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Thanks for the idea. I will leave them outside where it's cold.

Spent some time today on this issue with a couple of old time tire guys. The consensus is that you should have about .5" to compress the rubber beadlocks. Mine are too wide, I am going to trim about 3/4" off with a Skilsaw this weekend. Will let you know how it goes.

Well my guess is to allow .5" to .625" extra width on the beadlocks for some big push against the beads but I am hoping that someone with actual technical expertise in this area will weigh in. BTW, the two rubber beadlocks I have are both made by Hutchinson. They are also a big innertube maker.

OK, that's what I figured;;; So if one is doing the calculations before cutting. HEMTT wheel 10" wide 1600.20 tire beads 2" wide each [or whatever they are I have to go measure] That leaves 6" for beadlocks plus what you need to allow extra to put pressure on the beads. So here is a...

Was just discussing this very issue with another member last night. I am not a bead lock expert, so this is second hand... There are many different tire bead widths. You do want some compression, but if the bead lock is too wide you can cut it down. Skilsaw was suggested to me.