Rickson 19.5 wheels/tires

[BillH]

What is the advantage and disadvantages of mounting Rickson 19. 5 wheels.

 

[SLang]

I do not own a set myself, but there was a sample article on the forum last month that gave a person real world test and perseption of the combo. I'm sure it is in a recent TDR magazine.



As far as what I can tell you here:



Pro:

1) High load rating of wheel. These are medium duty wheels.

2) Along with wheels, higher load rating of tires.

3) Larger diameter tires are avialable for top end.

4) Since tires made for highway miles, should last longer. Agian opinion

5) Lower sidewall should give better handling.

6) Look really good in my opinion.



Cons:

1) Can not maintain present tire height. Must recalibrate speedo to make work correctly.

2) May ride a little rougher. This is subjective. I have a C3500. I do not figure a little rougher ride will be noticed.

3) Larger tire. . means more rolling mass. . means worst accel. and braking.

4) I do not believe they are made in aluminum yet. Just steel and simulators.

5) Leaves a big hole in your wallet.



All my opinion. If any one has the article it will really help. I think it was issue 28, but if you look in ht eindex under wheels you should be able to find it.

 

[dresslered]

Where would you mount a spare Rickson?

 

[JohnMcIntyre]

Rixon wheels

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Speaking from personal experience. I wouldn't go back to factory 16s, if you paid me... . It's a no brainer and should be a standard factory option.



I'm running with the steel wheels set-up with Yokohama TY303 rubber; the aluminium ones aren't available yet, but Rixons are working on that I believe..... This is definitely a high mileage combination set up to handle snow and ice conditions, for when my son and I go snowboarding in Austria and France with our slide-in camper.



BTW, my spare tire is also a Rixon ( 225-70R/19. 5 ) item, and it fits snugly in the same space under the pickup bed, along with the 300 liter/60US gall. fuel tank, where the original factory spare tire used to sit. Cranking it back up into place with the slide-in camper was a bit fiddly, but achievable. An extension had to be fabricated to reach around and under the rear of the camper unit to reach the crank down socket by the rear licence plate/bumper - it was either that or unload and then reload the camper.



Needless to say that fabricated extension always travels with the camper slide-in, so a roadside flat doesn't mean having to unload the camper to get to the spare.

 

[dresslered]

Good info John! I have a Bigfoot which does not hang down in the back so I believe that I have full access to the spare tire crank. I hadn't realized that the Rickson's would fit as a spare as my stocker looks like it's squeezed in there.

 

[Jeepthing]

I talked with Rickson some time ago, only 225/75/r19. 5 will fit in stock spare location and they do not need speedo recaibration

 

[SLang]

Stock on my truck are 215/85/16 = 30. 4in.

Rickson are 225/75/19. 5 = 32. 8in.

Difference = 2. 4in.

% Diff. = 7. 9%



This is for my truck your factory tires may be different. On my truck if your speedo reads 70MPH then your actual is 75+MPH. If it was mine I would have it checked at the very least.

 

[rootmanslim]

I have the steel wheels in silver powdercoat with yokohama ty303a 265/70r195s.

I would not do it again!

1. the wheels are rusting (no winter salted road driving at all!)

2. the wheel and tire is so heavy it takes two people to lift

3. wander, steering wheel feedback, ride and handling are anywhere from only as good as stock to far worse

4. the tires have 7000 miles on them and the fronts are 50% (yes FIFTY) worn down.

That highway driving, with a truck that is empty and not towing 95% of the time.

5. I could have bought 4 sets of OEM tires for what these cost and they (OEMs) lasted 25000 miles and still have legal tread.

6. Although evenly worn, they are so out of balance after 7K miles, they need to be rebalanced.

7. you also need to buy the spedo adjustment box and a GPS (if you don't have one) to set it up (although it works fine)

8. Unsprung weight is increased a lot which is hard on you, suspension parts and brakes.

But they do look nice! Larry