Anyone mounted 20 tube type truck tires on 20 inch tubeless rim?

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Anyone mounted a bias ply 20" truck tire (with tube) on a 20" tubeless truck rim? It seems unreasonably difficult to find tall skinny tires in any size. I want to get right at 37-38 inches but tubeless tires in that diameter are rather wide and 22.5s are too large not to mention the rotational mass. I expect that the bead contact area is going to be too small on the tubeless rim, but I figure I'd see if anyone has experience with it.

 

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#2 · Dec 6, 2018

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I don't think there is much difference between 20" and 22.5 tires.
Sidewalls are just as thick and stiff on the tubeless, maybe worse (old bias vs newer radial)
10.00-20 is replaced by the 11r22.5

 

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#3 · Dec 10, 2018

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rcb1 said:

Anyone mounted a bias ply 20" truck tire (with tube) on a 20" tubeless truck rim? It seems unreasonably difficult to find tall skinny tires in any size. I want to get right at 37-38 inches but tubeless tires in that diameter are rather wide and 22.5s are too large not to mention the rotational mass. I expect that the bead contact area is going to be too small on the tubeless rim, but I figure I'd see if anyone has experience with it.

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I have mounted a bunch of 20" tractor tires on bling bling style rims. the beads are wider but seem to work just fine.

 

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About the most methed out thing I ever saw was a 99ish expedition with the shittiest candy paint job you could imagine, like drill press shavings in a bucket of clear laid down with a paint roller, on :mr-t: 20s and some old as fuck 9.00 20s, probably from the bus that retard died in in the Alaskan bush.
So yes, I'll never forget that I've seen it done:laughing:

 

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I've got an old russian 4wd tractor that originally had some obscure sized V-bars on 20" rims, they have long been replaced by 8.25-20 truck tires, and work fine.