there was a thread on the site awhile back of a poster who took 2 spare tires and fixed them so they would fit onto an olympic barbell, im looking to do something similar except with larger tires, does anyone have a link to the thread im talking about or know how i could go about doing this?
Thanks.
hmmm ur from indiana interesting lol not sure how to go about this tho. r u just trying to do this for a visual or train with this device?
There’s a couple ways to do this. The easiest is if you can find a wheel that has a center hole close to 2 inches. That way it already fits close enough to slide right on to a barbell.
Otherwise you will have to attach a plate to the rim of the tire either by welding the plate to the rim or dilling holes through a plate and bolting the plate to the rim.
[quote]masterofrhythm wrote:
hmmm ur from indiana interesting lol not sure how to go about this tho. r u just trying to do this for a visual or train with this device?[/quote]
uhh…
[quote]malonetd wrote:
There’s a couple ways to do this. The easiest is if you can find a wheel that has a center hole close to 2 inches. That way it already fits close enough to slide right on to a barbell.
Otherwise you will have to attach a plate to the rim of the tire either by welding the plate to the rim or dilling holes through a plate and bolting the plate to the rim.[/quote]
I remember reading how matt kroc setup his stuff, but it was awhile ago when I read that. And I could of swore a poster on here did the exact thing I’m talking about, oh well. thanks for your help. ill try google…again.
sure enough i found what i was looking for.
http://www.straighttothebar.com/2007/09/how_to_make_your_own_bumper_pl.html
So what is your reasoning for doing this? Is it like the article…you want bumper plates but can’t afford them? Or do you have something else in mind?
[quote]JPCleary wrote:
So what is your reasoning for doing this? Is it like the article…you want bumper plates but can’t afford them? Or do you have something else in mind?[/quote]
I wanna be able to do partial deads or rack pulls but i lack the equipment at my home required to do said lifts.
my idea is more or less what matt korc made.
http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/default.asp?qid=87733&tid=
i train at home and have limited equipment. i was using cinder blocks to put my bar on to do rack pulls, but over time the cinder blocks have been falling apart and became a mess more then anything else. and this will probably help me deadlift more.