Heavy Haul Front Wheels

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by d-man57, Apr 4, 2009.

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Sep 19, 2020 #41

Rodeo_Joe Light Load Member

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t76turbo said: ↑

I felt compelled to comment and keep this alive lol.
I just went from 11R24.5 (oem spec) to 425/60/22.5, the Western star runs a 12k lbs front with 14k springs. I was contemplating on doing a double steering conversion but not sure if necessary as I'll probably not ever be over 12k on front. Truck is a 2007 pre dpf C11 370hp (410 with bullydog tuner) Western Star 4900 sb and only has 30,000 miles on the clock and its a custom RV setup (under build) with 40" sleeper (passenger seats). Truck will never see more than 10k miles a year so I'm not too worried about bearing failure.
Now having said all that, I have a parts truck being parted out about 70 miles away and was thinking of maybe grabbing its 20k front end,... either just the axle, but may want the dual steer setup as well. Any of you think I should bother?
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Most importantly you will lose turning radious. Getting into tight spots will get fun

Rodeo_Joe, Sep 19, 2020

Rodeo_Joe, Sep 19, 2020

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