m139h2otruck

Yes, you can see where the spacer is on the front hub in the side view picture. These are needed so that the really deep dish 10x20 wheels used with the 1400x20 tires can clear the front tie-rod ends of the steering. The deep dish wheels are needed on the rear so the duels clear each other and I guess give the truck more stable footing when loading and unloading. Anyone know of any other 10x20 wheels (other than combat style) that have a shallower dish? They would work better on the front of the water truck so we could take off the spacers and narrow up the track on the front. We could use combat wheels without the spacer, but mixing wheel types would look funny.

How would this truck (M812A1) look with 10 1600x20 tires?? Other than shipping the cost is'nt that bad and the top end speed would be about 65-68 mph @ 2100 rpm. When we measured the water truck before flipping the hubs, it looked like it would work. Just think about the rotating weight of 10 1600's!! Would need to add disk brakes on the front and far rear axles just to handle the extra force generated. Would also still have the over width problem to address when getting plates (it would be over 9½' wide, maybe closer to 10').