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IMO the 1600's will be harder to balance than 1400's. The 1600's will need 20 ozs. of beads. to get to the some point as the 1400's with out beads. Just my 2 cents.
You may want to look for a pair of MK48 21" wheels for the front. With 16.00 tires they will have the same outside diameter & they will track better with the 5 ton wheels on the rear.
M915 a1 is a fine tractor, you will have to judge the of the individual truck, There have not been any on GL of late. And some are better than others, see if you can try the truck out, at the price it does not seem unreasonable.
Transfer case location is the same, drive shaft from transmission to transfer is shorter. Oil cooler in fender well looks easy, but requires rad. hook up.
I was referring to my M916 with a Allison push button 7 speed. The M915A1 with 11.00R24 will exceed 70 mph. Both trucks speeds were gps checked. The M915 with Allison HD 4500 I have not verified with gps but will exceed 80 mph on the speedo on 10.00r20, and it is move'n on
Mine would run about 70 mph before the 53" tires, now it will do a it +. I believe the cost of the HD 4070 SP would make it cheaper to trade trucks. I'll look tomorrow to see if there is any thing moved (transfer case, etc.)
If you have a truck that you have driven some & are confident with it's readiness I say do it. I have a number of 2000 mile round trips doing recoveries. All of these were in a 915 or 915a1 getting 6 or 6.5 mpg, And have yet to have a on the repair required on the trip. Did 1200 miles in a...