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ed2552 · 08-24-2008, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 60-66 Nut

The reason they said you would have to change the wheels is because those are the two piece wheels, not to be confused with lock-ring type wheels like mine has, which are still used alot today, and are fairly safe as long as the wheel and locking ring are not badly rusted or bent. The wheels on your truck actually come apart right down the middle of the wheel in two almost equal halves. They are extremely dangerous, even just to air up a low tire so be very careful. These are the wheels that coined the name "killer wheels" or "widow makers". They have injured or killed many people, which is why most states have outlawed them all together.

I know that, and that is fine with me, we got brand new semi tires on there, LOL. I know they were extremely dangerous, and it is illegal to put new tires on them or fix tires on them, which is why we had to get new ones. I will post some more pics of the new wheels and tires soon.

abilityonline · 07-06-2009, 12:22 PM

Guys,

I've got a 68 c-50 with split rim "widow makers" on the rear axle. The tires are 8.25 x 20. What rims can I replace these with, nobody here in Utah will touch them. Can I use the existing tires I have with innertube on the new rims? If anyone has done this before please give some input

ed2552 · 07-09-2009, 08:09 PM

I'm not sure you're going to find a 20" wheel for that bolt pattern. We got semi-truck 22.5 steel wheels and Bridgestone V-Steel semi tires. Cost $1k, but we'll never need front tires again.

70 Suburban · 07-09-2009, 09:11 PM

you could have or can get 22.5 alcoa aluminum simi wheels and have them turned down to 22. then u can get street tires in 22.

ed2552 · 07-09-2009, 10:12 PM

That would be even more expensive. Our wheels were $250 apiece as were the tires. I'm sure Alcoa alum's are $500+ apiece. Plus, it's on a C50 anyways, he's going to want the load capacity of the semi tires. It does have the large 5 bolt pattern, correct?

70 Suburban · 07-09-2009, 10:35 PM

they sell adapters on egay for them to go to 10 or 8. you can call Goodyear of someone like that. they are not that bad at all or the local salvage yard(big truck) they sell them also. When i worked at penske I think I could get them for 150 200 each. I was going to do this for my dad on his 73 one ton. dully

abilityonline · 07-09-2009, 10:48 PM

local truck tire garage had semi rims that fit it like a glove. 3 of the 6 tires are now on the upgraded rims. I'll swap the last three when the tires wear out.

70 Suburban · 07-09-2009, 10:55 PM

sweet

ed2552 · 07-10-2009, 08:04 AM

We were told on the rear that if/when we have to replace one rear tire, we have to replace them all, as they can't re-mount these wheels apparently. The rears have tons of tread, so I hope we don't get a flat, lol.

sailed2japan · 10-26-2009, 09:26 PM

I wish those pics hadn't dissappeared....

ed2552 · 10-27-2009, 11:57 AM

Oops, I moved them in my PB. I'll fix the links, as well as add some new pics.

ed2552 · 10-31-2009, 11:22 AM

Pics Updated. Also hauled 2 loads of scrap with it in July. First was gates out of hog barns, and they weighed almost 6 tons, hauled another load of 3 tons of steel. About $600 of steel at $75/ton.

JaggedEdge · 10-31-2009, 06:40 PM

wayyyyyy late (as usual) but hey the thread came back to the top so I looked in.
Nice truck..excellent score!!!!! You don't see many in THAT good of condition. Wish I had that cab. Wait... I wish I had the whole truck!!!

sailed2japan · 11-01-2009, 12:28 AM

yeah! I got to see how nice your truck is. I'm kinda on the hunt for one right now as my plans for my profect change whenever I see something I like. Now I've got it in my head to get on of these beasts to use as a base for my crew cab build. How cool would one of these be with a crewcab, big window, cummins, and a 10 speed? And it would have to be set up with air suspension and a fleetside bed with step side fenders added one....oh, and the bed would have to dump, can't have a big truck w/o a dump bed....anybody wanna sponsor this?

ed2552 · 11-01-2009, 10:41 AM

Haha. Umm, this truck is staying here....

thirdstreettito · 11-01-2009, 10:47 AM

Pics of it now?

sailed2japan · 11-01-2009, 01:56 PM

I've been cruising the net for one and saw a wrecker with a BBW! I didn't think they ever made heavy duty trucks like that. Anyway I'm on the hunt now, just might make a kill. If you have a minute can you measure from the back of the cab to the front of the rear wheels? I'm woondering how much room is in there.

ed2552 · 11-02-2009, 12:55 PM

Every truck is different, depending on the bed that was put on. GM made one chassis and the coach builder cut and welded in frame extensions to make their bed fit.

Tito, the only thing different that you can see on the truck is the wheels, and right now it's in the shed, behind a bunch of tractors. If I get it out to change the oil before winter, then I might get some pics.

jonzcustomshop · 11-02-2009, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sailed2japan

I've been cruising the net for one and saw a wrecker with a BBW! I didn't think they ever made heavy duty trucks like that. Anyway I'm on the hunt now, just might make a kill. If you have a minute can you measure from the back of the cab to the front of the rear wheels? I'm woondering how much room is in there.

almost al wreckers, and tow trucks were big back window, for visibility...
check out www.6066gmcguy.org/ for frame length for the bigger series trucks, there were quite a few.
.... and check out this for inspiration

sailed2japan · 11-02-2009, 11:25 PM

That's some pretty awesome inspiration. I've got to thinking about this since I've already seen a couple crewcab c10's running around the forum, which would make mine be another in the crowd. I've also thought of doing a Long Bed dually

wes wakefield · 10-19-2010, 12:43 PM

does anyone have a manual know anything about a schwartz t60 hoist ????? a manual for one would be great

wes wakefield · 10-19-2010, 12:45 PM

I have a 1965 c60 dump with that model hoist, and the company is out of business and having a real problem locating any literature on the hoist

markeb01 · 10-19-2010, 01:10 PM

Edit - posted in wrong area.

07-06-2009, 12:22 PM	#77
abilityonline Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 57	Re: 65 C60 Guys, I've got a 68 c-50 with split rim "widow makers" on the rear axle. The tires are 8.25 x 20. What rims can I replace these with, nobody here in Utah will touch them. Can I use the existing tires I have with innertube on the new rims? If anyone has done this before please give some input

07-09-2009, 08:09 PM	#78
ed2552 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charles City IA Posts: 1,626	Re: 65 C60 I'm not sure you're going to find a 20" wheel for that bolt pattern. We got semi-truck 22.5 steel wheels and Bridgestone V-Steel semi tires. Cost $1k, but we'll never need front tires again. __________________ '67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A

07-09-2009, 09:11 PM	#79
70 Suburban Rods Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bryan, TX Posts: 1,398	Re: 65 C60 you could have or can get 22.5 alcoa aluminum simi wheels and have them turned down to 22. then u can get street tires in 22. __________________ Just keepin it simple. 1965 C-10 Ext cab build. 350??(Does it count at 2 truck if I had to cut one up?) 1966 C-10 lwb 283 auto 1970 Suburban in pieces 1971 Blazer 4wd....restore someday. all factory CST 1972 Blazer 4wd parts truck still a roller 1972 GMC Sierra Grandee 1998 Chevy ext driver. 2005 F**D the wife drive...(cant fix women)

07-09-2009, 10:12 PM	#80
ed2552 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charles City IA Posts: 1,626	Re: 65 C60 That would be even more expensive. Our wheels were $250 apiece as were the tires. I'm sure Alcoa alum's are $500+ apiece. Plus, it's on a C50 anyways, he's going to want the load capacity of the semi tires. It does have the large 5 bolt pattern, correct? __________________ '67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A

07-09-2009, 10:35 PM	#81
70 Suburban Rods Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bryan, TX Posts: 1,398	Re: 65 C60 they sell adapters on egay for them to go to 10 or 8. you can call Goodyear of someone like that. they are not that bad at all or the local salvage yard(big truck) they sell them also. When i worked at penske I think I could get them for 150 200 each. I was going to do this for my dad on his 73 one ton. dully __________________ Just keepin it simple. 1965 C-10 Ext cab build. 350??(Does it count at 2 truck if I had to cut one up?) 1966 C-10 lwb 283 auto 1970 Suburban in pieces 1971 Blazer 4wd....restore someday. all factory CST 1972 Blazer 4wd parts truck still a roller 1972 GMC Sierra Grandee 1998 Chevy ext driver. 2005 F*D the wife drive...(cant fix women) Last edited by 70 Suburban; 07-09-2009 at 10:36 PM.*

07-09-2009, 10:48 PM	#82
abilityonline Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 57	Re: 65 C60 local truck tire garage had semi rims that fit it like a glove. 3 of the 6 tires are now on the upgraded rims. I'll swap the last three when the tires wear out.

07-09-2009, 10:55 PM	#83
70 Suburban Rods Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bryan, TX Posts: 1,398	Re: 65 C60 sweet __________________ Just keepin it simple. 1965 C-10 Ext cab build. 350??(Does it count at 2 truck if I had to cut one up?) 1966 C-10 lwb 283 auto 1970 Suburban in pieces 1971 Blazer 4wd....restore someday. all factory CST 1972 Blazer 4wd parts truck still a roller 1972 GMC Sierra Grandee 1998 Chevy ext driver. 2005 F**D the wife drive...(cant fix women)

07-10-2009, 08:04 AM	#84
ed2552 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charles City IA Posts: 1,626	Re: 65 C60 We were told on the rear that if/when we have to replace one rear tire, we have to replace them all, as they can't re-mount these wheels apparently. The rears have tons of tread, so I hope we don't get a flat, lol. __________________ '67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A

10-26-2009, 09:26 PM	#85
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: 65 C60 I wish those pics hadn't dissappeared.... __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

10-27-2009, 11:57 AM	#86
ed2552 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charles City IA Posts: 1,626	Re: 65 C60 Oops, I moved them in my PB. I'll fix the links, as well as add some new pics. __________________ '67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A

10-31-2009, 11:22 AM	#87
ed2552 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charles City IA Posts: 1,626	Re: 65 C60 Pics Updated. Also hauled 2 loads of scrap with it in July. First was gates out of hog barns, and they weighed almost 6 tons, hauled another load of 3 tons of steel. About $600 of steel at $75/ton. __________________ '67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A

10-31-2009, 06:40 PM	#88
JaggedEdge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Western Oklahoma Posts: 48	Re: 65 C60 wayyyyyy late (as usual) but hey the thread came back to the top so I looked in. Nice truck..excellent score!!!!! You don't see many in THAT good of condition. Wish I had that cab. Wait... I wish I had the whole truck!!!

11-01-2009, 12:28 AM	#89
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: 65 C60 yeah! I got to see how nice your truck is. I'm kinda on the hunt for one right now as my plans for my profect change whenever I see something I like. Now I've got it in my head to get on of these beasts to use as a base for my crew cab build. How cool would one of these be with a crewcab, big window, cummins, and a 10 speed? And it would have to be set up with air suspension and a fleetside bed with step side fenders added one....oh, and the bed would have to dump, can't have a big truck w/o a dump bed....anybody wanna sponsor this? __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

11-01-2009, 10:41 AM	#90
ed2552 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charles City IA Posts: 1,626	Re: 65 C60 Haha. Umm, this truck is staying here.... __________________ '67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A

11-01-2009, 10:47 AM	#91
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: 65 C60 Pics of it now? __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck



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11-01-2009, 01:56 PM	#92
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: 65 C60 I've been cruising the net for one and saw a wrecker with a BBW! I didn't think they ever made heavy duty trucks like that. Anyway I'm on the hunt now, just might make a kill. If you have a minute can you measure from the back of the cab to the front of the rear wheels? I'm woondering how much room is in there. __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

11-02-2009, 12:55 PM	#93
ed2552 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charles City IA Posts: 1,626	Re: 65 C60 Every truck is different, depending on the bed that was put on. GM made one chassis and the coach builder cut and welded in frame extensions to make their bed fit. Tito, the only thing different that you can see on the truck is the wheels, and right now it's in the shed, behind a bunch of tractors. If I get it out to change the oil before winter, then I might get some pics. __________________ '67 C20, Under the Knife!, LWB, Eaton HO-52, Rear Coil Springs 72' GMC C2500, 350, TH400(?), Dana 60 '67 K10 4-spd., 305, SM465, Dana 44, 12 Bolt, RUST! '65 C60 292, 4 spd, 2 spd Rearend, 15' Grain Box, MINT! 09 Yukon Denali 82k Miles 6.2L/6A

11-02-2009, 11:25 PM	#95
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: 65 C60 That's some pretty awesome inspiration. I've got to thinking about this since I've already seen a couple crewcab c10's running around the forum, which would make mine be another in the crowd. I've also thought of doing a Long Bed dually __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

10-19-2010, 12:43 PM	#96
wes wakefield Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: shumway, IL Posts: 2	Re: 65 C60 does anyone have a manual know anything about a schwartz t60 hoist ????? a manual for one would be great

10-19-2010, 12:45 PM	#97
wes wakefield Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: shumway, IL Posts: 2	Re: 65 C60 I have a 1965 c60 dump with that model hoist, and the company is out of business and having a real problem locating any literature on the hoist

10-19-2010, 01:10 PM	#98
markeb01 Senior Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Posts: 8,356	Re: 65 C60 Edit - posted in wrong area. Last edited by markeb01; 10-19-2010 at 01:12 PM.

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