"Flush front" truck wheels.... name/availability? Advice?
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Afternoon all,
I've been plotting the options with my project Green Goddess camper conversion. Far from being just a show pony, I do intend to travel to countrywide events in it.
Currently, it runs on the original tubed crossply bargrip tyres of indeterminate age. Not ideal for my fuel economy or for anyone's safety, especially on wet roads.
For road use, I want to get a set of modern radial tyres, using modern tubeless wheels.
As far as I know and I've measured, it shares the same stud pattern and PCD as current trucks. I've also worked out that 315/80 R22.5 tipper truck drive tyres are the same rolling diameter as the 11.00R20 bargrips.
Only issue I've had is trying to find suitable wheels. As they're only goigg to be blasted and repainted army green, I want to get secondhand ones off ebay or similar.
However, the only ones I can find for sale are either the standard "full offset" rims meant for double wheels, or the "zero offset" rims seen on most trailers where the face is right in the middle of the rim.
What I need is a "flush" rim - I know these exist as I see them on tanker trailers and car transporters. Can I find any for sale? Can I hell!
It's driving me mad... Does anyone please know if they have a special name/terminology that I've been missing out on?
Also, are there likely to be any other issues I haven't forseen? (I know 315 section tyres are a little wider than 11", but I have seen Bedfords running on 12" and 14" tyres before without any clearance issues).
Thanks in advance!
These are the ones I mean:
I've been plotting the options with my project Green Goddess camper conversion. Far from being just a show pony, I do intend to travel to countrywide events in it.
Currently, it runs on the original tubed crossply bargrip tyres of indeterminate age. Not ideal for my fuel economy or for anyone's safety, especially on wet roads.
For road use, I want to get a set of modern radial tyres, using modern tubeless wheels.
As far as I know and I've measured, it shares the same stud pattern and PCD as current trucks. I've also worked out that 315/80 R22.5 tipper truck drive tyres are the same rolling diameter as the 11.00R20 bargrips.
Only issue I've had is trying to find suitable wheels. As they're only goigg to be blasted and repainted army green, I want to get secondhand ones off ebay or similar.
However, the only ones I can find for sale are either the standard "full offset" rims meant for double wheels, or the "zero offset" rims seen on most trailers where the face is right in the middle of the rim.
What I need is a "flush" rim - I know these exist as I see them on tanker trailers and car transporters. Can I find any for sale? Can I hell!
It's driving me mad... Does anyone please know if they have a special name/terminology that I've been missing out on?
Also, are there likely to be any other issues I haven't forseen? (I know 315 section tyres are a little wider than 11", but I have seen Bedfords running on 12" and 14" tyres before without any clearance issues).
Thanks in advance!
These are the ones I mean:
Thanks chaps, looks like Et120 was the magic keyword!
Shame about the width, but it isn't an insurmountable issue - I know someone who bands steel wheelsand they say they can just as easily "de band" these to remove a couple of inches.
Can you elaborate please on the ABS hub issue? What is different about the fitment?
Shame about the width, but it isn't an insurmountable issue - I know someone who bands steel wheelsand they say they can just as easily "de band" these to remove a couple of inches.
Can you elaborate please on the ABS hub issue? What is different about the fitment?
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