Posted by Gil Justiss on Friday, October 19, 2001 at 1:38AM :
In Reply to: Dually question posted by Colby on Thursday, October 18, 2001 at 1:17AM :
If you want to single this truck out on the rear you could hunt for the two of the wheels that were used on the single wheel 3/4 ton version that used the same rear axle. When I was a kid we owned a 1947 3/4 ton dodge civilian with single rear wheels and a 1949 1 ton with duals. The wheels were interchangeable as far as bolt pattern and brake drum clearances. The 3/4 ton wheels were .5 inch wider as I recall and accomodated a 7:00 or 7:50 /16 (you could gain some road speed or drop your engine RPM for the same MPH. I agree with the earlier comments about running your wheels as singles - with your wheels turned in as singles you will surfer a loss in stability due to the narrower track and with them turned outward you run the risk of over loading the outer wheel bearing due to the load not being centered on the hub between the inner and outer bearing. International also used these same wheels for a while in the late 40's and 50's. Good luck.
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