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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 02:35 AM
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Thats an awesome wagon. what is the plan for the Iroks? on what rims? have any better shots of them? Been curious about those for a while now. where did you order them from?
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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 09:39 AM
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Truck looks awesome, great job


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Old Oct 2, 2013 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 1-5-3-6-2-4
Thats an awesome wagon. what is the plan for the Iroks? on what rims? have any better shots of them? Been curious about those for a while now. where did you order them from?
I siped the tires and studded them and plan on running them in the winter. They are 36x13.5x19.5, and want to put them on these rickson wheels I am using now. If they are too wide and dont wear right, I will get a set of rims custom made out of a place in wis that make 9.5' wide rims with the offsets I need.

I ordered them from firematic out of new york. They are very expensive so be prepared when you get a price. I will dig up some photos.
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 12:27 PM
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very very nice job on the 5500 pickup

Chrysler should take notes, even then they couldn't build one that nice...
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Old Nov 12, 2013 | 08:12 PM
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Here is the truck with the winter rubber. Truck handles awesome in the snow. Drove it back this weekend with 14k in tow in 8" of fresh and was 10 times better than my 07 dually. Even pulling the 11% grade out of the parking lot it didnt even spin a tire.
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Old Nov 15, 2013 | 09:19 PM
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What do you have into this build money wise? Why change out the stock leafs. This is exactly the same thing I plan to do for a work truck and yours is the second such truck I have seen built.
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 01:06 PM
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Very nice. I see you are still using dually rims. Are they stock with spacers or custom rims?

I run 36" IROKS on my Jeep for offroading, tires work awesome in all conditions, even snow/ice which is rare because usually a mud tire sucks on ice. Only thing it doesn't do well is highway. They are bias ply and don't balance well. The bias-ply handle the trail abuse well, never had a flat or sidewall gash with them. I tried a set of 37" radials once and took out two sidewalls on my second trip out with them, the sidewalls were paper thin on the radials. Sold them quick and went back to bias.
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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 02:05 PM
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Clay those are 14 ply load range H iroks.
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Old Dec 8, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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I saw that, are they radials? Either way I doubt he will have any problem with sidewall damage.
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Old Jan 12, 2014 | 10:13 PM
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that is BEE-U-TEE-FULL!!!
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Old Jul 11, 2014 | 07:42 PM
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Truck is running strong. I have 10000 miles on it now. On a good day i can get 13.5 mpg. It tows like a dream. I have (37) 4"x12"x9' creosoled timbers in the bed right now. I pumped the rear tires up to 80 psi and you cant even tell 7000 lbs in the bed.

I do have a set of 19.5x9.75" rims coming for the winter tires. The 7.5 rims just round the tire too much and I have to run a lot less air so they wear correctly.
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 08:35 PM
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That is awesome!!!!
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 11:14 PM
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Where did you find the 19.5x9.75 rims at?
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 02:09 AM
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Nice job.
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Old Oct 5, 2014 | 04:02 AM
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How's that BEAST running? One of the top 5 coolest trucks on here for sure. Diesel power or Diesel world mag needs to do a full feature on your truck for a real world, hard working truck. Any updates would be appreciated...
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