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vlink55
Explorer
Aug 15, 2017

Thoughts and Help Please

Good day to all fellow RV members. I'm new to the forum and forgive me.
I inherited an RV (1987 Itasca on a Chevy Van 30 chassis). It's currently riding on 16.5 rims/tires (8.75R16.5 LT BFG commercial tires). Dually in rear. I just made this discovery after taking it to Les Schwab. 16.5 is hard to come by. Local shops in Oregon can't help me. Can anyone suggest a solution? Should I purchase the Firestone Transforce 16.5 from Walmart? Or should I try to get 16" Dually wheels and somehow have all 7 tires mounted on Duallys? But here's another concern. Is it possible to install Dually Rim/wheel in the front?

Onc again - apologies in advance. I read another post about 16.5 tires but wasn't able to find that post again. Hence this new tread/post.

Any help for this new RVer is much appreciated. Thank you!
Class C
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Aug 16, 2017
    What did Les Schwartz recommend? Treated me very fairly twice. I agree with DEB, your RV is 30 years old. Be careful of what you spend on it.
  • Bird_Freak's avatar
    Bird_Freak
    Explorer II
    Aug 16, 2017
    I would go to a salvage yard and buy 16 inch rims. If you have a blow out on the road you may have a heck of a tome finding 16.5 tires. Thats what I did on my 89 truck.
  • D_E_Bishop's avatar
    D_E_Bishop
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2017
    vlink55, You should have this moved to one of the following forums, General, Tech Issues or Class C. Your in the one for Technical Support issues like how to post pictures, or for posting test picts or messages.

    No big deal.

    Generally 16.5 are a little hard to find and I don't know where you are but if there is a Big"O" close go there or go to a truck shop or ask a real tire shop if they can order them. An 87 is kinda old and I know nothing about them but you can look tire and wheel size up on line. I just wonder if they came from the factory that way or not.

    I'm not against older, classic type RVs, in fact I am looking for a mid sixties ford pick up and very small cab over camper. I'm just saying I am old but more familier with later RVs.

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