JiMerit . .: The rod-end mod sounds like a lot of work to get rims to fit, but then you know that . . . now :-))
Cosmo: I must be missing something, I got the impression there was some kind of image of wheels/tires? None found. In any case, the 215/85-16 would not quite be the diameter I'm hoping for, and there are 15" tires of similar height available that I could use on the truck's existing wheels. In your case, you have a much more highway friendly axle ratio than I, not to mention OD - cool! so your situation is quite different. I'm not even considering messing with this truck's closed driveline, and I love the heavy duty 4-speed it came with - wish I had the PTO setup though . .. In the past few months alone, I have pulled 3 tree stumps out of the ground with this truck. The low 1st gear & 4.56 axle is an awesome combination. With PTO I could have run a 'green saw' to slice up the logs and stumps on-sight. Maybe next year . .
