19.5 wheel

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i have been thinking of getting a set of 19.5 for the back of my truck. looks like i need to buy two fronts and two rears to make it work.

just looking for some advise if i need longer lug studs or whatever else. any tire brand good? i think a 245/70r19.5 is the size i am looking for.

http://www.visionwheel.com/wheel/6858/181-hauler-duallie/ i think i need the 124.5 bore size for the hub. and can someone help me understand how the measurements work for the offset and backspacing.

thanks.

 

[tjsea]

@Dieselcrawler can probably help you out. Corey had 19.5s on his crew cab at the one rally.

 

[Sidewinded_idi]

Here’s my setup. The vision heavy haulers. They make them in the older 8x6.5 as well. My rig is strictly for towing and today was the first test run. I run airsoft bbs for balancing and they’re an absolute dream to tow with. So much more stable! FYI I’m running the 225/70r19.5

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[Sidewinded_idi]

i have been thinking of getting a set of 19.5 for the back of my truck. looks like i need to buy two fronts and two rears to make it work.

just looking for some advise if i need longer lug studs or whatever else. any tire brand good? i think a 245/70r19.5 is the size i am looking for.

http://www.visionwheel.com/wheel/6858/181-hauler-duallie/ i think i need the 124.5 bore size for the hub. and can someone help me understand how the measurements work for the offset and backspacing.

thanks.

They’re great wheels. I paid 175$ a piece. Also the body lift is coming off this truck so the wheels will look much better

 

[Dieselcrawler]

Elijah, if you call them they will tell you what you need. The 245 are almost a 35 inch tall tire, that’s what I had on mine. The studs are plenty long enough. I ran a 1/4 inch spacer between the duals and still had plenty of thread.

 

[no mufflers]

Elijah, if you call them they will tell you what you need. The 245 are almost a 35 inch tall tire, that’s what I had on mine. The studs are plenty long enough. I ran a 1/4 inch spacer between the duals and still had plenty of thread.

did you have to use the spacers? were the wheels still hubcentric? i am looking to go with a taller tire anyway and i have the vision wheels in the front in 17'' so it will match for the most part.

do you know if they stick out more then a stock wheel does?

 

[Sidewinded_idi]

did you have to use the spacers? were the wheels still hubcentric? i am looking to go with a taller tire anyway and i have the vision wheels in the front in 17'' so it will match for the most part.

do you know if they stick out more then a stock wheel does?

Did you see my picture? Those are the same wheels. So you can see the offset is same as factory.

 

[Dieselcrawler]

No I didn’t need to, but I did. Lol the wheels were their old version that used a Shank lugnut. And it put the rear outer right at the edge of my fender

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do you know what hub size youre wheels are? when i got the fronts they gave me the 125.2 but after measuring it looks like i need the 124.5.

ill post up some pictures of the problems i am having with my current wheels and tires. i want to go up in height just a little and these will get me there. with the 16'' rims i have to keep going wider to get it taller. i currently have 285/75/16

 

[Hagan]

After owning 19.5's I'd never recommend them to anyone. They followed the tracks in the road and would pull the truck into them aggressively. I gave up on them when I kept getting stuck everywhere. I went to 17's and never looked back.

 

[u2slow]

I had a pair of the Visions 19.5 SRWs on the back of my E350 van. The 245/70R19.5 is a 33" tire. The wheels are 4500# rated, and the tires I had were 4800# rated. My axle D70U was 7500# rated (maybe). So the tires were more than enough to max out the axle. Half as many tires and wheels to buy. No body mods/flares to deal with.

My van was always rolling around 10-12k# gross. Handling effect was like I'd added a swaybar, and the suspension was working again instead of the tires simply squashing. The wandering wasn't bad with this weight. What little I noticed I felt had more to do with the pliable 16's on the front doing one thing while the much stiffer 19.5's doing another. Had I kept the van longer, I'd have looked for steel sidewall 16's for the front so as to match the 19.5 tire's construction.

 

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As of now the the 19.5 would just be in the rear. I have 17" in the front and will be keeping them for a while. It should drive mostly the same.

The truck is about 8,500 lbs so it isn't really light. I think I might go with the 265 but they seem to be harder to find so not sure yet.

 

[hesutton]

19.5's on the F450.

No issues driving empty or hauling with them. The tread/width of the tire struggle in soft stuff (def not a mud tire). But they do better than I thought they would being pizza cutter width.

Heath

 

[Sidewinded_idi]

I keep 110psi in my 225/70 and even unloaded it drives great. I have zero complaints with them. Although off highway traction does suffer. But weighted down the handling and stability is worth every penny