Ford E450 Tire Size
Has anyone here replaced the 16" wheels on their E450 chassis with 19.5" wheels ?
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pnichols--one of the main reasons is to increase the Load Rating from E, which is a 10 ply tire to an F or a G. You can't do that with the stock wheels--which are matched to the tire limit of 80psi--per my local ford dealer's parts dept.
In my case the weight on my rear axle is over the 9600lb limit with virtually nothing added in the rig--it came overweight from the factory! I guess there is no law or regulation that forbids that--but common sense should. I had 2 leaves each side added to the stock 11 leaf spring pack to raise the rear a couple of inches--and they did that. Ford is the one to blame here. The E450 they spec at 14,500lbs and provide LR-E wheels & tires, whereas an F350 (rear axle copied from the online spec=9650 lbs. (F-350 DRW)) and has 17," 18" or 20" (F-250/F-350) truck tires and this isn't even an F450. Ford knows their rig will be overloaded and probably tell the dealers--just watch all the class c rigs come in for the chassis work that you'll get :)
The rigs made today are almost identical to the ones made in the first part of this century.
And remember--very, very few rv owners even know about these forums, and are driving around unaware they are overloaded. We know some.
Ron
In my case the weight on my rear axle is over the 9600lb limit with virtually nothing added in the rig--it came overweight from the factory! I guess there is no law or regulation that forbids that--but common sense should. I had 2 leaves each side added to the stock 11 leaf spring pack to raise the rear a couple of inches--and they did that. Ford is the one to blame here. The E450 they spec at 14,500lbs and provide LR-E wheels & tires, whereas an F350 (rear axle copied from the online spec=9650 lbs. (F-350 DRW)) and has 17," 18" or 20" (F-250/F-350) truck tires and this isn't even an F450. Ford knows their rig will be overloaded and probably tell the dealers--just watch all the class c rigs come in for the chassis work that you'll get :)
The rigs made today are almost identical to the ones made in the first part of this century.
And remember--very, very few rv owners even know about these forums, and are driving around unaware they are overloaded. We know some.
Ron
