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Really going for overkill with my truck build, anyone have 8x170 19.5 wheels to handle extra weight? Or what have you guys done to help wheel and tire ratings with heavier slide ins/campers? Any heavy duty wheel/tire setups for a single wheel truck are welcome.
Running a set of Method 305NV HD rated for 4500lbs and are happy with the Toyo Open Country M/T series tires. 35 x 12.5 x 18 load range F2 and Load index 128. I think their rated a just a hair under 4k each.
AF990 camper on a single wheel truck also. No problems.
Running a set of Method 305NV HD rated for 4500lbs and are happy with the Toyo Open Country M/T series tires. 35 x 12.5 x 18 load range F2 and Load index 128. I think their rated a just a hair under 4k each.
AF990 camper on a single wheel truck also. No problems.
Thanks for that recommendation, haven't seen "custom" looking wheels that could do the weight I was thinking if yet so definitely interested in these.
Unless someone knows different based on recent experience, I've heard it's hard to get ahold of Rickson these days and Vision is basically the only game in town. I believe American Force also has 8x170 19.5" wheels for almost twice as much. The more I've looked into hauling a heavier camper on my F350 SRW, the more I want to sell it and buy a 450 or 550. Still, I may sink the $$ into 19.5 wheels and tires before going to all that trouble. Not super motivated when the Northern Lite on the stock 18" tires does just fine.
Just checked American force, they don’t list any SRW 19.5s on the site, only dually. And at about a grand per wheel it’s definitely not price conducive. Has anyone seen stock wheels fail? I’m curious since I don’t remember seeing pics of any
I haven't SEEN it, but I've talked to a few guys who had it happen. Only a few. Both were running triple slide Host campers. The guys I know running AF990s on stock rims have surprisingly not cracked wheels, but this is a sample size of 3 or 4, I think, so take it with a grain of salt. One would assume there's a safety margin built into wheel and tire specs. 3640 is the going rate for stock tires, and I'm using pretty much every lb of that with my 9.5ft Northern Lite (dry weight around 2600, and assumed loaded weight damn near 4000lbs). That puts my rear axle at 7000lbs. The AF990 would therefore put it just over 8000lbs. I could see wheels and tires surviving that for quite a while, but I'd be worrying about it the way I drive.
I used to run 16.5 Weld Typhoon’s and cracked a rim after a few years of hauling my AF992 which weighs in at #4500 wet. Bought a set of Vision 81 haulers and Hankook DH01 265/75/19.5 tires and love the way it handles! Will post picture tomorrow when I get laptop out.
I used to run 16.5 Weld Typhoon’s and cracked a rim after a few years of hauling my AF992 which weighs in at #4500 wet. Bought a set of Vision 81 haulers and Hankook DH01 265/75/19.5 tires and love the way it handles! Will post picture tomorrow when I get laptop out.
Good Info. Out of curiosity, how certain are you about 4500 wet? Only asking because I had budgeted 5klbs for that particular camper with the amount of gear we carry (a bunch of skis, boots, food, water, generator, and the normal holding tanks/propane). With the northern lite, we're right at 12,200 lbs with 5200 on the front and 7k rear.
It has been years since I did it, but I stopped by some truck scales and weighed truck and camper. I then weighed truck at the local rock and soils place and came up with #4500. Won’t claim to be 100% accurate, but it is close enough for me!
Years ago I swapped from stock 16" with stock 235/85R16 load range E to Rickson 19.5" rims with Dunlop 235/70R19.5 load range H. I did this to give some margin with my Lance 11.5' and box trailer. The stock tires were at or just over their limit (3,042 pounds) all the time, well at least in the rear. With the 19.5s and load range H tires the rears had around 2,000 pounds of extra capacity to spare. Each.
They do ride harder, and they squirmed around quite a bit until I had a few hundred miles on them, but they were night and day better handling with the camper or any significant load in back. I also got about 1MPG better on the highway.
Where the stock tires were hot all the time, even at 80PSI cold, these tires seldom felt warm unless the temperature was blazing outside. They were never hot. I only ever inflated them to about 85PSI. With a heavy load, the amount of tread NOT on the ground was impressive too.
Weird thing: almost nobody makes a 235/70R19.5 any more. 225/70R19.5 and 245/70R19.5 are all over, but almost no 235's. When I bought mine I remember seeing 235's on medium duty trucks all the time. Doesn't matter much to me now, switched to a motorhome a few years ago and when that truck gets restored it's going back to stock tires and wheels.
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