make sure the wheel is up to the load rating of your truck. a wheel
designed for a car (albeit a large one) may not be up to snuff for use on
a truck for towing. Failure may be in the form of stress cracks
developing between the rim and spokes or failure of the center hub due to
extreme loading. sometimes the load ratings for wheels are included on a
sticker placed on the inside of the rim (pressurized area). If not, try
contacting the wheel manufacturer (not Chevy). Enkei has been the OEM
vendor for many factory GM alloy wheels. Also check the tire size has
the load rating you need. 50 ratio tires typically have less load
capacity due to the reduction in overall air volume. Given these 2
factors are satisfied, you should have no problem.
Dave Yeung
Houston Texas
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Tommy Regan
<tommy_regan@yahoo.com> writes:
>Hey y'all,
>
>I'm finally about to get some wheels for my daily driven tow vehicle.
>
>I'm going to buy some 17x8.5 Impala SS wheels for my '95 GMC 1/2 ton
>extra cab pick 'em up. I'm going to run some BFG 255/50-17's from an
>Impala SS, as well.
>
>My question is in regard to the towing ability of the tire/wheel
>package. Someone scared me when they told me these wheels may fail
>when subjected to the abuses of towing. Can anyone substantiate or
>deny this? And, no, I'm not sure how the wheels are supposed to
>"fail." That's just what I was told.
>
>For reference, I've been towing with 275/60-15 BFGs on the stock 15x7
>alloys and they've been fine, if not a little bulgy. :-) For the
>record, the towed load weighs in at about 5,000 lbs. give or take.
>
>If anyone has any input, I'd appreciate hearing it.
>
>Thanks!
>Tommy
>
>
>===
>Tommy Regan
>'87 Mustang CP #16
>http://www.webdigs.com/cp/cars/tregan.html
>
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