1966 C30 Dump Truck

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Hi, I'd like to show you my truck and ask a question or two. I've been lurking here for quite a while, lusting, dreaming, and scheming. You see, I knew where a 66 C-30 dump truck was sitting and after threatening theft, dickering with my brother and buying a couple cases of beer she's mine. The body has all the proper rust and dents it should have after spending it's life in an apple orchard. The dump still works, thought the cylinder leaks. It's a 292 4 speed w/ granny 1st. It hadn't been started, let alone moved, in 5-6 years.

I got her running after tinkering a couple hours, spent mainly cleaning out the gas tank and sending unit and adding a fuel filter. I have a rear brake sticking and plan to tear into that this weekend so that I can drive it home, about an 50 miles from where it currently sits on my brother's farm. I plan to use it to haul firewood, gravel, and just generally have a heavy truck around the house for now, though I'd eventually love to restore it.

Here's the question. the tires on it are 7X16 and are in bad shape. they hold air and have good tread but the sidewalls are so cracked that I'd be afraid to put much of a load on them. I have a friend that has offered me a used set of 225-75R16. The price is right - free. Will these work on my truck?

Here's a few pics and thanks for looking.