DUALLY WHEELS
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Mountain Pass
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DUALLY WHEELS
I'm looking for either replacement wheels for my 55 F350, to replace the semi-drop center wheels because they're a pain, or newer wheels that will work. I have 6 lugs and the hub is 5.5 inches. Any advice?
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A pain, like they are widowmakers and no shop will mount tires? Be careful with handling them. There are 6 lug tubeless rims available, but hard to find. I had 2 sets, but looks like the last set is spoken for. I could check. When you can, post a picture of the truck. Some of us like the f350s.
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Mountain Pass
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GB SISSON, I haven't checked out the mounting. Just yesterday I wrestled a tire off of a bent rim, I can see why a tire shop wouldn't want to mount the tires. I did post a picture in my garage, don't know if its viewable. I have the frame painted and put back together, I think it looks pretty good; I'll post a picture of it. The body is being sandblasted right now.
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From this picture the body looks pretty good.
Yep, we need more pictures.
I know nothing about your type of wheels, if there are more options than what GB Sisson said, they will be long shortly to assist.
Yep, we need more pictures.
I know nothing about your type of wheels, if there are more options than what GB Sisson said, they will be long shortly to assist.
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Mountain Pass
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LOL, Ok, I'll post more pictures. The right side had suffered some significant damage. Ended up buying a door from one of the FTE's nearby but the right corner, rocker panel, and floor pan will need replaced. At first I thought I could save the right fender, but after sandblasting it and grinding the filler out (there was over a 1/2" of filler) and the damage spanned more than several design-lines; made the choice to purchase a new fender from Mid-fifty and save myself hours and hours of work.
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GB has it right on exercising care in handling your original wheels. Tubeless one piece wheels with your 6 x 7.25" bolt pattern became available in 1956. They are 17.5" x 5.25" wide. The earliest are Budd #71320 and have six hand holes, and a later version is Budd #79120 having three hand holes. Besides GB's set that I think is spoken for, I don't know of any available complete sets. Since you live in central Oregon you might have luck doing yard searches. These wheels can be found on early F-350s, IHC 130/1300s, Dodge 300s, and Studebaker tonners. Stu
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