Matching wheels

[pauly42]

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?

 

[Sparksalot]

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.

 

[rjgimp]

It works fine as long as that tow vehicle and trailer stay together.

 

[E-Crow]

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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[Tony Latham]

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?

Tony

 

[E-Crow]

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?

Tony

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

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[pauly42]

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.

 

[schnottus]

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

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.