The Topkick rides awful and gets awful mileage but doesn稚 turn like a bus. I値l cut the trailer into the truck going forward if you don稚 ease out of the turn. It値l out turn my Chevy one ton which has coil spring on the front. The HDs have 19.5 tires. Don稚 they wear a lot better than pickup tires?
Indeed they do. This picture of my steers is what is left after buying them 10% used as takeoffs for $100 each and then putting over 70k miles on them towing my 30' & 40' goosenecks over half of those miles. I put a cummins in that old girl 10 years back and it is still a good old truck that can get 15-16mpg all by itself and 9-12 towing. The new Ram with all the emissions garbage on it does not do that well with the same weight, but it does ride nicer and have more room/features.
What does it cost to convert a dually to a SS? My ton isn稚 far from needing back tires. It痴 got steel wheels now and I壇 be happy with steel wheels again.
It can get spendy if you buy them all new from your local shop at full pop, upwards of $4000.
You will need 4 tires, 4 wheels and if your current wheels are hub piloted you will need self centering lugnuts to replace the old flat flanged ones, unless you get Boar hub piloted wheels as your replacements.
I kept an eye on craigslist and bought the 4 tires and Vision aluminum wheels you see on my ram with just over 50% tread for $1200 all in, so about the cost of three new tires. I will run those for a while until I make enough to buy some newer rubber, and possibly Boar wheels to go with them.
The year before I scored a set of the same wheels with 75% tread 225's on them for $1000 for a K20 suburban project, so you just have to set some money aside and be ready to pounce on the best deal.
If you can not find used local, you can watch for Summit Racing to have a good coupon sale you can get a discount on new Vision wheels right to your door. I bought a set of 4 for an older trailer for under $700 delivered.
If you check your local tire shop that handles commercial tires, they often have a row of 225/70R19.5 or 245/70R19.5 sitting out in their used stacks/racks for cheap. Just keep an eye on the load ratings which range from around 3500 all the way up to 6000lbs depending on what it is. I think I find 245/70R19.5 to be my favorite size right in the middle of the 3 that will fit a Vision wheel. Don't be afraid of used as even at half tread, a 19.5 should outlast a new light truck tire on a pickup.
This little 5 foot wide combo comes in pretty handy in the tight places where the full size stuff won't go, especially with the 3way dump box on the Pronovost 510/3s!
The little RTV will even dump it too by disconnecting the snowplow/dumpbed hoses!
