Wheel capacity vs tire capacity

covered wagon wrote:

MORSNOW wrote:
Most factory aluminum wheels are forged also, but finding a load rating stamped on them is rare. The majority of aftermarket wheels are cast (Alcoa are forged as noted above) and are more prone to failure. I've split 3 of the 4 wheels on my past pickup that were aftermarket cast between the lug holes and wheel centers. The centers of most aftermarket wheels have huge center holes and are lug centric versus hub centric like most factory wheels.

Are you saying the Alcoas are more prone to failure also?

Alcoas website shows a video of a steel wheel in a hydralic press with an Alcoa wheel in an identicle hydralic press and the steel wheel fails at pressures that the Alcoa wheel will bounce back to it's original shape every time.

Alcoa wheels are the best in the world and can find them on concrete trucks and big rigs everywhere. They are expensive and would vote to disagree with the above statement that most factory alloy wheels are forged. Forging is a very expensive process and I removed my factory Dodge alloy wheels for Alcoas wheel. I would say Alcoa knows their business better than anyone.

I read the above as the Alcoa , although aftermarket , are forged and are the exception . So no , they are NOT more prone to failure .

Do you know for a fact that your Dodge alloy wheels are not forged ? That is not a challenge , it's very hard to find facts on OEM wheels , especially weight capacity . If you have reliable intel it would help all of us .