19.5 8 lug wheels

[DRyder]

Looking through my many web sites I stumbled upon this,



BEAST SS 19. 5" DIRECT BOLT-ON



Looks like a nice option if someone is looking for a 19. 5". Might be old news, but I figured I would pass it on just in case.



Dave

 

[HHhuntitall]

Yep, looks nice, I'm not convinced on 'em; I've got the fence swaying on this one. I'd love 14ply against flats and for the longetivity, but I've ridden in trucks that had 'em, worked on 'em, and had to repeatedly fix problems that, I think, are caused by 'em. We had a '00 3500 2x4 that we repeatedly put ball joints in that had 22. 5s on it, then a rear wheel seal a time or two. I think the weight and no sidewall give kept knocking the joints out. Could have been the short circuit between the steering wheel and seat, though..... They seem to ride really rough, to me, when they're empty. I'm still just not sold on the idea. We've installed and serviced several sets... . Rickson, Alcoa, Stockton Wheel..... the low profile and short sidewall just works against itself..... then I'll see someone that's had 'em on for 200k and report very few problems..... shock bushings seem to go quickly..... maybe a ball joint, but for that mileage..... I've been wanting to try a set, but a set just hasn't come along at the right price for me... ... cheap! I keep watching the forums..... circling... ...

 

[Cosmo]

I almost had myself talked into a set of 19. 5's for my truck... until I moved to Florida and started replacing car tires with 6-8 32nds of an inch of tread still on them due to dry rot. What the heck is the point of getting tires that'll last 100k+ miles if it's going to take me 4 to 5 years to hit that mileage, and after 3 years the tires are crumbling apart?

 

[HHhuntitall]

I almost had myself talked into a set of 19. 5's for my truck... until I moved to Florida and started replacing car tires with 6-8 32nds of an inch of tread still on them due to dry rot. What the heck is the point of getting tires that'll last 100k+ miles if it's going to take me 4 to 5 years to hit that mileage, and after 3 years the tires are crumbling apart?

Keep 'em in the shade, and don't buy Michelin or Goodyear.

 

[Cosmo]

Keep 'em in the shade, and don't buy Michelin or Goodyear.

I see pretty much all brands of tires suffer from rot - Continental, Kumho, Firestone/Bridgestone, GY, Michelin, Primewell??, you name it we get it in.



Then again, I've also had some 2002-2004 Outbacks come in with the factory original tires still on them in good shape - outline white letters and all...

 

[HHhuntitall]

I see pretty much all brands of tires suffer from rot - Continental, Kumho, Firestone/Bridgestone, GY, Michelin, Primewell??, you name it we get it in.



Then again, I've also had some 2002-2004 Outbacks come in with the factory original tires still on them in good shape - outline white letters and all...

Yeah, I see a lot of 'em that get chalky or just plain rot to where you can see the air in 'em. I run Toyo's on trailers and drivers, and I've had good luck. I don't run very hard, but the sun and heat are pretty rough on 'em. I cover up my trailer duals on the sunny side when parked with a sheet of plywood, and I keep my trucks inside when I can. I've got Yokohama tires on the front drivers, and they've all seemed to hold up well. I also had some Michelin tires on a KW we don't drive, and it's kept in the barn with the grain bed on it, and I've had two blow out just sitting in the dark this summer. Goodyears and Bridgestone/Firestone are just pathetic, as well. I bought an old hopper bottom about 1. 5 years ago, and the four Goodyears on the back axle were almost new. The front axle were older Chinese Double Coin's, and guess which ones didn't make it this summer? I was told the Asian made tires have actual rubber compounds in 'em that resist the heat and moisture..... and then there's some that have a more expensive synthetic compound. I'm not a chemical engineer, so I don't know, but seems some of what the guy tells me makes sense. And he should know, he owns one of the largest tire shops in the DFW area..... I get a lot of used tools, tires, and military surplus tires from there. Nothing like an 18ply tire for a 3500lb truck... ...



What is sad is that I've got some old grain truck and tractor tires that are 30+ years old, and they hold up to the once a year air-up-and-drive-loaded every year!!! Those tires are better made than what we can buy today, and they're that old!!

 

[EricBu12]

I kept my stock tires and towed only in the summer. . stocks on the winter. . took about 7 years to get them worn and only a little side checking. . down to 6/32nds right now. . snow coming on so stock 17"s are on right now.