Who has HEMTT rims on a 5 ton?

[M1075]

Have you used HEMTT rims to add super singles to your 5 ton? If so, can you help me with these questions?

1) Are your rims bolt together or split ring?
2) Did you have enough threads on the front axle to fully seat the lugnuts?
3) What is the difference in width/track on the front vs. rear?
4) Can you post pics for all to see?

Thanks guys.

 

[jwaller]

I initally used the split rim hemtt rims on the front of my 5T and they seated just fine. I liked them better than the combat rims I have now bc they are spaced out about 2 inches more than the combats and that gives you full lock to lock stearing without rubbing. I think there are some pics of it in my gallery.

 

[halftrack]

I use the HEMTT split rims on my 5 ton and they are great. They track perfectly. I didn't need to flip any hubs or any other modifications. However, the front studs are about 1/8 of an inch shy of getting a full nut on. Eventually I will change this but it is not a safety concern for me. Hear is a pic.

 

[98hd]

So what are hemtt wheels going for, compared to the 5 ton combat wheels?

 

[halftrack]

I stole mine for $100 a piece for tire and rim. I'm going to buy some more for the M813A1 also. The big problem is that they weigh about 450 lbs each! Pick up seven and you got yourself a load.

 

[Westech]

I took home 14 combat rims in the back of my 2500HD.. that was a load. not bad but glad I did not have any more

 

[sermis]

I stole mine for $100 a piece for tire and rim. I'm going to buy some more for the M813A1 also. The big problem is that they weigh about 450 lbs each! Pick up seven and you got yourself a load.

450# I know I just unloaded your other set the other day. I did not strap them on the trailer as I was only going about 7 miles. One was off set when loaded. When I turned the corner down from my house I had to pull off the road for a car and the trailer bounced and off it went into the ditch. I went home, 1 mile or so, and got the tractor to go fetch it. When I got back there was a guy trying to get it loaded into his pickup. He had it sitting up but could not get it in the truck. Maybe 10 minutes or less.
I have about 20 more if someone needs any.

 

[98hd]

I stole mine for $100 a piece for tire and rim. I'm going to buy some more for the M813A1 also. The big problem is that they weigh about 450 lbs each! Pick up seven and you got yourself a load.

450# I know I just unloaded your other set the other day. I did not strap them on the trailer as I was only going about 7 miles. One was off set when loaded. When I turned the corner down from my house I had to pull off the road for a car and the trailer bounced and off it went into the ditch. I went home, 1 mile or so, and got the tractor to go fetch it. When I got back there was a guy trying to get it loaded into his pickup. He had it sitting up but could not get it in the truck. Maybe 10 minutes or less.
I have about 20 more if someone needs any.

If only you were closer!

 

[steelsoldiers]

When I got back there was a guy trying to get it loaded into his pickup. He had it sitting up but could not get it in the truck.

I bet he about busted his gut on that! I have been wanting to try a set of FMTV wheels with the 395/85R20's. I picked up 2 with tires a while back. I need to find 5 more and see what they look like. The only problem I have found is that the lug holes are only chamfered on the outside because the FMTV runs all of their wheels the same way. I'm sure you could bevel the edge enough to get the lugs to seat or flip the hubs and run them all the same.

 

[rizzo]

I weighed them. 150#s for the hemmt rims with locking ring like halftrack has

 

[sermis]

I have not weighed the bolt together rims but I would bet they are heaver.

 

[DaveP]

with the 1600 R 20's the 3 pc hemit wheel. they will rub on the front when turned to tight, the front studs are to short and they do not track with the rear.

 

[Jones]

Not sure how I lucked out but I have plenty of clearance on the baby HEMTT. The "garbage truck wheels" ('cause scrapped garbage trucks are what my truck wrecker sees them on mostly) have a different offset than the HEMTT wheels and that puts my fronts closer together, but I still come up against the stops before anything rubs.
With this offset my wheels are the same track front and rear.

 

[pa.rich]

I sure would love to have a set of them on my 5 ton dumper. with those on the front, they wouldnt sink in the mud as easy.

 

[majortom]

I have Hemtt lock-ring wheels with 1600x20 Michelins on my 543 wrecker. I have no interference front or rear, on or off road. The front wheel studs are too short for safety, so I machined down rear thimbles, screwed them on first & then installed the wheels. In the rear, I had to remove the mud flaps. I have very high tread tires, so the rears come very close to each other but they don't touch. The truck will do 65mph but is hard to keep in the lane.

 

[rizzo]

I have not weighed the bolt together rims but I would bet they are heaver.

I didnt think so, but that was just from moving them around

 

[rizzo]

with the 1600 R 20's the 3 pc hemit wheel. they will rub on the front when turned to tight, the front studs are to short and they do not track with the rear.

x2

 

[rizzo]

I have not weighed the bolt together rims but I would bet they are heaver.

I didnt think so, but that was just from moving them around

I wonder if I have a FMTV rim?

 

[sermis]

Not 100% sure but I think the HEMTT will be about 3" farther out than the FMTV's unless you flip the rims outward then 3" imward per wheel.

 

[sermis]

OK using my professionally calibrated bathroom scale from Wal-Mart, FMTV rims are 120# and HEMTT rims are 150# W/O bead locks.