Dully with regular 16" front wheels

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Hey is anybody out there running a dually with the regular front wheels, trying to get an idea of what a 16-in stock military style steel wheel would look like on my dually as far as offset, what's the biggest tire I could go without rubbing?I believe I would use a spacer in the rear but keep the RIM stock, any photos or experience appreciated
 
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I've seen someone put a standard tire wheel on a 2WD front dually hub in an emergency. The outside edge of the tire was flush or slightly protruding from the wheel wheel.

Back in the 90's, there used to be a local K30 flat bed truck that ran a widened stock dually wheel in front (9.75" wide was the standard then) with a 33x12.50x16.5. Similar to photo #1, but I recall the rim was re-centered so the tire looked more like my avatar photo. In the rear, it was running dual 255/85R16's.

I got photo 2 & 3 off the internet. He's running a standard D60 dually front hubs with Hummer wheels and 37" tires. Sorry it didn't have anymore info.

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To run a srw rim on the front, remove the dually rim adapter and put whatever you want on it for size/offset etc.
you’re wanting to run a stock 16” srw steel wheel? That will work just fine without the adapter in front.
 
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Awsome thanks fellas
 
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Are the wheels and picture two and three actual Hummer wheels, how much do they vary from the regular CU CV wheels? If I was looking for a set where would I look, I would probably like to run a 31 10:50 or possibly 33, for the front of my dump truck,I wouldn't want to spend a ton of money on them not knowing exactly how they're going to look or fit.
 
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Standard truck rims on the front of a dually make for an extreme roller skate look. Hummer wheels work because they have a bunch of backspacing like a dually rim.

There's no "dually rim adapter", it's different hubs altogether. Only the modern trucks have an adapter that bolts on.
 
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bucket said:
Standard truck rims on the front of a dually make for an extreme roller skate look. Hummer wheels work because they have a bunch of backspacing like a dually rim.

There's no "dually rim adapter", it's different hubs altogether. Only the modern trucks have an adapter that bolts on.
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Not to butt in but, are single wheel one ton front 4 wd axles the same as dually? Same spindle and measurements just different hubs?
 
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With a little bit of research that I've done in the past 24 hours, it looks to me like the backspacing on the Humvee beadlock wheel, and a standard steel CU CV wheel has got to be pretty close, I'm definitely not looking for a roller skate style offset, just looking for something a little more aggressive that I can pick up on the cheep
 
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Usmczo6 said:
With a little bit of research that I've done in the past 24 hours, it looks to me like the backspacing on the Humvee beadlock wheel, and a standard steel CU CV wheel has got to be pretty close, I'm definitely not looking for a roller skate style offset, just looking for something a little more aggressive that I can pick up on the cheep
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A CUCV wheel is just a standard rim like used on all the civilian pickups. A hummer 16.5" rim has similar backspace to a dually rim. But the hummer rim is around 8" wide rather than 6" or so.
 
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Usmczo6 said:
With a little bit of research that I've done in the past 24 hours, it looks to me like the backspacing on the Humvee beadlock wheel, and a standard steel CU CV wheel has got to be pretty close, I'm definitely not looking for a roller skate style offset, just looking for something a little more aggressive that I can pick up on the cheep
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With @bucket information, put single tire hubs on it, open up alot of possibilities.
 
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My spare is pretty close to the CUCV green because of the algae

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bucket said:
Standard truck rims on the front of a dually make for an extreme roller skate look. Hummer wheels work because they have a bunch of backspacing like a dually rim.

There's no "dually rim adapter", it's different hubs altogether. Only the modern trucks have an adapter that bolts on.
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Thanks for the clarification
 
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Thanks for the clarification
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I guess I should have said "from the factory" too. Because there were aftermarket dually conversions that used bolt-on extenders.
 
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