Humvee tire fit

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Nothing new here. I picked up a worn out set of Humvee tires to see how much I would have to do to the truck to get them to work. I know you guys are picture junkies so I thought I'd share a few...

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These are the 36X12.5X16.5 Goodyear's. 285x75X16 on front. No lift that I know of, only heavy duty springs from the factory.

One with the guard puppy...

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I only have three 16.5 rims so when I get another one I'll mount all four then try and fit the front. The body is obviously junk on the truck so my idea is minimal cutting of the fender wells to get them to work. Pretty close on the back, but with my trailer hooked up they didn't rub. The 285's rub on a hard turn in the front so not sure how much I'd have to cut. This is a daily driver/work truck so there will be no off road flexing planned. My goal would be to use either the 37X12.5X16.5 Goodyear MT's or if I could find them some 9.00X16 Michelin's from military surplus. I've read good things about both of them and the wear life speed rating seems to be perfect for a nominal use work truck. Plus if I can find a local source the price is very good! Working on the local source... I know I'll end up with at least a 4 inch lift, but till I do that cutting the wheel wells just removes more rust!!! lol...