WHAT in thee 'ELL uses 7 bolt wheels??

[67Dart273]

Didn' know there was such a thing..........


17in.Alum.wheels

Google "says" F150??

 

[RustyRatRod]

Some newer F150s.

 

[dadodgekid]

97-02 mid -duty f-250’s

 

[brian6pac]

military

 

[brian6pac]

Leave it to ford to do something that stupid (Forgive Our Research & Development)

 

[MOPAROFFICIAL]

Leave it to ford to do something that stupid (Forgive Our Research & Development)

You took the words right out of my keyboard, thanks for saying what I was thinking.

 

[brian6pac]

You took the words right out of my keyboard, thanks for saying what I was thinking.

No problem

 

[67Dart273]

Lordie. I see little or no justification for "reinventing the wheel" which I guess is exactly what they did!! LOL

 

[Mopar Tim]

HD F150 Fords use those wheels....

 

[toolmanmike]

Some efficiency expert came up with that one. "We need 8 bolt wheels on our HD trucks" "We can save money if we only have 7" Duh! 360° divided by 7 = 51.4285714286°. 360 divided by 8 = 45° Just sayin'

 

[sr71mopar]

Ford had a pickup called the 7700 in the late 90's, early 00's. It was like a heavy 1/2 ton for fleets. They were 7 lug.

 

[kursplat]

or 10,000,000 trucks using 1 less stud and nut per wheel = how much $$

 

[Bulldozer]

new one by me , I've never seen that **** before

 

[mopardug]

They were on the light duty F-250's when Ford changed body styles in '97. IIRC they were the under 8600 GVW trucks.

 

[mopardug]

The light duty F-250 and the F-150 both had the same, new body. The 5.4 was the top engine available. The Super Duty F-250 and the new F-350 didn't come out until '99. BTW, that was the first Crew Cab dually that I saw over $40K.

 

[sr71mopar]

Also, some 8 lug trucks had 7 lug hubcabs.

 

[mopardug]

Yes they did.

 

[Tooljunkie]

Never thought about driving truck out here in the sticks and getting 2 flats? Thise 7 bolt wheels were pretty rare in these parts.