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05-19-2008, 05:17 PM
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Mike,
I posted this on another Tire thread here, but this is what I ordered. Hope I did the right thing. They will be installed on Wednesday this week.
Well, we ordered tires and wheels today for the new van. Since we will be on the road 99% of the time, we went fairly conservative. We won't be doing any hardcore offroad, but would like to get to rough campsites and also have decent snow performance. As you may know, the new Quigleys require 17" wheels to clear the larger brakes that come with the F-350 front axle they install, so we needed to at least go with 17". The hard part was trying to figure out what offset to get for the wheels. Quigley recommends that you stay near the factory offset, but what is that for their conversion? The numbers for a Ford van may not be correct when the front axle is really from an F-350 truck. According to Discount Tire, the factory offset for the F-350 is +45(mm?). You can't really find any wheels that have this offset, so we had to get 0 offset. Does anyone know if this is OK. My understanding is that a 0 offset moves the tire out farther from the van than a +45 does. Correct? That would be about 1.75 inches? How does this compare to what others are using?
Thanks,
Steve
We ordered American Racing wheels 672-7870, 17"x8".
http://asp.americanracing.com/wheelssol ... %20(Chrome)&style=672&desc=1-piece%20chrome%20plated%20alloy%20wheel§ion=C
For tires, we stayed with the AT/KO BFG tires and went with 265/70R17 E rated tire.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp? ... n+T%2FA+KO
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2008 Ford E-350 Quigley 4x4 V10 - 164,000 miles
RB50, PH Top, Dual AGM Group 27 Deka, 2000 Tripplite Inv., No Propane or Water Systems
Van Weight 8,100 pounds, added one rear leaf spring, BFG AT KO LT265/70R17 E Tire press 50psi.
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05-20-2008, 12:21 PM
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Thanks Steve, I was reading posts out of order yesterday but did see that you'd shared the info. Good luck. Hope it works out for your sake (and eventually mine.)
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Pueblo Gold Ford EB 350 v10 with EB 50 floor plan & Quigley 4x4 from Huntington (aka: Minerva)
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04-29-2009, 07:49 PM
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Re: True Turning Radius Measurements
I just thought I would bump this topic back to the recent list to see if anyone actually measured the turning diameter (curb to curb) on their SMB 4x4. My Quigley RB Ford is a little less than 49', which isn't bad I suppose. I can usually get into and out of most parking spots in one try. Sometimes the swithcback trails take a couple tries that a jeep or smaller vehicle would just cruise around.
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2008 Ford E-350 Quigley 4x4 V10 - 164,000 miles
RB50, PH Top, Dual AGM Group 27 Deka, 2000 Tripplite Inv., No Propane or Water Systems
Van Weight 8,100 pounds, added one rear leaf spring, BFG AT KO LT265/70R17 E Tire press 50psi.
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04-29-2009, 08:01 PM
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Re: True Turning Radius Measurements
That and weighing it I never seem to remember to get around to.
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04-29-2009, 08:09 PM
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Re: True Turning Radius Measurements
Jage-
I guess it doesn't really matter if you weigh and measure, It is what it is.
Bill
(It's tough being profound AND handsome!)
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04-30-2009, 10:58 AM
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Re: True Turning Radius Measurements
OK, because I was just about to go out in the van anyway, I just measured my turning circle: 48 feet
(2004 RB Ford with Sportsmobile 4x4 with 285/75R16 tires)
-- Geoff
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04-30-2009, 04:04 PM
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Re: True Turning Radius Measurements
Quote:
Originally Posted by geoffff
OK, because I was just about to go out in the van anyway, I just measured my turning circle: 48 feet
(2004 RB Ford with Sportsmobile 4x4 with 285/75R16 tires)
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Thanks Geoff,
I was worried that I was missing the 39' radius mentioned earlier. It's still a big vehicle, but better for what we do than anything else we found.
Steve
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2008 Ford E-350 Quigley 4x4 V10 - 164,000 miles
RB50, PH Top, Dual AGM Group 27 Deka, 2000 Tripplite Inv., No Propane or Water Systems
Van Weight 8,100 pounds, added one rear leaf spring, BFG AT KO LT265/70R17 E Tire press 50psi.
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05-17-2009, 05:55 PM
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Re: True Turning Radius Measurements
In this thread someone has stated that the quigley turning radius is 56' and other state 49'. Which is it?
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05-17-2009, 06:16 PM
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Re: True Turning Radius Measurements
I am not sure,..... but they both might be right.... depending on the Size (diameter and width) of the tires different folks are using.... and possibly on the direction of the turn.
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2008 Ford 6.0PSD EB/E-PH SMB 4X4 Aluminess f/r bumpers (13.5mpg avg, 15mpg hwy) 52k miles [Texas McBeast]
2006 Toyota Prius (48 to 68 mpg) 120k miles [Penelope]
2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon (15 to 18 mpg) [Johnnie]
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