Is this for real?

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.

mudfuel07 wrote:

p220sigman wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:

p220sigman wrote:
Additionally, you added 4" to your track width which in many cases will increase stability to an extent.

And additional stress on wheel bearings and assorted suspension parts.

True. It is one of those balancing acts. A little wider probably won't amount to much additional wear, but you reach a point where it will have a significant impact.

A friend let his son talk him into putting some of the really wide wheels with wide spacers (I'm not sure how wide the spacers were, but they were pretty wide to the point at least half of the tire width was outside the fender) on the son's truck and they were replacing bearings within 6 months. Coincidence? Possibly, but not probably. I questioned it when they did it, but the friend also was talked into letting his son do that whole making the rear end squat with the front raised so you're looking at the sky thing too, so...

They must live in Levy County!! Dumbest thing I have ever seen!

Levy is across the state from Jacksonville, in the Big Bend area on the Gulf coast. But trucks outfitted as described are definitely not exclusive to Levy though. As a side note, I saw a truck on the ride home yesterday that had a similar set-up as my friend's son, only the tires were pushed out so far, only about 2" of tire/wheel was actually under the fender. I don't know how much offset the wheels had, but it looked like there was about 10" - 12" of rim between the hub and the wheel edge. This was on a Chevy 2500, but judging by the overall look, I don't think it does much work and I'm fairly certain it didn't have E rated tires. Oh well, to each his own.