Polishing wheels on Ford Chassis

VinCee wrote:
Like I said in my previous post. Ford issues standard wheels delivered as a bare chassis to the coach builder. It's what the coach builder decides for their rigs that matters, and conversely, what you see on finished and delivered motor homes.

The 22,000 lb. chassis, the 24,000 lb. chassis and the 26,000 lb. chassis all come standard with 4, 22.5" aluminum wheels and 2 steel wheels. The option on these chassis is 19.5" steel wheels. Here's a quote from the 2014 Ford F53 brochure.

"(6) 22.5" x 7.5", 8-Hole Disc Polished Aluminum
Front and Rear (with Steel Inner Rear) (Standard)
(6) 19.5" x 6.75" 10-Hole Steel Disc (Optional)"

2014 F53 Brochure


The 24,000 lb. and 26,000 lb. chassis have had 22.5" aluminum wheels as far back as 2011.

2011 Ford F53 Brochure


The 20,500 lb. chassis, and the 22,000 lb. chassis had 22.5" aluminum wheels available in 2007.

2007 Ford F53 Brochure

In 2008 aluminum wheels were only available on the 26,000 lb. chassis

2008 Ford F53 brochure

You have to Google "Ford class A motorhome chassis brochure" for the particular year you're interested in. Some years the aluminum wheels were available on chassis as small as 20,500 lbs. Other years they were available only on the 26,000 lb. models.

I found the Aluminum wheels were available as far back as 2006.

2006 Ford F53 brochure