Score one for the weight police :)
After several years of running the vision 19.5 wheels and hating the ride, i went with toyo open country tires that have the weight rating I needed. I did not look at the wheel rating though. 4 years ...
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This is an issue that many of us worry about and based on what I have been able to find out the only sure fire way to get a wheel rated (3750 lbs or more) for the load many of us carry on our SRW truck camper is to go with 19.5's, but many of us don't want the ride 19.5's give. Notice I said wheel, since we can buy tires that have sufficient load ratings.
There are low pressure cast aluminum aftermarket wheels rated as much as 3650 lbs, but experience in our TC community has taught us that these cast wheels can break even when loads are within the wheel specs. Forged aluminum wheels on the other hand seem to hold up to the high loads much better, but I have not been able to find 16" X 8" 8 lug (8" width needed for 285/75-16 tires) aftermarket forged wheels with a load rating even close to 3750 lbs.
I would love to be able to find and buy my "perfect wheel" - forged aluminum 16" X 8" with 8 X 6.5" lug spacing, 4.5" backspacing, 0 offset, and 116.7mm hub bore (hub centric). Does anyone know where such a wheel might be found, even if it is lug centric and not hub centric? I would even change tire diameter to 17" or 18" if such a wheel could be found. If not, then I would like to get the opinion of our TC community on the feasibility of the the following, somewhat unique, out of the box, solution to my "perfect wheel". My thought has been to do the following, with cost not being a factor, only performance and durability:
Take two sets of GM stock PYO 16" X 6.5" forged aluminum wheels and cut / machine the outside rim lip off of both sets. Then weld the cut off rim lip from one set onto the wheel of the other set, sized to give an 8" rim width. This would create a forged aluminum wheel specifically designed to fit my 8 lug GMC truck, but with an 8" rim width to meet the 8" width specified for 285/75-16 tires.
Although the PYO wheels do not have an official weight rating, it is accepted by many that they can hold 3800 lbs. In fact, I have, as have many others, run stock PYO's and 285/75-16"s for over 60,000 miles with 6800 lbs on the rear axle (on and off road), which gives me great confidence that the PYO's can carry the load. Although I have not had a tire problem running 285's on 6.5" wide rims, and in fact, have gotten 50,000 miles out of my first set of tires running that way, I would really like to get a set of forged aluminum wheels that hit the midpoint width spec for 285's.
Your thoughts and feedback are appreciated. But please remember this discussion is about the feasibility, capability, and durability of my "out of the box" solution and not about the weight rating of PYO's. Thanks...Terry
There are low pressure cast aluminum aftermarket wheels rated as much as 3650 lbs, but experience in our TC community has taught us that these cast wheels can break even when loads are within the wheel specs. Forged aluminum wheels on the other hand seem to hold up to the high loads much better, but I have not been able to find 16" X 8" 8 lug (8" width needed for 285/75-16 tires) aftermarket forged wheels with a load rating even close to 3750 lbs.
I would love to be able to find and buy my "perfect wheel" - forged aluminum 16" X 8" with 8 X 6.5" lug spacing, 4.5" backspacing, 0 offset, and 116.7mm hub bore (hub centric). Does anyone know where such a wheel might be found, even if it is lug centric and not hub centric? I would even change tire diameter to 17" or 18" if such a wheel could be found. If not, then I would like to get the opinion of our TC community on the feasibility of the the following, somewhat unique, out of the box, solution to my "perfect wheel". My thought has been to do the following, with cost not being a factor, only performance and durability:
Take two sets of GM stock PYO 16" X 6.5" forged aluminum wheels and cut / machine the outside rim lip off of both sets. Then weld the cut off rim lip from one set onto the wheel of the other set, sized to give an 8" rim width. This would create a forged aluminum wheel specifically designed to fit my 8 lug GMC truck, but with an 8" rim width to meet the 8" width specified for 285/75-16 tires.
Although the PYO wheels do not have an official weight rating, it is accepted by many that they can hold 3800 lbs. In fact, I have, as have many others, run stock PYO's and 285/75-16"s for over 60,000 miles with 6800 lbs on the rear axle (on and off road), which gives me great confidence that the PYO's can carry the load. Although I have not had a tire problem running 285's on 6.5" wide rims, and in fact, have gotten 50,000 miles out of my first set of tires running that way, I would really like to get a set of forged aluminum wheels that hit the midpoint width spec for 285's.
Your thoughts and feedback are appreciated. But please remember this discussion is about the feasibility, capability, and durability of my "out of the box" solution and not about the weight rating of PYO's. Thanks...Terry
