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Old 08-02-2015, 07:51 PM   #11
1976gmc20
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Re: More durable 15" tires

Okay, well I wasn't finding anything like that a couple years ago when I finally bought the rally wheels out of a ranch junkyard. It bothers me that they say "6 lug" but then the pictures show a 5 lug wheel

Not sure about Toyota wheels - there might be a problem with the backspace like the newer Chevy wheels. The big salvage yard in Billings never said anything about those two years ago.

I did clearly state what tires I am running on this vehicle right now in the first line of my original post.

Trouble is that the old wagon is probably not worth spending a whole lot more money on (like $400+ for 5 more wheels and maybe $800 for 4 tires ). Also, as long as I'm running the current tires, I've got three alloy wheels sitting around with usable tires for spare spares.

I was just speculating that since the jeep is going to need tires soon that I might be better off upgrading the suburban and using those 4 almost new LT235/75R15 C range tires on the jeep instead.


special-K - would the GMT400 wheels that have the centers cut out be safe to use at least as spares on my 89 K1500 ??? IOW, will the lug bolts alone support the weight? I've got a couple old LT245/75R16(E) tires lying around that I could have mounted up. Out where we live it is a minimum 25 miles one way to get a tire fixed, so unless you take the flat tire into town with another vehicle then you are heading out without a spare.
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Current/past Chevy/GMC trucks:
1958 Chevy C-60; 1965 GMC C-50; 1965 Chevy C-10; 1971 Chevy K-10; 1973 Chevy K-20; 1976 GMC C-20; 1977 Chevy C-10 Suburban; 1980 Chevy K-10; 1989 Chevy K1500; 1991 GMC V1500 Suburban; 2016 Chevy K2500 HD

Other vehicles: 1988 Jeep XJ; 2011 Toyota 4Runner
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