Needs moar bolts!!!11!!!

"Zibodiz" (zibodiz1) 05/24/2014 at 01:51 • Filed to: truck yeah, motorhome

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I just don't understand the fascination. I mean, I understand why having 8 lugs is stronger than 5 or 6, and if you're rock crawling, having locking beads is nice, but seriously, what's up with all those bolts?

It's a pretty sweet looking RV, though, even if it does have a wine cabinet (?) But man, those wheels...

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CRider > Zibodiz 05/24/2014 at 01:56

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What the fuck?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CRider 05/24/2014 at 01:58

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moar beadlock bro

Zibodiz > CRider 05/24/2014 at 02:01

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I imagine a non-gear-head buying this, getting a flat, and then struggling to remove every one of those bolts on the side of the highway somewhere. Man that'd be funny.

CRider > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/24/2014 at 02:01

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Yo dawg...

LappingLuke > Zibodiz 05/24/2014 at 02:14

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There's no way average joe could even lift that wheel/tire! I swear the stock wheel/tire on our 2011 Suburban must weigh 60+ each and they're nothing like that haha

lonestranger > Zibodiz 05/24/2014 at 02:25

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It's an F550, so it has 10 wheel lugs instead of 8 lugs that an F250 or F350 has.

As for the other bolts, I'm honestly not sure what their purpose is. The outer set are beadlocks I suppose. I know that this type of wheel is common on military and SWAT trucks, many of which are based on the F550 chassis. I presume they used the same wheels & tires because that's the style and/or function they're going after.

STAGGERED-6 > Zibodiz 05/24/2014 at 03:03

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Double beadlock setup for the outer and inner bead. Most people wont ever throw an inner bead but hey why not I guess. You could run zero psi with that many bolts, average is usually 24-39 bolts. So pretty much bolts can break, you an run lower psi, and you've got both beads covered. Military beadlocks are a lot cheaper to buy and convert than what's available aftermarket so they're not too uncommon.

claramag, Mustaco Master > Zibodiz 05/24/2014 at 04:34

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What, you haven't seen that? It's Ford's special 42 lug system. They needed something strong enough to bench press a planet

It's the Goku of lug patterns.

Squid > Zibodiz 05/24/2014 at 06:34

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It could be a double beadlock system that is running innertubes. I dunno that was just a random thought. But I have no idea why there are three rings of lugs, other than the inner is to bolt the wheel to the hub and then the outer is to be a bead lock for the tire and I have no real fucking clue about why there is a ring in the middle of those two.

tromoly > lonestranger 05/24/2014 at 12:00

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Yep, I knew they were military-spec just couldn't think of what vehicle they came from.