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| | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 74 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 74 | Close to getting my '62 dually 1 ton on the road and need to get some new rear tires. Is it worth the time to clean up and paint these split rims or is there a newer rim that I can use? These may be the only set of tires I ever need to buy for this truck. Currently has what I believe are the factory 8 lug 16" rims. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 | I wish you weren't so far away. I just posted my 17.5's eight lugs for sale with good tires on them. They'd work really well on that truck. The larger size would lower your rpm's, something most folks would like to accomplish. Va is just a wee bit too far for me to deliver them to you. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | Pay a local junkyard a visit with one of your rims. They should be able to either find what you need or at least tell you what to look for.
Fred
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 74 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 74 | orchidskip, I also wish you were closer as I'd love to have those wheels of yours. This truck is going to be used for some 200-400 mile trips and a little more top end would really help.
There is a local junkyard that has a '75 or so Chevy dually with 16's on it now that might work but I'd rather have taller rims. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,804 | 17.5" rims are the tubeless version of your 16's. There will be no difference in the height of the overall tire/rim assembly. I used to use a 20" tube-type wheel and a 22.5" tubeless on the same hub of tractor/trailer rigs with no height difference when I was managing a truck shop, pretty regularly. If you want a taller setup, use 18" tube-types or 19.5" tubeless. They are also corresponding height. My 59 model 3800 dually used 18's before I parked it. I've got six 18" tube-type wheels with so-so tires, if you want to come get them.
Try to find a salvage yard that's parting out old bread trucks. A lot of them in the Nashville area used to use 19.5"s.
Jerry
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