what gives?

[The Warden]

You should have equipped a hub with a VEEDEROOT, MILEMARKER, or STEMCO; the VEEDEROOTs on our trucks count the MILLIONs and nobody can argue with them.

Forgive me for going slightly off-topic, but I'm curious...is there a way to buy one of these hub odometers with the mileage set to reflect the current dash odometer reading? Or are they only available zeroed out and you have to do the math every time?

 

[92F350CC]

Maybe I'm losing it, but I could have sworn my friends' 93 IDIT that i've driven said 470k on the odo.

 

[DragRag]

Prob not.....

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

Forgive me for going slightly off-topic, but I'm curious...is there a way to buy one of these hub odometers with the mileage set to reflect the current dash odometer reading? Or are they only available zeroed out and you have to do the math every time?

A brand-new hub-o-meter will have from a few 10ths to a couple miles showing, due to factory testing prior to packaging.

These things are available in a bejillion tire-size designations.

The most commonly found are for tire-size 11R-22.5/10.00-20.

Multiply the accumulated mileage of one of these by .765 (76.5%) and you will be dead-on for 7.50-16/235-85-16 tire-size.


If you want one to reflect your truck's actual accumulated mileage, either buy a brand-new one, mount it on a fast-turning wood-lathe, and run it up to the desired reading (it will get there a lot quicker than one would think; probably less than a week); or, pick up a used one that shows a lower mileage than desired, mount it on the lathe, and run it up.


I have VEEDEROOTs on three of our 3/4- and 1-ton trucks.

I made the mounting brackets myself.

They mount to the rear axle-flange bolts.