ‘84 Peterbilt cabover. He’s especially good at offering footage which retired truckers especially enjoy. His videos are highly edited which I enjoy, but I don’t much care for his occasional live feeds, which is obviously unedited. He has a shop and a mechanic (Chris) where he maintains his equipment and is rehabbing some old equipment including the ‘84 Ford 9000 cabover along with its accompanying Chapel Trailer; a former mobile chapel that frequented truck stops back in the day.
I’ve followed Matt for years and I’m glad you have your own channel now. Before that, you had cameo appearances on Diesel Creek, which I enjoyed your many contributions. 👍
Now that was pretty slick ,I love to watch how you work through problems !!
love your dogs
Thanks for sharing.
Great job on the wheel studs Sam👍😎🍮
I got to play in the manufacturing eng lab with lathes mills welders etc, and a foundry at PSU, good times that stuck with me.
Sam, there are charts to show how much your torque setting changes when you use an extension, we had them in the military.
Interesting Thanks Sam..stay safe.
Great video. We enjoy watching and learning. Keep up the good work.
Hi Sam & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Sam & Friends Randy
Nice job Sam cracking truck buddy you look after it and it will look after you take care and all the best 👍👌🔧🔧🔧❤️
Perpetual Motion RUclipsr Andy in lower Michigan has a similar Lodge and Shipley lathe. He does a lot of line boring and bushing work on dirt diggers. I was born in 1963 so that was a good year for machine tools 😊.AL B.
I spent a decade working on a larger version of your Lodge & Shipley, a 25 x 96 which also had the 2000 rpm top speed. Ours was a 1980 model and super accurate. The bigger lathe comes with a 2 speed tailstock which is handy when drilling with a 3" bit :-)
Love your work Sam
for pipe welding make up V blocks //turn work pic. and run weld //V blocks well hold true to center ,
Nice Job Sam
your lathe is clean, shiney, most youtube lathes i see are dirty and dull, congratulations on a clean shop!
Great truck
Good stuff Sam
Great job as always 👍
Enjoyable video bro. Safe travels. Ken.
Nicely done
BFH that I did it in the day. There is a special shorty box end rench to separate the inner and outer lug nuts if your stud is stripped
great video Sam!!!
Brilliant video Sam watching from Edinburgh Scotland UK 🇬🇧 👍
Cool video. Machine work is always interesting.
Great work
Hey Sam and Matt why don't you put a steel I beam into the concrete floor so when you drive your track machines in your not ripping up the concrete
My choice would be to change the hubs to piloted type over the old ball and seat type. easier to get parts for. Fun to watch what your doing though, thanks.
I have a friend who changes truck tyres and I've never seen him do it that way.
Thanks for the video Sam has been awhile
You said that you had a regular job. What type of work do you do ?
Longer video please 👌
Man i love those Ford lt9000's! Nice job Sam on the rims, studs & tires. Those tires will give you a workout for sure!👍🏻👌🏻🛠️🔩🔧💪🏻
That's funny, I've just been doing the Same job. Machined m16 stud to m14 to refit into a hole that takes 16.5mm splind stud end.
Nice job I learned a lot today. thank you
Hi Sam after installing the inner wheel did you unwind the brake and recheck the nut torque again as sometimes the drum would not be fully on
Would you be able to use a torque multiplier on your wheel nuts to be easier on you?
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
Rainy? Love the keys or cays :)
Good morning Sam!
Glad to see you. Wasnt sure if you were going ro upload again.
Watch cutting edge engineering out or Australia he is one good machinist
Me listening to Sam describing what he was going to do: 🤯. Totally makes sense when I saw what he was doing.
Good content. 👍
Manual mill with DRO is ideal for a job shop.
in all my 25 years of driving a semi truck Ive never had a parts store ask me if the stud is going on the left side or the right side of my truck..... wait is that referring only to a bud style wheel? if so that would be a great reason to why you should just change all that over to the single nut style. less things you have to do to change wheels, change brakes, change wheel seals.
Did you build the mechanism to change the chucks? If so is there a video.?
Sam it looks like you bought one of those Roadway/YRC forklifts from Matt.
Nice work. I am surprised aluminum wheels have to be that tight.
How do you like those lights you put up in your shop? I noticed some scenes you had the old lights going and some you had the new ones... lol
(17:32)……tell me you watch Bluey without telling me you watch Bluey😂. Love the content Sam, keep it up 👍
The left hand threaded stud would sometimes have an "L" engraved on the end of the nut. Chrysler liked using them.
Yep, my 63 Sport Fury had the lefties on the driver’s side.
Hello Sam it's great to see you first thing in the morning here in Oregon. I got to say you're a hoot and a fun person to hang around with. My only complaint is I have to wait 3 weeks to see you again on or at work. I know you work hard, have a job, have your parents farm and all your responsibilities. It would just be nice if you can make a simple 5-hour long video. I mean come on... I can see your eyes rolling already. I appreciate your content immensely it's fun informative and I don't know diddly about it but when I watch your videos I learn a little bit each time. You have yourself a wonderful day and keep cranking out those videos. You know what might help is if you ask your buddy Matt, since he doesn't technically do anything... To be your cameraman? 😁
PS .. much respect to Matt I watch his channel all the time he's great.
Try looking up Cutting Edge Engineering Australia on RUclips works in a single man workshop on eathworking machinery plus making his own specialty tools with all the steeps you can really pick up some welding tips as well Noel
As a driver I've always heard that steel on aluminum cracks the steel wheels eventually because the aluminum gives and the steel doesn't
I like LeBlond Regal Lathe , 26 swing x 132 bed
Budd nuts, always fun, have you got the budd nut pork chop?
Enjoy watching your videos. I wouldn't want to hear anything bad. FYI the recommended tire life expectancy is 6 years. That's the maximum. That's from Goodyear and the NTSB.
I pulled expensive mobile medical trailers for over 20 years. The penny pinchers could not comprehend the tire life concept. Some of our units would stay at hospitals for years. The tire's tread would be almost new looking. At times when we were bringing a unit back multiple tires would blow out. It could get very expensive for road service plus the damage that occurred on some occurrences. The bean counter always wanted to squeeze everything until it had to be replaced. The tires appeared new looking, but the rubber degrades after a period of time. When you put that 10 year old tire on the steer axle, I cringed. That's the most important axle of all. If the tire blows, you hang on and pray. I don't have to tell you the consequences of a steer tire failure. Too many times it's a life threatening event. Not only to you and any one with you, but to anyone on the highway near you.
I hope no harm comes to you. Gambling that way is not a good bet. May the Good Lord look over you and yours.
He said the tires he was replacing were 10 years old, not the “new” ones.
9/16" box end rench