1 ton wheels on 1/2 ton truck?

[R8rPhan]

Were there ever any stock 16" or 16.5" wheels made that fit on 1/2 ton hubs? I need something that accepts tires with higher load ratings than are available for the 15" 5 lug wheels...

Hoping to find them used or at the junk yard, but need to have an idea of what vehicles came with them (if any did)..

thanks,
Mark

 

[rpcraft]

You can maybe check what size the blazer used on the cucv tires and see if they were E-rated. Not sure to be honest.

 

[fussfeld]

This is a tough one. The only thing i can think of is some cadillacs had the 14 bolt rears----for like ambulances and stuff. So they might be 5x5 bolt pattern?

 

[fussfeld]

What are you trying to do?

 

[82sbshortbed]

I don't think your tires would give way before your suspension would. Maybe I'm reading this wrong but, why would you put on tires that can hold more load than your suspension can handle?

Just never heard of someone putting 1 ton tires on a 1/2 ton suspension.

 

[rpcraft]

What are you trying to do?

Put E rated tires on a half ton truck I am thinking

 

[R8rPhan]

I don't think your tires would give way before your suspension would. Maybe I'm reading this wrong but, why would you put on tires that can hold more load than your suspension can handle?

Just never heard of someone putting 1 ton tires on a 1/2 ton suspension.

I rely on firewood to heat my home in the winter.. I have to go out into the wilderness to get it... When the wood is green, it's heavy.. A huge amount of the load is over the rear axle..

I can add helper springs, but there really aren't any truck tires for 15" rims...

The last thing I want to do, is destroy a tire by going over a rock or something when I'm 10-15 miles out in the back woods and the temps are dropping into the teens at night...

it seems that all the tires that go beyond passenger tire load ratings require 16" or 16.5" rims...

I know they make aftermarket custom rims that will do what I want, but they are expensive..

 

[CSFJ]

So is breaking an axle being that overloaded and off the beaten path.

 

[mrburitto]

One thing you could do if you really want the extra load capacity is use trailer tires... Obviously there are reasons why you shouldn't but I ran trailer tires on my food truck for a while and apart from having to take turns at like 1 mph they were fine. I definitely wouldnt trust them on a freeway or interstate but if it is just your wood truck it should be ok.

https://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Tires_and_Wheels-tw-Load_Range_E-pc-15_Inch.aspx

 

[shiftpro]

Old school BFG All Terrains.... they have 15" tires with 10 ply.

 

[82sbshortbed]

Is this you getting ready for winter?
Lol

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[K201979]

Lmao

 

[R8rPhan]

So is breaking axle being that overloaded off the beaten path.

That won't happen.. Not at the speeds I'm going..

 

[R8rPhan]

Is this you getting ready for winter?
Lol

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Ho Lee Chit!


And his tires don't look anywhere near as squashed as mine do with just 3/4 cord.. How he do dat?

 

[R8rPhan]

One thing you could do if you really want the extra load capacity is use trailer tires... Obviously there are reasons why you shouldn't but I ran trailer tires on my food truck for a while and apart from having to take turns at like 1 mph they were fine. I definitely wouldnt trust them on a freeway or interstate but if it is just your wood truck it should be ok.

https://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Tires_and_Wheels-tw-Load_Range_E-pc-15_Inch.aspx

If I found a viable solution for the right price, I could always buy a couple steel wheels from the junk yard for the tires and then just switch them out when I go get wood..

The front isn't really an issue, just the rear...

But I thought the taller tires that 16s would allow might be nicer for winter driving when I gotta deal with snow..