54 M-H swap..
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glad to hear the knife survived the abuse Stu.
Ken, if your going down this road you first need to figure out what the donor hoops are gonna be. 16, 16.5, 17 etc. i would look for wheels that have rivited centers instead of welded centers. grind off the rivits and you should have a pretty clean hoop. then if you could find someone that could machine out the centers of the wm wheels i think that would be best. my second choice would be a plasma cutter. third choice would be a torch. good luck. if you are thinking about cutting the centers out of those 19.5 motorhome wheels, you might want to price 19.5 traction tires. you might be right back to buying very expensive tires. if it were me, i would find the tires and then make the wheels to fit them. i still think you should sell me this problem and be done with it.
Ken, if your going down this road you first need to figure out what the donor hoops are gonna be. 16, 16.5, 17 etc. i would look for wheels that have rivited centers instead of welded centers. grind off the rivits and you should have a pretty clean hoop. then if you could find someone that could machine out the centers of the wm wheels i think that would be best. my second choice would be a plasma cutter. third choice would be a torch. good luck. if you are thinking about cutting the centers out of those 19.5 motorhome wheels, you might want to price 19.5 traction tires. you might be right back to buying very expensive tires. if it were me, i would find the tires and then make the wheels to fit them. i still think you should sell me this problem and be done with it.
Last edited by thundersnow70; Aug 4, 2012 at 09:36 PM. Reason: add
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this may be of some help here, came across them in the offroad community, they are wheel "shells", IE no centers
MRW Racing Wheels Off Road Rockcrawling Wheels wheel parts
just a random thought
MRW Racing Wheels Off Road Rockcrawling Wheels wheel parts
just a random thought
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