Good point Grigg I keep running in to tire shops that seem to think any tube type wheel is a widow maker and it’s just not so. If the tire and tube assembly comes off one side of the wheel via a removable one or two piece ring they are fine. Widow maker wheels split in the middle and are a bygone bad idea and should not be messed with.
If you need to replace your wheels I would go to a tubeless radial for sure first find out what type of wheels fit your hubs, are they hub or stud piloted, what is the bolt pattern the number of studs and the bolt circle size, and the size of the center hole. Then decide what size tire you want to run, personally I would run the tallest tire that will fit without hitting anything, these trucks are really low geared and can use all the help they can get in that department.
I changed my 56 from 9.00X22.5s to 10.00X22.5s and my 64 from 8 ¼X20 tube type to 10.00X22.5 tubeless radials both trucks started with about 38” tall tires and now have 40”tall tires on them this helped quit a bit with top speed and fuel mileage.
Here is a link to Accuride’s website it was a big help to me all the tire shops told me the wheels that I wanted where antiquated and not made any more till I found a part number to give them and low and behold most of them even had them in stock so don’t give up based on what some tire shop tells you.
http://www.accuridewheels.com/completeversion.pdf


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