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Postby mixmaster42 » Sat May 28, 2022 8:57 pm

Has anyone thought of using a car or truck hub assembly to build an axle so that they can use matching wheels for their trailer? :thinking:
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Re: Matching wheels

Postby Sparksalot » Sat May 28, 2022 9:14 pm

When I put a new axle in last year I did think about it. I didn’t want to have to get bigger fenders and figure how to remount them.
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Re: Matching wheels

Postby rjgimp » Sun May 29, 2022 1:30 am

It works fine as long as that tow vehicle and trailer stay together.
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Re: Matching wheels

Postby Captain Monkeyshines » Sun May 29, 2022 2:59 am

Our teardrop has matching wheels and tires to the truck. It works great as long as you like doing 7 tires when it's time to rotate. Also you can get trailer axles with almost any lug pattern to fit your wheels. Ours is 6 bolt Toyota pattern on our Dexter axle

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Re: Matching wheels

Postby tony.latham » Sun May 29, 2022 9:15 am

Ours is 6 bolt Toyota pattern on our Dexter axle...


Why is it I don't see the end of the hub sticking out from the wheel?

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Re: Matching wheels

Postby Captain Monkeyshines » Sun May 29, 2022 12:08 pm

tony.latham wrote:
Ours is 6 bolt Toyota pattern on our Dexter axle...


Why is it I don't see the end of the hub sticking out from the wheel?

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Because that wheel has a 1 inch spacer on it so I can keep my TRD center caps.

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Re: Matching wheels

Postby mixmaster42 » Mon May 30, 2022 1:34 pm

I should say where I saw the idea was on a Youtube channel "Dirt Lifestyle". The fellow used a Land rover rear axle with the axle ends cut and bolted back up to hold the unit bearing together. This setup gave him the bolt pattern he needed. Using a unit bearing would be slightly harder at the start but easier to fix on a lite trailer. Non drive unit bearings are crimped to hold together.
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Re: Matching wheels

Postby schnottus » Sat Jun 11, 2022 12:23 am

I went with wheels that match my 4runner when i built mine this winter, 32in tires on 17in rims.

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Dexter has all sorts of options, like the 6 on 5.5 pattern hubs seen above. I did have to weld up custom fenders, but i was planning to anyways.
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