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Is there a simple way to single out a DRW F350?

Gbkeith

Gbkeith

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I need to find a couple new trucks at work. Ideally I want a srw F350. Pickings were already slim and now there’s a strike. Nobody knows when or if an ordered truck will arrive. So, sitting here at ten o’clock on a Saturday night it suddenly seemed reasonable to find a drw and drop two tires. I know there are brush truck set ups where it ends up on huge tires. I’d rather just end up on an 18” wheel like a normal 350.

Front track width on a drw chassis cab 350 is 69.1 inches. Rear track 71.1. That’s probably not the theoretical ideal but it’s not far off from the 68.3/68.1 on a srw chassis cab or 69.5/67.2 of a pick up. And it’s better than the 69.5/74 on drw pickup. I’ve found this company Custom Drilled Bolt Pattern Wheels | Truck Wheel Blanks - Page 7 that will drill a lug pattern into their wheels but I can’t find any load ratings listed for their wheels. Does anybody make 8x200 srw wheels that my google hasn’t brought up yet?

What am I missing? Would it really be as simple as just slapping wheels and tires on and driving? I haven’t priced the difference out yet and that will probably kill the idea, but what are the physical differences between current srw and drw super duties? Drw only gets limited slip rears, no lockers. On the other hand, drw’s can be had with 4.11’s and dual fuel tanks, so there’s that. I don’t know that I could find a suitable drw any easier than a srw, but it would expand the pool a little.
 
You didnt say what year but i assume new.

Rickson, american force, and boar make heavy duty 19.5 srw wheels. Should be as simple as knocking the spacers off the front and getting singles drilled to youre pattern.

Going to your local hdt tire shop is very helpful.
 
I've dove into this a bit since I just picked up a 16 Drw for a good deal. Most everything I can find is for F450/550s

Front axle is the same as a srw except for the dually adapters, so just pull those off and you're good.

Rear axle is 8x200 and I'm not sure the hub is small enough to allow 8x170 adapters, or redrilling the hub.

Basically what I have found is that it just makes the most sense to find a srw rear axle in your ratio.
 
Bearing and seal sizes, and hub offset likely get in the way of swapping srw hubs. (Thats the case on my dodges) Dually typically gets a beefier diff too.

I think i'd look at a custom wheel or 3, or have some stock steel 18's recentered.
 
Stazworks for wheels?

Probably looking at $550/wheel, though. Assuming you take off the dually fenders, you’ll end up with a funky looking SRW.. unless you replace the box as well.

Seems like an expensive solution
 
rockota said:
Stazworks for wheels?

Probably looking at $550/wheel, though. Assuming you take off the dually fenders, you’ll end up with a funky looking SRW.. unless you replace the box as well.

Seems like an expensive solution
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It’d be a flatbed so that doesn’t matter. I agree it’s probably too expensive but the alternative may be waiting a year.

The first place I found had wheels listed at 350 or so. 1750 for 5, plus 1000 or 1200 for tires. Maybe sell the 7 stock tires for 1400 or whatever dually take offs are going for. I could maybe justify that.
 
Gbkeith said:
It’d be a flatbed so that doesn’t matter. I agree it’s probably too expensive but the alternative may be waiting a year.

The first place I found had wheels listed at 350 or so. 1750 for 5, plus 1000 or 1200 for tires. Maybe sell the 7 stock tires for 1400 or whatever dually take offs are going for. I could maybe justify that.
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Where did you find 8x200 wheels?
 
For the front, you pull the spacers, swap out the lug studs and nuts to the F250 ones, get some regular F250 wheels and that's it.

For the rear IDK, but a used rear end at the JY is cheap all things considered so I'd do that. Then sell your brand new rear end.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
Where did you find 8x200 wheels?
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The link in the first post goes to a place that custom drills blank wheels. I don’t know what kind of load rating they offer or if there is enough meat to go wide enough for 8x200. But it’s a possibility.
 
Gbkeith said:
The link in the first post goes to a place that custom drills blank wheels. I don’t know what kind of load rating they offer or if there is enough meat to go wide enough for 8x200. But it’s a possibility.
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That page won't seem to fully load for me, do they have pics? Just common flat center steel wheels I'm guessing?

I'm a little afraid of custom wheel shops, they all seem to have very mixed reviews. Unless I had an absolute need for them, I would not put them in a work truck, and am very hesitant on a personal truck.

Especially when it's not really gaining anything over swapping to a normal srw axle.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
That page won't seem to fully load for me, do they have pics? Just common flat center steel wheels I'm guessing?

I'm a little afraid of custom wheel shops, they all seem to have very mixed reviews. Unless I had an absolute need for them, I would not put them in a work truck, and am very hesitant on a personal truck.
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my Stazworks are supposedly rated for 5k # each... 🤷
 
Aren't duallies more rare than SRW?

Anything special on the truck? It has to be easier to find a srw truck than converting one.

You talking drw c&c vs srw regular or c&c?
 
Might look to find a mfg that deals with rail trucks.

Rail trucks are srw but most often are actually drw and the wheels are designed to land on the tracks.
 
total newb said:
Might look to find a mfg that deals with rail trucks.

Rail trucks are srw but most often are actually drw and the wheels are designed to land on the tracks.
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90% sure those are 19.5s, they have thier own adapters as well. At least all the ones I see around here.
 
Yeah they are basically fedex truck wheels with a big 8 to 8 adapter, not sure on specifics but something like 8x180 to 8x275 or something? Mainly chevy's around here for RR service trucks. Thats not a terrible idea though, have 2 pairs of custom adapters made then just be able to run the same wheel all around as long as looks aren't important to you. I think the wheels are a pretty common BP for the bread truck style vans and maybe some medium duty rollbacks and box trucks.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
90% sure those are 19.5s, they have thier own adapters as well. At least all the ones I see around here.
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Agreed. For the last 25 years or so, the trend has been some kind of 19.5" dually-style production wheel and custom adapters.
 
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