I don't know how Lightholder did it, but a few years ago, I torched the center out of some widow maker rims and welded them to some tubeless open center (spoke, Erie, Dayton or whatever you prefer to call them. I welded them in our brake drum lathe and it turned out pretty good. Not perfect, but good enough for a farmer to haul grain during the harvest. I could have done better if the guy would have been more particular. Back in the 80's we had programmable speedometers in our trucks. 8.25x20 have the same revs per mile as a 9x22.5, a 9.00x20 the same as a 10x22.5 and a 10.00x20 the same as an 11x22.5 As far as the 2 or 3 piece lock ring type wheels, I have a 2 ton a 2 1/2 ton and a 3 ton GMC that have them, and I don't worry about them.
Last edited by crenwelge; 10/01/2008 4:23 AM.
