Well, I've been working on my 69 f600 winch truck And I need to find new wheels and tires for it. It has the old snap ring style wheels on it and no one around here will change the tires on them. They say it is to dangerous and that I need to by new wheels but noone can get them for me. The size on the tire says 8-35-20 and the wheel is 6 lug with a 5.5 inch center hole. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mark
Eastland Texas

 

Split ring wheels are safe if the tire man knows his business. There is an older "split rim" from Firestone that is "The widowmaker" due to their propensity to come apart.

Anyway, you can try to search out a truck tire outfit that will work on them and get some, I believe, 8.25 x 20s for your truck.

The other choice is to go tubeless with 9 x 22.5 tires.

There are 19.5 wheels in your pattern as well, but those tires tend to be too small in diameter for your truck.

These guys claim to have truck and bus tires, see their "commercial" heading:

Cook Tire :: Quality Tires for Cars, Light Truck, Commercial, Farm, and Industrial vehicles

Your wheels are "6 on 8.75" pattern. Note post #2 here, he gives some numbers and talks about a tubless radial certified wheel. Accuride changed their site, so that link doesn't work.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...f600-rims.html

This what you want for tubless tires:

FORD TUBELESS BUD WHEEL 22.5 RIM 6 BOLTS on eBay!

"6 on 8.75" is the same as "6 on 222.25mm", as found on Isuzu trucks. You have to make sure they are stud piloted wheels.

 

So my wheels are safe, the guys around here just dont want to mess with them I guess? Would it be cheaper then to try and find someone that will work on my wheels or do the tires that fit them make it cost prohibitive? Sorry, I don't know that much about the different tire sizes or the pros and cons of the 20's versus the 22.5's Could someone elaborate?

Thanks,
Mark
Eastland, Texas

 

20s with the split ring were standard for years on mediums and heavies. Even F250 & 350 had split ring wheels in 16 or 16.5 and 17/17.5 (iirc on those exact sizes) These are all tube-type tires, with a liner to protect the tube from the wheel.

The 19.5 and 22.5 sizes are around 30 years old (don't quote me, I'm not looking it up right now, just going on when I saw them/heard about them) and use tubeless tires. Almost everything uses those now.

The trick is to find your old 6 on 8.75 bolt pattern in a 22.5" wheel.

IMO it should be cheaper to find someone to mount tube-type tires on your wheels than to buy "new" wheels. Retreads aren't that expensive, and the 8.25x20 tires are still around.

Akuret 8.25x20 Hiway A/P truck tires,10 ply 82520, 8.25-20,825X20 | eBay

 

Thanks!!

Mark Chaney
Eastland, Texas

 

my 1973 C706 has split rims and i have the same issue, a few tire stores around here[Henderson, Nv] will work on them but its $100 labor

 

If you've ever worked on one of the sons of %^&*s, you'd note $100 isn't enough!!

 

I have a 1958 F600 that had 20" lock ring rims on it when I got it. All lock ring rims are tube type since there's no way it would hold air without a tube. I found an old B600 school bus that had 22.5" rims on it. All XX.5" rims are one piece, tubeless type. You can put 9R-22.5" tires on your F600.
Call Leonard's Truck Parts in Waco and ask if they have any 22.5" rims with the 6 on 8.75" bolt pattern. They are very reasonable on their rim prices.

 

Thanks!!

Mark Chaney
Eastland, Texas

 

Thanks to all that replied, this has been the burning question I was waiting for someone else to ask.

 

i can get the 6 lug budd wheel for about 150.00 each from a local truck tire company. they are used but they have been soda blasted and painted white. i bought 6 of them and converted my 77 f-600 9.00x20 lock ring wheels to a radial 10r22.5. they ride so much better than the bias tires. email me at novaguru@comcast.net if your interested in them. he had around 30 of them in stock about two weeks ago.

 

Turns out I was wrong, I do not have lock ring wheels. I have widowmakers. So i have no choice, I have to find new wheels. I struck out at leonards in waco, they didnt have any. I was hoping not to have spend $150 a piece on wheels. anybody know where i can find some any cheaper?

Mark Chaney
Eastland, Texas

 

I know that Leonard's has 20" lock ring wheels with the 6 on 8.75" pattern- I bought a couple from them for $35 each.

 

If you can't find tubeless, the tube type will work fine, and there are millions served of those wheels.

 

Do you have Leonard's contact information. All the numbers I find are not right.