Mounting of paddles on narrow wheel

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Hey guys i have some 5.5 inch wide methods that i want to mount some 12 inch wide dezert masters. Can it be done?
 
It will have desert masters so i dont mind it digging. Do i need some special equipment to mount it?
 
It can be done. It is a pain and will take a few people and some longer beadlock bolts to get started.
 
I have 33x15 Stu’s on a 7” wheel, if you get some threaded rods that fit your beadlock bolt holes, and some nuts it make it pretty easy. Just run the nuts down on the threaded rods until the ring is close enough to thread the bolts in. I use four threaded rods.
 
Thank you guys so much for the advice guys. It makes perfect sense and i will do just that
 
I had a '76 Chevy PU oncst....it came w/5.5" wide rims. I ran 31/10.5-15s on them. They were a squeeze. Once of the deals to look for is the height above the rim. If you have more sidewall than those 31" tire, things could work in your favor. My tread area was not distorted.

I'm not sure that I could have run a wider tire.
 
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Ganzo said:
Hey guys i have some 5.5 inch wide methods that i want to mount some 12 inch wide dezert masters. Can it be done?
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front or rear,
I did offroad tires on 4'' wide fronts and 8'' wide rears
 
Stinky said:
I had a '76 Chevy PU oncst....it came w/5.5" wide rims. I ran 31/10.5-15s on them. They were a squeeze. Once of the deals to look for is the height above the rim. If you have more sidewall than those 31" tire, things could work in your favor. My tread area was not distorted.

I'm not sure that I could have run a wider tire.
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I suppose you could air them down to have a better footprint?
 
I'm not sure that changed. I'd let them down to about 12 in the front and 10 in the rear. that was bulging fairly good. I don't remember what the footprint looked like length wise (that is where you gain the most....you gain very little footprint width wise)
 
Ok update. I was told that “there was no way” i could mount any tire wider than 10.5 on a 5” wheel. Well i mounted some 12.5 and all it took was 4 all threads, 4 nuts and a little bit of time. Im sure i can get a 12” wide paddle and maybe even a 15” wide.
 
I can get more this weekend
 

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Ganzo said:
Ok update. I was told that “there was no way” i could mount any tire wider than 10.5 on a 5” wheel. Well i mounted some 12.5 and all it took was 4 all threads, 4 nuts and a little bit of time. Im sure i can get a 12” wide paddle and maybe even a 15” wide.
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This is the way! That’s how I do it with my 33x15 sand tires unlimited on 7” wide wheels.
 
I did a Baja ta 12.50 on a Empi 4.5'' not the easy
but way easier than mounting a 12.50 paddle on a 14'' wide rim.
 
fabr said:
What is the reason for mounting on such a narrow wheel?
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So i had some 12.5 wide tires laying around and pretty much wanted to see if it was possible or not. Also 33x12.5 is way easier to find that 33x10.5
 
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