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They are some real nice looking wheels. No beadlocks, no slpit rims.. Big tires. Assuming they were balanced and used on the open road, the 395's themselves are not rated for much >50MPH.
In the courses I'm taking on the 5-tons, which use essentially the same but larger diameter tire, the...
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What about the low spot for seating the tubeless tires? Seeing the picture I recall this very issue on a step-van I used to have. The tubeless rims would not fit over the rear brake drums so I had to keep the split rims on that beast.
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$215 sounds pretty reasonable especially since the tires look like they are common and cheap, like what $75 for a 90% one? Can the customer specify the offset and backspace to some degree? I'd be interested to see some general drawings.
- but I better go...
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In the drawing, if the center of the truck is to the right, then are you proposing the center of the tire be offset more to the inside? I am just thinking about the fronts and the annoying steering box arm.
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The ditch witch wheel looks good as far as it goes. I didn't mean to imply by the drawings that I was asking for curved centers, flat is OK. My 2 cents were to not make it mandatory to flip the rear hubs.
RE: now thats a nice looking rim
If wishes were horses.. I would like a 10" wide one piece "tubeless" type with an offset that would permit a compromise so that they would not rub on the front for steering, and they could be run "concave" on the rears to sort of maintain the original appearance...
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