Need Guidance on Buying the Right Truck
Hi guys, you may remember I posted last year about my 2002 Lance 811 that I acquired for free because it needs a little restoration ("How Bad Is This?") Well the house remodeling is finally done, D...
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jimh425 wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
I see lots of truck owners upgrade tires capacity to carry more weight and not upgrade OEM wheels which is 3590 lb per Fords Fleet specs/18" and 20" wheels.
I think you are likely working off old specs. Ford has lately been putting tires on stock trucks that are in some cases almost 500 lbs more than the numbers you describe. Well, that’s what the new truck owners have posted.
I haven't seen many "specs" on OE wheels, but they're out there. Have looked myself, since I haul the white whale on a srw on OE wheels and I "think" that's about right 3600lb/wheel rating.
But....and there's always a butt, lol.....
Compare the frequency of broken rims to the frequency of "overloaded" trucks and one can see that without a doubt, the factor of safety on OE rims is Huge.
Depends on a person's confidence in what I just wrote. I've had the opportunity to use, manage, maintain and be around 1000s of fleet trucks used in construction for the last 30 years and I can count on zero fingers how many cracked or broken rims I've seen, save for those as a result of an impact or traffic accident.
