Single rear wheel with dually payload capacity
Lol now that I have all the weight police in one spot.. is there a flaw in this logic? I’m asking because I’m not seeing one.
I have been daily driving my dually for three weeks now and after airing down the tires (thanks Cummins!) it’s been great to drive. There have been a few times now where I really miss my single wheel so I was toying around on the internet and found a conversion with Rickson (normally I look at them for their 19.5” conversions anyway) which has a specialty rim that fits the rear to create a single wheel setup that with the proper 265 or 285 19.5 tire will keep my 9750lb RGAWR and payload rating intact.
Thought it would be cool to convert to 19.5 single wheel, get a single wheel bed (maybe a ram box) and have my cake and eat it too. The only downside I see is losing some side stability you get from the duals but I imagine with a wide 285 19.5 it should be similar as they have the 6300lb rating per tire which is pretty much both my 17 E rated tires.
I also thought at the same time to convert to Kelderman air ride while I had the bed off.
Just some ideas rolling around in my head. I figure it will be 10-12k for all this even with me doing the work so it’s not cheap but what is on these trucks. Maybe I can save some cash finding a used bed and selling my bed, suspension parts and wheels/tires. These are aluminum wheels so that’s a bonus.
You might wonder why didn’t I just get the single to start with but other than the bed swap I would have had to do the rest as well and I wouldn’t have the coveted 14k GVWR, 5470lb payload and 30100lb towing ratings.
Can you run 19.5s at the lower pressure unloaded like the 17s?
Rickson
Kelderman
Rambox
I have been daily driving my dually for three weeks now and after airing down the tires (thanks Cummins!) it’s been great to drive. There have been a few times now where I really miss my single wheel so I was toying around on the internet and found a conversion with Rickson (normally I look at them for their 19.5” conversions anyway) which has a specialty rim that fits the rear to create a single wheel setup that with the proper 265 or 285 19.5 tire will keep my 9750lb RGAWR and payload rating intact.
Thought it would be cool to convert to 19.5 single wheel, get a single wheel bed (maybe a ram box) and have my cake and eat it too. The only downside I see is losing some side stability you get from the duals but I imagine with a wide 285 19.5 it should be similar as they have the 6300lb rating per tire which is pretty much both my 17 E rated tires.
I also thought at the same time to convert to Kelderman air ride while I had the bed off.
Just some ideas rolling around in my head. I figure it will be 10-12k for all this even with me doing the work so it’s not cheap but what is on these trucks. Maybe I can save some cash finding a used bed and selling my bed, suspension parts and wheels/tires. These are aluminum wheels so that’s a bonus.
You might wonder why didn’t I just get the single to start with but other than the bed swap I would have had to do the rest as well and I wouldn’t have the coveted 14k GVWR, 5470lb payload and 30100lb towing ratings.
Can you run 19.5s at the lower pressure unloaded like the 17s?
Rickson
Kelderman
Rambox
