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Is this wheel rim too worn out for use?

Posted By: waggler

Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 08:26 PM

Well, of course it is. It's either cracked or entirely missing for nearly half its circumference.
Kind of a humorous story though. A kid I know who lives on the west coast and not being acquainted with salted roads bought this truck online in Massachusetts. He flew back there a couple weeks ago and drove this truck 3000 miles across the country. He noticed it was pretty Rusty when a couple of things fell off somewhere between Chicago and Minneapolis.
When he got home he put the truck on jack stands and removed all four tires.
He was a little shocked when he realized that he had just put 3000 miles on that rim. Maybe it was prayers that kept him going across the country.
This was on a Dodge Ram 3500 5.9 L Cummins, (not a dually).
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Posted By: Trap Setter

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 08:32 PM

Holy cow!
Posted By: logger coffey

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 08:46 PM

Shucks no, just have them put more weights on one side and let her rip.
Posted By: slowpoke

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 08:54 PM

I've seen one like that - it was stowed up in the spare tire rack under the pickup bed ..
It collected road salt /sand for years ...rotted away
Posted By: beartooth trapr

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 09:06 PM

It'll buff out laugh
Posted By: Foxpaw

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 09:19 PM

That boy is living right !
Posted By: jabNE

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 09:37 PM

Wow
Posted By: Getting There

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 09:46 PM

Just fill it full of slime and go for it, as long as you are not going out of the yard. JMO
Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 09:52 PM

I hope he got a kiss along with that deal.
Posted By: waggler

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 09:54 PM

The kid was wondering why it had a "death wobble" the whole 3000 miles; he thought it was a bad track bar.
Kind of convinces you of angels and/or Devine intervention.
Posted By: Northof50

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 10:04 PM

The rim, na just look at the sidewall, with a tear like that, Put the song in his head....."the wheels on the bus go round and round"
Either it is an optical illusion ,but that rim has 90* bounced off a curb to put a woarble in it like that.
Posted By: Leary Sink

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 10:10 PM

Can I get 3 more just like it to go on my X wife’s car?
Christmas is coming ya know.

Can I get a discount if I pay cash?
Posted By: M.Magis

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Gary Benson
I hope he got a kiss along with that deal.

Or some Vaseline.
Posted By: Getting There

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/26/20 10:47 PM

You could write a song about that rim!
Posted By: trapr

Re: Is this wheel rim too worn out for use? - 10/27/20 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by Gary Benson
I hope he got a kiss along with that deal.
and lube.
It is scary that someone would sell a vehicle with that kind of damage and let him drive a long ways home.
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