Chrome dont get you home

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  1. D.Tibbitt

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    No I haven’t been that far West in years. It is beautiful country out there in the summer.
     
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    That where that quarry is? Beautiful
     
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    I like chrome and lights.... 143 lights
     
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    Thanks. My steers are 295/70R22.5 mounted on a flat faced wheel with a 3.25 offset. I can carry 14,600 on my steers and the wider stance helps the tires wear better.
     
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    Always wondered what that was. Don't think I'd ever seen wheels like that on a steer axle.
     
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    W900L I used to drive for a cattle broker.

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    When I first saw them on a buddies rig they looked like bigger tires. Kind of reminds me of similar to balloon tires on a dump truck or cement mixer, but not as large.
     
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    Yeah usually you see those on heavy single unit trucks. Fire engines, rotator-wreckers, cement mixer, etc. Those are rated for 10,000 lbs each IIRC.