Hubba Hubba

[Bar Nuthin 2,759]

My neighbor bought a C-121 Automatic that had previously been used as a mule at an airport. The hood has several warning stickers regarding safety checks when hooking to the plane.

 

It has been fitted with some massive rear wheel hubs!

At first, I thought they were repair hubs, but once removed the axles are in perfect condition. Anyone seen hubs like these before?

 

[ebinmaine 79,779]

Nothing immediately familiar to me but I would love to know the story behind them...

[Bar Nuthin 2,759]

4 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Nothing immediately familiar to me but I would love to know the story behind them...

 

I'll try to get some pictures of the hood decals - as well as the add-on hydraulics that were installed by a shop in Northern Indiana.

[rjg854 13,212]

25 minutes ago, Bar Nuthin said:

 

I'll try to get some pictures of the hood decals - as well as the add-on hydraulics that were installed by a shop in Northern Indiana.

we like to see more  

[peter lena 9,971]

@Bar Nuthin  you mean like  ADAPTING TO A  PROBLEM ? my national guard  time was  at  an , air wing / motor pool , bradley field  hartford ct  . met a lot of  good guys  and a number  of  dummies too . avoided them like the plague . regularly  drove trucks back and forth for  major  drive line replacement, also did  driveline winch rebuilding / refitting . ww2 railroad tracks , let them have old train cars  for  mobil shops . thats what you want , get squared away  with  those shops  , made things very obvious / easily  repaired . my unit was in mystic conn , groton ct  7 miles away  was another air wing , that did chopper repairs . great experience , pete

[oliver2-44 11,649]

 More pictures please.

 

Those hubs remind me of Economy Power King hubs

I'll check a PK parts tractor I have.

[sqrlgtr 3,389]

Hefty, Hefty, Hefty, not Wimpy, Wimpy, Wimpy.  Ive seen some similar looking hubs on sumin but don't remember what they were on. May have been a Power King like @oliver2-44 mentioned above.