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1. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: ADvent@thuntek.net
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 10:09:29 -0600
Bob, please check that out. My neighbor has these suicide wheels on his Dodge D600 and several tire places won't touch them for they claim they are not legal. But they might have a wheel sale conspir
/html/oletrucks/2000-04/msg00072.html (7,461 bytes)

2. [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:32:20 -0600
I have the 8 lug rims that come standard on a 49 3/4 ton. My local service station wont touch them. (too dangerous). I want to have the freedom of just taking it anywhere to have new tires, repairs,
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00775.html (8,212 bytes)

3. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "Charles Culver" <sculver@iwl.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 09:55:40 -0800
I sent the following message to Adam regarding my rim experience. Maybe it will give you an idea: I had the original 15" split rims on my truck, and swapped them out for Ford 16" solid rims, readily
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00776.html (8,525 bytes)

4. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "john r dorsey" <jrdorsey@strato.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:57:06 -0500
8 lug rims from a late model ford will fit with a spacer on the front. If you don't want to deal with that take your rims to a real tire store that changes truck tires. I have never heard of the "su
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00778.html (9,002 bytes)

5. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:39:23 EST
Me neither. Bob ADler oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00782.html (7,942 bytes)

6. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: Adam Brandon Whitson <ABWDVM@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 15:40:18 -0800 (PST)
My 52 GMC 1 1/2 ton has 5 bolt rims front, and 10 behind. All 8.25 x 20. ABW == == Adam B. Whitson, D.V.M. 1212 1/2 Old Main Newton, KS 67114 U.S.A. ICQ# 14143374 == oletrucks is devoted to Chevy an
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00785.html (8,519 bytes)

7. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "john r dorsey" <jrdorsey@strato.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:53:35 -0500
Actually the front and rear wheels should be the same, GM just used 5 studs in the front axle. I belive there is a plate over the end of the hub so you can't see the empty stud holes. John '49 Chevy
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00787.html (9,039 bytes)

8. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "Woody" <woodrow@w-link.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:48:47 -0800
I had a 50 3800 with 8 hole rims, and the rims from my 75 Dodge pu fit with no spacers or clearance problems. Woody 51 3100 oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00891.html (8,014 bytes)

9. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: ADvent@thuntek.net
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:05:54 -0700
thats true, but those other wheels were ten hole wheels, not eight. I have the widow maker wheels. if anyone ever airs one up after a f;at repair, install the wheel like the front and use an air chuc
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00895.html (8,411 bytes)

10. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:42:38 -0600
I remember an earlier discussion on the list that mentioned this method also &, if I remember correctly, they said DON'T even do that. (what goes up, must come down). Regards, Doug Pewterbaugh dpewte
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00901.html (9,286 bytes)

11. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "Boteler Family" <boteler@olg.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:07:34 -0500
They have been outlawed for a reason....even after they are inflated you never know if and when they will blow! The lip that hold's the two halves together will get rusty and corroded causing the rim
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00903.html (10,282 bytes)

12. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: Pastorjon994@cs.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:17:19 EST
When airing up split rim tires, either get a tire cage or take to a shop that specializes in truck tires. All of our dump trucks used these split rims, we never had a problem, but we always had our t
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00916.html (8,210 bytes)

13. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: ADvent@thuntek.net
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 07:32:25 -0700
As I understand it, it was about 15 years ago that those were banned by DOT. And now that DOT can stop ANY vehicle on the road, now, if a DOT guy notices those wheels on your truck, he can prevent yo
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00918.html (10,931 bytes)

14. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: "Allen Jones" <jonesal@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:13:35 -0800
There are specific regulations pertaining to single, split, and multi-piece rims or wheels used on vehicles such as forklifts, industrial tractors, trucks, tractors, trailers, busses, and off-road ma
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00926.html (12,078 bytes)

15. Re: [oletrucks] 49 3600 Suicide Rims (score: 1)
Author: Advdesign1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:15:47 EST
notices I believe this is not a true statement. When I did research for my multi piece rim article in This Old Truck magazine, I spoke to a wheel manufacturer. He said none of the GM rims went obsol
/html/oletrucks/2000-03/msg00936.html (8,309 bytes)


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