Is this for real?
I replaced into snow-off road tires my stock Michellin. I added 2-inch spacers for each tire. I expected a rough, bouncy and a little unstable ride. I regularly drive through the dreaded I-80...
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BenK wrote:
Yup, but not an absolute....
Meaning, that if the vehicle is a higher class rating and is NOT used close to it's ratings....then those bearings/parts/etc are NOT being overloaded to the point of being over their ratings...same thing with the forever half ton vs higher rated/class TVs...
Mine are 16x10 forged alloys with a negative 1.5" each wheel. So 3" wider track just from them
Stock is positive 1.5" offset, so 3" wider track just from them...plus the above, so 6" wider track than stock
Tires are 20mm wider than stock, so about <1" wider than stock...plus the above, so about 7" wider than stock
Rims are 10" wide, bead to bead, vs stock of 6.5"...so about 3.5" wider than stock...plus the above, so about 10.5" wider than stock track
Since my bearings are rated same as the 1 ton dually of that year...my setup has tons of margin for 'normal' driving...since am VERY hard when hot rodding, there are moments when their ratings are exceeded and why at about 169K miles...the front hubs are starting to complain a bit when turned in either direction to the stops...
Never visited that county. Is it close to Jacksonville ? While checking out a board manufacturing/assembly source, visited Jabil out there. Wonderful folks...they even had a volleyball courts setup INSIDE the building...they put it back up when they found out am a tournament player. Went over to check out the dog race park, but they were closed.
Wow! And thanks for the assurance.
I'm extra cautious and sensitive to the underside squeaking, so I'll probably spot it when it happens.
Good maintenance for the tow vehicle and the trailer is absolute necessity for RVers (a wisdom I learned with much appreciation to the veterans and road warriors out here).
