DEMON
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Hi Dave.
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Dave's not hereAny news?
Pics?
Anything?!
"Dave? Dave's not here..."Dave's not here
It's kinda funny you should ask because Demon and I had a phone conversation about Jellybean just the other day. The trucks usually wait around the farm until the right people come along and Jellybean's story isn't over. We know it's heavy. .....HDN heavy lol. Gave it a little tug with a 5 ton today on frozen ground and Jellybean is going to need more persuasion then a little 5 ton.Any news?
Pics?
Anything?!
.I WISH I could have presrved that machine....Such a shame someone with better intent did not get to own it...BIG sighhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
and wanders off........to..........find...........a
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Try just the rim first? See if it "fits"? If it does, then do tire work? Unless you desire hard labor for possibly no reason?Where are my rubber and rimmer guys???
Will this 20 inch 5 ton rim fit the P4 Oshkosh.....for loading only. Jellybean has one tire that won't take air for some reason. I have surplus 900 20's I can slam on the yeller 5 ton rim but really would like to know the effort is going to be a win.......
We get the energy around July 4 to show the cousins down South we think of them. This July 4 is extra special and I need Jellybean ready to winch on to a trailer............something's happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear, stop hey what's that sound everybody look what's going down......
In a perfect World we find a used 18-22.5 to slam on to make loading easier. Alternative tire sizes appear to be 445/65 R 22.5 (not D) or S825......New tire costs are between $730.00 and $786.49... Sailun brand ...... so far we've skunked out on used but keep hunting locally.
I did the tape measure work and the bolt pattern, bolt spacing and that big hole in the middle all seem to match. Those 5 ton rims came all the way from the Eastern U.S. with 11:00 - 20's on them for Goose the Deuce. Some crazy canuck hauled 6 fairly new....... $50.00 each..... rubbers and rims all the way to the 53 parallel for me....no charge for the hauling. That's Seano11 spending his own cash to keep the hobby rolling and I hope to keep paying it forward.
Will they fit?
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I had to play guitar tonight and asked the question to avoid the labour. lol If someone said they don't fit, I'll have fingers to play tomorrow. If someone said they absolutely most certainly fit, I'd need to lift things and risk breaking a pickin' nail. A 445 / 65r 22.5 on rim is in the works but bush wrecker timing means Jellybean should come out of the hole before an expensive trailer shows up. A $125.00 / hr tire truck operator that doesn't play guitar would need to drive to the bush to do the swap so just pickin' for info before anything gets lifted.Try just the rim first? See if it "fits"? If it does, then do tire work? Unless you desire hard labor for possibly no reason?
Are they "members" here? Long road to new domicile? ALWAYS a joy when History finds a new protector! THUMBS UP!THE SHOE FITS, the Shoe fits and the Shoe fits.
Happy 4th of July folks. For anyone wondering if the 5 ton wheel off a 5 ton cargo truck fits the 5 ton Oshkosh 240 it's a yes. The shoe fit.
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For anyone wondering what's happening with Jellybean, the shoe fits. I'll let the new owners tell their story but it started off with a guy and a girl that wanted a command truck. They came to the G749 farm to get the command truck ........and the girl saw Jellybean. Next thing we know the Dad of the guy wanted a cargo truck then the guy and the girl came to the G749 farm, took the cargo truck.....and the girl saw Jellybean. The girl told the guy the shoe fit, Jellybean was going to be her project, then the guy and the girl told me ,......Next thing we know the guy and the girl came to the G749 farm, the girl saw Jellybean, the shoe fit, .........and she took it.
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The 445/65 R22.5 off a cement truck fit the Imperial 18 - 22.5 Oshkosh by gosh wheel. The shoe fit.
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It was real cool coming out of the trees and seeing the kids bouncing around the truck to get it ready.
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Ironside made loading easy with a snatch block winch pull.
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Not many pics again busy with the load but I'm real sure we'll see and likely hear more from Jellybean,
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The two-piece 5-ton OEM rims are a 20" tube-type rim. Most commercial trucks are running 22.5" and 24.5" tubeless rims. Bolt circles, 11.25", are the same. The disc offset, and backspacing are near identical. I put tubeless-type 22.5" X 8.25" rears and 22.5" X 12.25" (4.75" centerline offset) fronts on an M818 with no problems.How close are 5-ton rims to the 10-lug rims we see on most heavy commercial trucks? I thought they were interchangeable.
Good to know, thanks! A good thing for the heavy truck crowd to knowThe two-piece 5-ton OEM rims are a 20" tube-type rim. Most commercial trucks are running 22.5" and 24.5" tubeless rims. Bolt circles, 11.25", are the same. The disc offset, and backspacing are near identical. I put tubeless-type 22.5" X 8.25" rears and 22.5" X 12.25" (4.75" centerline offset) fronts on an M818 with no problems.
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