Semi wheel - dually conversion
Laughing Gas
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: May Township, MN
Sorry to offend the guys with the 5.4 Excursions but why do a dually conversion on a V8 gas Excursion? Guessing this mod was simply for looks and not to actually tow.
Back when they made X's recall seeing pics of professionaly done dually excursions that looked really nice.
22.5's will get you tons and tons of miles but they don't handle well in the snow or rain. Keep in mind they are made for semi's and not pick ups or suv's. A decent set will set you back $4-5K with adapters.
Back when they made X's recall seeing pics of professionaly done dually excursions that looked really nice.
22.5's will get you tons and tons of miles but they don't handle well in the snow or rain. Keep in mind they are made for semi's and not pick ups or suv's. A decent set will set you back $4-5K with adapters.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: May Township, MN
There is a rim made for Super Duty's and Excursion that are bolt on 19.5's.
A few years ago after we got hit with hail saw a Super Duty dually towing a dump trailer pulled over on the side of the road with what looked like 24.5in semi wheels. My guess what he was pulled over because the wheels stuck way out past the fenders.
A few years ago after we got hit with hail saw a Super Duty dually towing a dump trailer pulled over on the side of the road with what looked like 24.5in semi wheels. My guess what he was pulled over because the wheels stuck way out past the fenders.
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Joined: Aug 2010
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Anyone watch that shipping wars show? The one episode where the 10 lug conversion shears all the studs off the dodge and goes rolling away.
Yeah I am not a fan of wheel adapters, I've mentioned it a few times on here and talked about what can happen. The shipping wars show was a PERFECT example!
Yeah I am not a fan of wheel adapters, I've mentioned it a few times on here and talked about what can happen. The shipping wars show was a PERFECT example!
This is directly from their facebook page.
"JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR...There are no problems with the adapters on the 22.5 conversion, we have towed half a million miles with absolutely no problems! The lug nuts on the dodge were swapped at a local shop and that is what caused the studs to snap! You must use the correct lug nuts! These adapters have proven themselves up to 50k lbs!! THANKS!"
I don't know about you but I always either watch them when the torque my wheels on, or I check that they are tight when I get home.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Country
There is a rim made for Super Duty's and Excursion that are bolt on 19.5's.
A few years ago after we got hit with hail saw a Super Duty dually towing a dump trailer pulled over on the side of the road with what looked like 24.5in semi wheels. My guess what he was pulled over because the wheels stuck way out past the fenders.
A few years ago after we got hit with hail saw a Super Duty dually towing a dump trailer pulled over on the side of the road with what looked like 24.5in semi wheels. My guess what he was pulled over because the wheels stuck way out past the fenders.
These are the Superduty 19.5 rims with 265x70x19.5 load range G tires. 34.2" tall.
Garry
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Stevens Point, WI
Ya, I saw that one. I guess that is what happens when you don't check to make sure things are tight... Hey this sounds like the torque wrench conversation we had not too long ago.... Those 2 on the shipping show, robbie don't seem to work on their own stuff...
This is directly from their facebook page.
"JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR...There are no problems with the adapters on the 22.5 conversion, we have towed half a million miles with absolutely no problems! The lug nuts on the dodge were swapped at a local shop and that is what caused the studs to snap! You must use the correct lug nuts! These adapters have proven themselves up to 50k lbs!! THANKS!"
I don't know about you but I always either watch them when the torque my wheels on, or I check that they are tight when I get home.
This is directly from their facebook page.
"JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR...There are no problems with the adapters on the 22.5 conversion, we have towed half a million miles with absolutely no problems! The lug nuts on the dodge were swapped at a local shop and that is what caused the studs to snap! You must use the correct lug nuts! These adapters have proven themselves up to 50k lbs!! THANKS!"
I don't know about you but I always either watch them when the torque my wheels on, or I check that they are tight when I get home.
Personally no one touches my vehicles, I do everything myself. I can understand and see it all the time where some shop does something wrong causing a problem. But I have seen it more than a few times where "adapters" cause problems just like on the show. Sure the adapter itself won't fail but the studs will. They, just like many got lucky for awhile. Now their truck is all messed up, they could have killed someone besides themselves with 300 pounds of tires rolling around at 70mph but its ok, well throw new studs on and continue using them.
Just because something "holds up" for a certain amount of time doesn't mean its right.
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From: Isanti, MN
I've never been one for appearance mods, but I value performance. I strongly dislike any kind of mod that sacrifices performance for appearance, which is a great example of what this is.
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Personally no one touches my vehicles, I do everything myself. I can understand and see it all the time where some shop does something wrong causing a problem. But I have seen it more than a few times where "adapters" cause problems just like on the show. Sure the adapter itself won't fail but the studs will. They, just like many got lucky for awhile. Now their truck is all messed up, they could have killed someone besides themselves with 300 pounds of tires rolling around at 70mph but its ok, well throw new studs on and continue using them.
Just because something "holds up" for a certain amount of time doesn't mean its right.
Just because something "holds up" for a certain amount of time doesn't mean its right.
DOE
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From: Isanti, MN
I took it home and verified that they were torqued nearly twice the specified torque...at that point I called them back and had them replace all my lugs and studs!
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Haha, so I'm not the only one **** about that kind of thing. Two months ago a tire shop tech cranked down the lugs on my wife's '11 Sienna with an impact gun. Until that point I was the only one that had ever removed the wheels on that one. When I questioned the manager afterward he insisted to me that the tech would use a torque wrench when he got it on the ground. Which he did, but all that did was make sure they weren't undertorqued, which they certainly weren't.
I took it home and verified that they were torqued nearly twice the specified torque...at that point I called them back and had them replace all my lugs and studs!
I took it home and verified that they were torqued nearly twice the specified torque...at that point I called them back and had them replace all my lugs and studs!
the firestone dealer near me did $400 worth of damage to my wife's gti by over tightening the lugs.
needless to say , I don't like letting anyone touch my multi-thousand dollar rides, especially the wheels.
DOE
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I Bought it !
... I am now going through it and fixing the problems and making it perform as it should. It does ride like a log wagon and it does have horrible manners on the highway. When I am done it will have air-ride and a cummins/allison conversion ... and hopefully F-450 10 lug axles ... depends on budget constraints.
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