High Load Rating Wheels

Burps,
You are correct about the 16.5 feature. But there are the early H-1 tires which were bias ply and difficult to balance and the newer GoodYear tires which were raidials, had a higher rating and were better at balancing. Part of he problem lies in the balance of 24 bolt deadlock wheels themselves. I have never felt the need for beadlocks and when on blow sand had my 37/13.50R16 Jeep tires on 10" rims down to 6 pounds and never lost a bead. I looked around at wide 16.5 tires today and they seem to be a dying breed, held only on the market because of the military.
I emailed Stockton Wheel today to find out about their version of H-1/Power Wagon/military 16" steel wheels with the back spacing and width I need. We'll see what they come back with on the price and deliverability, although Stockton is only 90 minutes away from me so they wouldn't need to be shipped.
O.K. i'll get off this thread now.
regards, as always, jefe

Another option is to get any of the Vision wheels and have them sandblasted & powdercoated to the color you choose. I am ordering black Visions from CWO on eBay (same company in my link above), but I may get them powdercoated. $45 per wheel at my local powdercoater. Makes them about $250 per wheel total.

Vision makes a black wheel in 19.5. That's what we have on our F-350 and I like the looks of them because they don't need to be polished like shiny aluminum wheels do.

Thank you for all of the info guys! Still not sure if I am going to change anything or not. Like an earlier poster said, there seams to be a market out there for the high load rating wheels in something other than just the few choices that are available.

Here is another company making high load rated rims:

http://americanforcewheels.com/index.php/en/wheels-collection/item/7

Boy this discussion got way off track.

The OP isn't having problems finding wheels with enough capacity.

He is looking for BLACK wheels with enough capacity. Only thing I can recommend is breaking out the DupliColor wheel blackout kit or sending rims off to be powder coated.

The other issue with the H1 wheels is they are 16.5 so you are stuck using those 37" inch humvee take offs. I have heard they don't balance well.

Ticki,
The tires will all be the same size. Only the wheels will be (3) @ 10 inches wide/ 6.25 inch B.S. and (2) @ 11 inches wide/4.5 inch B.S., not enough difference to make a difference, but give the wider stance and stability on the rear like I like rolling under the camper weight. Remember too, the fronts will stick out only 2 inches farther than the stock wheels with the same 6.25 inch back spacing.
The rears will be approx. 1-2 inches narrower than I have now with the 4.5 inch B.S.
Another thing. You see some trucks with 10 inch wide wheels all around but with the 3.5 inch to 4.5 inch B.S.The center of those front tires is way out on the spindle causing a LOT of leverage on the outer wheel bearings. I've seen a lot of Dodge unit bearing front ends go south from all that leverage.
If my Dodge had enough fender clearance, I would probably go 38 inchers/beadlocks and 4.56 gears. Yes, those gears are available. And you could get 15.50 wide super singles in 38's, the only ones left. But, the 34.53's will do fine with what I have.
jefe

If front spacers will do the trick for you this place will make what ever you want .

http://www.wheeladapter.com/

The front studs will be too short but you can replace them with studs from a dually rear .

Finding the right wheels with the right dimensions AND a decent weight rating is frustrating to say the least .

If you go with the 34.53 tires in the rear what will you use in the front ?

I am very interested in what you come up with . Good luck