crazyfritz
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I found a nice set of aluminum rims for a great price they are 16.5 diameter. They have a 3700Lb rating. I am trying to find a set of tires that are all -terrain and E load. I checked a couple tire sites but i had no luck. It appears that the size is not popular or just not in an good aggressive and E range. Anyone come across it before? Thanks.
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I have the same size wheels and am running Firestone Transforce E-load range tires. Not overly aggressive tread, but decent for the size. Very quiet on the highway, which I like a lot.
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16.5" rims are pretty much a dead size. The last truck I saw those on was built some time in the 1960's.
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I just bought some Toyo's M-55, E rated A/T's
yesterday and they are very nice but my
rims are 16"
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Aluminum rims with a TC are not a good idea. Just ask Sirwilliam.
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BradW
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crazyfritz wrote:I found a nice set of aluminum rims for a great price they are 16.5 diameter. They have a 3700Lb rating. I am trying to find a set of tires that are all -terrain and E load. I checked a couple tire sites but i had no luck. It appears that the size is not popular or just not in an good aggressive and E range. Anyone come across it before?
Fritz,
Nothing wrong with aluminum wheels if they have the proper weight rating and you have the correct lugs and lug nuts. Also, some trucks require hub-centric wheels.
You also need to make sure the wheels have safety beads. Many 16.5 inch wheels do not.
Good Luck,
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SoCalDesertRider
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Hi Fritz, how's your travelling welding going?
I upgraded from a set of 16.5 x 9.75 American Racing Outlaw II's in 8 x 6.5" bolt circle and a set of BFG AT 33x12.50-16.5-D's on my F350. The load D tires are about 2950 lbs max load.
I could not find 33x12.50-16.5's in any higher load limit than what I had. BFG does make the AT's in 35x12.50-16.5-D with 3415 lbs load limit, but I did not want to increase the tire diameter to 35's.
So, I upgraded the rear 2 wheels and tires to 16x8 heavy duty steel wheels from Stockton Wheel with 4000 lb weight rating and 285/75-16-E BFG AT's rated at 3750 lbs. I kept the 16.5's and 33's on the front cause the front axle doesn't see that much load weight. The 285's are 33x11.50, same diameter as the front tires, so no issues with the 4wd and only about an inch skinnier. It was a major improvement in rear tire/wheel load carrying capacity and without the upgrade, I would not be able to safely haul 4000 lbs in the bed of the truck.
If I were you, I would pass on that set of 16.5's and stick to 16's. There are just not that many tires available for 16.5's anymore and there will be less and less as time goes on, especially in high load range type tires. There will probly be a market for off road floatation type tires in 16.5" wheel size for many years to come though.
Anyways, that is my experience with heavy loads and 16.5" single wheels. Hopefully that helps you out some.
By the way, our '97-down Ford trucks have lug-centric hubs and use 9/16" studs. The newer Fords ('99-up) are hub-centric and use a metric bolt circle and metric lug thread. I believe Ford quit using 16.5" wheels sometime in the 70's and GM and Dodge probly changed to 16's around the same time. I doubt you'll come accross any hub-centric 16.5" wheels, unless they came off a dually.
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16.5" are hit or miss around this part of the country. You can try a couple truck centers and see if they have anything that size. Around here 16" are an easy thing to find, but the 16.5" are a rare tire, not commonly seen on trucks after the 70's.
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SoCal, you can find F and G rated tires for 16.5x9.75 Rims, but not in Radial Ply. The only ones I've found are Denman and McCreary (aka STA) brand which both make a 14 ply, Load Range G Belted Bias Ply truck tire, but its a highway tread and like all x.5" rims, can't be air down because they don't have bead locks.
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BradW wrote:Fritz,
Nothing wrong with aluminum wheels if they have the proper weight rating and you have the correct lugs and lug nuts. Also, some trucks require hub-centric wheels.
I can confirm that!
Post 1988, DRW Fords should have hub centric wheels. Les Schwab put lug centric wheels on my truck and one side of the rears came off after shearing all of the lug studs.
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