Posted by Jonas on Monday, September 15, 2003 at 1:07AM :
In Reply to: Duallies on a Power Wagon posted by Garth Quapp From Alberta on Sunday, September 14, 2003 at 11:31PM :
I have a set of rear duallies, basicly what you do is find another set of Power Wagon wheels, take them apart. And then the rivits that hold the center on to the wheel were drilled out. They changed the offset about 2 inches, and then trued the centers back and ran a continuous bead weld around the wheel. Basicly just changed the offset on a pair of PW wheels. Then you go down to the local truck supply store and get a set of inner and outer duallie 1 1/2" lugnuts and install your wheels!
It's got it's good points and bad,
The good is, that you can run singles or dualies, whatever you prefer at the time. The bad is, that that outer rear wheel sticks out pretty far so you have to pay atterntion to your clearance. On most duallie trucks, the front wheel splits the middle of the rear wheels as it tracks down the road. With these, your front wheeld and inner rear wheels share the same track, while the outer rear wheels make a track of thier own. No big deal on hard top, but there may be problems with that in mud or snow, I'm not sure. But if there is, you can just pop off the rear wheels and continue on your way.
Distance across the outer wheels is 8'4".
I can send you some pictures of the wheels if you like as There are no tires mounted on them right now.
Jonas
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