***Need an adapter!*****
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***Need an adapter!*****
Does anyone know................
I have a small utility trailer that I haul my 4 wheeler around on. The trailer has a mid 1970's Ford half ton front axle with the 5 lug wheels. Now, I just bought new tires and wheels for my F250 and I saved the old tires and rims. I would love to put my old tires on the utility trailer. SO!!!...........
Where can I find an adapter to put an 8 lug wheel on a 5 lug axle. Somebody, somewhere must make them!!!!
HELP!!!
Thanks all!
Tim
I have a small utility trailer that I haul my 4 wheeler around on. The trailer has a mid 1970's Ford half ton front axle with the 5 lug wheels. Now, I just bought new tires and wheels for my F250 and I saved the old tires and rims. I would love to put my old tires on the utility trailer. SO!!!...........
Where can I find an adapter to put an 8 lug wheel on a 5 lug axle. Somebody, somewhere must make them!!!!
HELP!!!
Thanks all!
Tim
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That's going to be very tough to do, because your F-250 has a metric bolt pattern.
Are you sure it's a front axle? It steers? I've never seen one under a trailer before. If it is, then it's probably a Dana 44, and converting them to the 8 x 6.5 pattern is pretty easy. But the new ones - I think you're looking at a custom fab job.
Or you can go to the yard and get a newer axle and put it under the trailer instead. But that would probably cost more money than going to the same junkyard and getting some extra wheels for the current axle under the trailer.
Are you sure it's a front axle? It steers? I've never seen one under a trailer before. If it is, then it's probably a Dana 44, and converting them to the 8 x 6.5 pattern is pretty easy. But the new ones - I think you're looking at a custom fab job.
Or you can go to the yard and get a newer axle and put it under the trailer instead. But that would probably cost more money than going to the same junkyard and getting some extra wheels for the current axle under the trailer.
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