I did a post a while back but nobody responded. I seen another one on the highway. how do they fit these tires on that truck? and also do you need a lift for it?

 

If you want the 22.5" wheels and tires typically yes you will need some sort of lift to fit them. They fit them on the truck using wheel adapters to go from the 8 lug to the 10 lug patterns. IMO trucks with them look like *** and I would never trust adapters. You basically now have wheels and tires that can support plenty of weight, too bad you now have adapters that lower your capacity back down to less than it was to begin with I never did understand that logic. Now a set of 19.5 wheels with the right bolt pattern and a good set of ribs would be the way to do it.

 

Here is a place where they sell big wheel adapters check it out great trucks.www.chromewheel.com/dominator.htm

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by REDLIGHT99
www.chromewheel.com/dominator.htm

 

There is a guy named Brian, in Crawfordsville, IN that built a prototype Superduty pick-up truck in about 1995. This thing was astounding. I had the opportunity to see it when He stopped by the shop one day, just to show me.

He used a F700 chassis with engine, transmission, driveline and suspension. He took a crewcab F250 and added an extended cab section on it. He mounted the fuel tank in the bed. This was his trailer towing rig. The cab interior looked like factory finish when he completed the project. The only problem he indicated was, he had to take out some of the spring leafs from under the 20,000# rear suspension. This enabled the vehicle to ride smooth.

Brian indicated that FOMOCO engineering found out about the rig and came and paid him some visits.

 

You might be interested in looking at this site. It shows great pictures of customers vehicles.

www.ricksontruck.com

 

I drove an F350 with those wheels.
Talk about a rough ride. I ran over a pen and you could feel it!

 

Home skillet is right, the unsprung weight of the larger tire/wheel combination is way out of wack on those rigs compared to what the suspension, brakes, and trans can handle so the ride, braking, and acceleration suffers a lot. Just like when 44" tires were put on little Toyota p/u trucks back in the 80's.

 

I might be mistaken, but I thought that F450 and 550's ran on the larger rims?If true, do you need an adaptor? Or just swap axle parts from one model to the next?

 

The F450 and F550 (after 99) use a 19.5 wheel and are a larger pattern than the F250/350. As I recall its an 8/210mm pattern. It won't fit on anything other than another 450/550. An adapter is required.

 

thanks for claifying.

 

How about this?
http://www.navistar.com/site_layout/severe/cxt.asp

 

that truck is ssweeet.... ive never seen it but from what i understand Plaxico Burress of the Steelers has something like it, not sure if its a freightliner or a ford of some sort.

 

It`s an International didn`t you see what site it was on?

 

I think this is pretty awesome.......

http://www.big-boys.com/pictures/picture0518.html