Mark, I checked that link out. So, what is the capacity rating on those wheels?

 

From my experience, and info I have garnered, tires are good to about 7 years after the date of manufacture....sometimes 10 years. I do 7 years on my wife's vehicle, and 10 years, or less depending on tread wear on mine.

I just replaced the tires on my old Chrysler wagon over the summer....the tires had great tread...probably 80% or better, but had turned hard as hockey pucks and were just over 10 years old. When driving if there was any water on the road and the car would start skidding when you hit the brakes.

The tire machine sure laboured hard to get those old tires off my rims. Then new ones went on smooth as butter.

 

I only have the one set right now, but I have a spare set of stock 16" steel rims set aside just in case I want to run a winter tire one day.

 

way too much thought is being put into this topic. if you're worried about being able to source another one of those wheels, you've not looked very hard. those are about the most common steel wheel ever made. your tire guy is also f.o.s. as a 33x12.5" tire is also one of the most common standard tire sizes.

if I had to choose i'd sell the extra set you have and get some decent tires for the wheels that are currently on your truck. you're much better off with a 16" wheel than a 16.5"

i wouldn't worry about weight/load rating unless you tow heavy and often. this is another topic that is over analyzed.

edit: also, you mistakenly and with no sense of humor read my sarcastic statement from earlier. it was no indictment to your lady, but to you

 

6X7=3200# 16X8=2200#
http://www.americanracing.com/wheelS...ar62-outlaw-ii
I think the 16X8 is under rated.1" isn't going to make that much difference.
They are probably rated bu the weakest super deepest offset.

 

if you want a good, strong, truck wheel, look at black rock. I've had them on a few jeeps and a truck. they will take a beating

 

Hey, Fonder, I knew you were kidding all along, dude! I got your type figgered out already!
Back on the tires, now that it's all coming back to me, it wasn't the 12.5 depth of the wheel that concerned my tire bud, but the 16.5 diameter of the wheel. He said that that was a size of the past, and I remember back in '06 him trying to get a tire for it back then was a pain. Any other tire that he didn't have in stock, he would have in his shop within an hour.
So, J Fonder, I don't feel comfortable selling tires off to someone that are going on 10 years of age. The rims, well, I'm either going to turn into the recyclers, or sell. I wouldn't even know what to ask for in wheels. How about advice on that? Then I'll forgive you about that earlier comment!

 

Uh, oh...Mark, I see mathematical formulas I am unfamiliar with. I dig math. Please, show me the the formula, and explain the concept. I'll bring you an apple the next time we meet
That's why I love this site- learn something new all the time.
Also, I looked closely at the links to Summit from you and Papecat. Looking real close, the wheels identical to the ones on my truck are of a 12 hole, while mine are 10. Is there anyway to find out the rating on wheels? Are they noted somewhere on the wheels themselves?

 

Yep, its the 16.5 that is all but dead. People still like them for military take offs and such though. As for selling them and being 10 years old, just make it known, and the buyer can decide his own fate. I can see someone giving $200 or so for the set just for roll arounds or to have a few spares on hand. I'm a cheap ask so I sell anything I can and live by the one mans trash is another mans treasure motto. I hate when I find out someone threw away something I really needed. Someone out there may really need/want your cheap set of wheels and tires.

 

Ok, then. Thank you.

 

Sorry 16" diameter by 7"wide.
And I too like math.

I don't know about the weight rating being stamped on the wheel. It would make sense though.

 

They are too modern looking for me. I just don't care for the looks of any they make.

 

Another option is if you want to move up to the 17" size wheel, those look to have a better weight rating with even more tire sizes available, like the wildly popular 255/80R17. (33"+ tall but only 10.5" wide approx) (Check out Cooper and BFG KM2)

Check out PN 3988880 @ 3650 LB weight rating http://www.cragarwheel.com/images/me...59B3BFC069.pdf

Cragar Soft 8 Chrome Wheels 3988880 - Free Shipping on Orders Over $99 at Summit Racing


This model of black rock wheels look to have the same identical weight rating of 3650 lbs but in black 17X9

Black Rock Type 8 Series 997 : Black Rock

PN 997788045

Looks like these steel wheels are being made by a common unknown manufacturer, I wonder who.

 

Man, I have a lot to learn!

 

Think 2X4 or 4X4.