split rims

[slikside]

There's only 1 thing that hasn't been asked/told about these things, so I''ll do it. Just in case anyone else is wondering.

What is a split rim?? Don't think I've ever seen one, that I knew about anyway.

Thanks.

[Stocker]

Split rim AKA lock ring wheel (if there's a difference, I have forgotten).

[skorpioskorpio]

Originally Posted by jocko

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Also, I think splits were 16" and the all steel wheels were 16.5"ers. Never have seen 16" split rims (doesn't mean they don't exist). There are tires available for 16.5" non-split rims if you're concerned about tire selection.

Nah, the local Gas company used to have piles of 16.5 splits, they put 8 ply and 12 ply rated bias ply tires on the back of their Suburbans so they could load them up with meters and not sway all over the road. They used splits because it's a ***** to try and pull a heavy sidewall tire over a fixed rim, especially in the winter. They did have their purposes.

Originally Posted by RHGuyettejr

Last I checked they where illegal in the us for use on commercial vehicles anyway. I have 16.5 inch steel wheels on my truck and there are plenty of tire options for them. Just my 2 cents.

Look on heavy equipment trailers, they're everywhere still, see above. also common on, of all things, school buses, particularly ones with Dayton hubs, you when you see those wheels that are basically just latched onto the brake drum, no center. also very common on heavy equipment, mostly it's for the same reason, heavy sidewall ratings that make pulling the tire over a lip next to impossible.

That said the most dangerous job at the Caterpillar factory was the guy who mounted tires.

[MusicMan70]

Lockring 16" Steelies from my 73; original to the truck and on the Spid...I have these stored and have some 16.5's on now. Some ford 16x7 steelies are on standby.