- Location
- REDLANDS, CA. (SoCal)
Alright, here’s the deal; this is the fourth time I’ve tried to post this. If it gets lost again I’m going to run wooden wagon wheels with steel tires on my rig, sell the computer and get a telegraph!
I’ve been shopping for tires and wheels for some time now, done a lot of Googling and searching here @
. What I have (back) ordered for tires is Toyo M/T, 13.5x33x15s. These measure out at a true 33” tall and have a section of 13.9”. Ideally I was thinking that a 9” rim would be the ticket but the only 15”diameter wheel I’ve been able to turn up are some cheap cast wheels at Sears of all places. An 8” would be just a bit too narrow, especially with the tire section being almost 14”.
Currently I’m running 10.5x31” BFG’s on 7” rims, the tire being 3” wider that the rim. I’ve not had any trouble keeping the bead with the current set up. So I figure that a 10” rim would give me nearly the same tendency to keep the bead seated. That is of course the taller sidewall of the 33” tire would change the dynamics to the contrary. Feel free to jump in here and correct me anytime.
Initially I was looking to put the new shoes on black rock crawlers or the like, except that I really don’t like the look of them but I’m a bit of a tight a$$. The only other option for what I was willing to spend would have been a cast wheel. The problem would later be what to do when (not if) I knocked a chunk out of them. Then I stumbled across some two piece forged wheels from centerline. I understand that the one piece forged wheel is of superior quality to cast and tend to bend as opposed to blow out chunks. Problem is that I’ve not been able to turn up much information regarding the two piece design except that typically there are more options as far as back spacing goes.
The link below is for a two piece forged 15x10 wheels for $79.00 each. At this price I could send them off to be made into bead locks with out being in too much of a hole. But before I go and do something stupid (again) I thought I’d ask if anybody has had any experience with this type of wheel or see a problem with my logic.
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TIA,
TIM
I’ve been shopping for tires and wheels for some time now, done a lot of Googling and searching here @
. What I have (back) ordered for tires is Toyo M/T, 13.5x33x15s. These measure out at a true 33” tall and have a section of 13.9”. Ideally I was thinking that a 9” rim would be the ticket but the only 15”diameter wheel I’ve been able to turn up are some cheap cast wheels at Sears of all places. An 8” would be just a bit too narrow, especially with the tire section being almost 14”. Currently I’m running 10.5x31” BFG’s on 7” rims, the tire being 3” wider that the rim. I’ve not had any trouble keeping the bead with the current set up. So I figure that a 10” rim would give me nearly the same tendency to keep the bead seated. That is of course the taller sidewall of the 33” tire would change the dynamics to the contrary. Feel free to jump in here and correct me anytime.
Initially I was looking to put the new shoes on black rock crawlers or the like, except that I really don’t like the look of them but I’m a bit of a tight a$$. The only other option for what I was willing to spend would have been a cast wheel. The problem would later be what to do when (not if) I knocked a chunk out of them. Then I stumbled across some two piece forged wheels from centerline. I understand that the one piece forged wheel is of superior quality to cast and tend to bend as opposed to blow out chunks. Problem is that I’ve not been able to turn up much information regarding the two piece design except that typically there are more options as far as back spacing goes.
The link below is for a two piece forged 15x10 wheels for $79.00 each. At this price I could send them off to be made into bead locks with out being in too much of a hole. But before I go and do something stupid (again) I thought I’d ask if anybody has had any experience with this type of wheel or see a problem with my logic.
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TIA,
TIM
