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TNFarmBoy
Explorer
Dec 09, 2021

Wheel Pattern for 2006 Open Road 5th Wheel

I have a 2006 357 RLS Fifth Wheel in Texas that I want to transport back to Tennessee. It has good Micheline 16 inch tires but they are 10 years old. I want to use 17" tires that I have taken off my truck and I will need to purchase new wheels to do this. However, I don't know the wheel pattern. Does anyone know the pattern for this fifth wheel?

Thanks for your help!


Jerry
  • TNFarmBoy's avatar
    TNFarmBoy
    Explorer
    Dec 11, 2021
    Thanks for the feedback. It may be best just to put new 16" tires on the trailer.
  • Michelle_S's avatar
    Michelle_S
    Explorer III
    Dec 11, 2021
    Don't know if you can get 17" wheels to fit the trailer, the normal upsize from 16" is the 17.5" wheels.
  • bucky's avatar
    bucky
    Explorer II
    Dec 11, 2021
    I would buy a set of tires to take with you to TX and have them installed at the first place you come to. Or have the new tires on hold at a chain close to the 5ers location in TX.
    Your location in TN may as well be NC, even if the 5er is in east TX that is still a long hump. You're smart to replace the tires.
  • JIMNLIN's avatar
    JIMNLIN
    Explorer III
    Dec 11, 2021
    Trailer axles require zero offset wheels....as in trailer wheels. Trailer Axle bearings are set up for the load to be between the inner and outer bearings.
    Use the wrong offset and axle bearing won't last long.
    From TX to TN may work for you. 17" tires from the truck may be to wide (tread and section width) so measure close.
  • handsome51's avatar
    handsome51
    Explorer
    Dec 11, 2021
    Just buy you some new 16in Micheline XP Ribs and put on it. And you will be fine. You don't need the 17in rims
  • Sjm9911's avatar
    Sjm9911
    Explorer
    Dec 10, 2021
    Do you have the clearance and with for the tires your putting on? I dont know anything about 5th wheels, but on some of the smaller campers bigger tires creates an issue. People have to use spacers, if they can fit the tire on. And sometimes the bouncing will cause a tire that looks like it has clearace on it to rub. So , i would make sure before buying stuff.
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Dec 10, 2021
    mobilefleet wrote:
    that unit prob has 8 lugs. Simply measure from the center of one lug hole to the center of the one directly opposite of it to get the wheel pattern. For example, if it measures 6.5 inches from hole to hole, that would be a "8 on 6.5" wheel pattern


    He'll need an awfully long tape measure to reach all the way over Arkansas to Texas.
  • mobilefleet's avatar
    mobilefleet
    Explorer
    Dec 09, 2021
    that unit prob has 8 lugs. Simply measure from the center of one lug hole to the center of the one directly opposite of it to get the wheel pattern. For example, if it measures 6.5 inches from hole to hole, that would be a "8 on 6.5" wheel pattern

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