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Old 07-17-2011, 10:30 AM   #110
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Originally Posted by stieger View Post
Circumference of a circle is 2*pi*r. So with our tires (and I'm rounding pi to 3.00) we've got 60" circumference. That's 5 feet. I've seen trunk tires that had to be at least 36-40" so 8-10 feet of retread isn't asking that much.
275 75 22.5 is ~36" so you're pretty close.
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