New to me tractor hauler tire question. More info

I didnt think about it but I should have given you guys a little more info on the truck. I bought it at a farm auction. The family has owned it since 1970 and Im the 3 rd owner. The truck start right up, has a good clutch. I drove it out of the field to their lane and up onto a trailer to bring home. All lights work. The body is solid no rust holes. Good bed. Hoist works. The grain sides were on it to. I will tell you that I basically bought it for nothing. I guess nobody wants an old truck with 13 foot bed. The bad things are the tires, and if you havent guessed yes, no brakes. Since the rest of the truck is in good shape im willing to spend some on it to put it back on the road for our use. Im already in the process of rebuilding the brake system. I figure this will probably be the last brake job or hopefully tires it will need. As Ive searched around Im seeing how limited I am on getting 8.25x20 and Im leaning to what some of you guys mentioned below, new rims and 22.5 tires. That will cost much more than I paid for the truck but at least I can get the tires anywhere. Dont get me wrong if a set of 8.25x20 fell out of the sky Id slap them on and go, but I dont think thats gonna happen. The other problem is I havent found anyone around here willing to work on split rims that havent been apart in 40 years. And I dont blame them. Any way thats the story on this things. Here are some pictures of it. Thank you for your comments, I appreciate it!

hi, it looks good, must be a f-500, looks like it doesn't have a two speed rear end, I got a nice old 58 F-600, but the brakes are bad, and their nuts on brake parts now too!

Fastfarmall yes it is a F500. You are correct it does not have a 2 speed rear end, and thats fine for my use. This has plain hydraulic brake system and it hasnt been too bad getting parts. I hope you can get your 600 back on the road too!

See if this link works.
Some interesting reading.

http://www.fordification.com/library/index.php?/category/8

Have you checked if your insurance company will insure it for commercial use?

Very nice.
What engine is in it?

You say nobody wants to work on split rims not apart in a long time. Are they truly split rims or do they have the ring on one side? If they have the ring on one side you could let the air out on the truck then do the inside wheel then remove them change them and put back on then air them back up. The ring will be on the inside for the outside dual and if it came apart it would just blow towards the inside tire. the same for the inside one the outside tire would catch the ring. this is the reason I say to do them that way. They are not going to break the wheel bolts and if they do you didn't want to be loading and driving on then anyway. Makes inflation and deflation safe and easy. If you were close I would show you and help you change them. Looking in junkyards will be your cheapest bet for wheels to convert to 22.5's and will probably already have tires on them.

My neighbor has an old truck like that. He can't afford insurance and tags.
He uses his truck to haul firewood I give him.
He uses it on country roads. He takes his chances of getting stopped by the cops..

SV would haul tractors on a truck. He made a hill he could back into to load and unload his tractors..

I would be afraid to drive a tractor on that truck using ramps.
Ramps would make a very steep angle.

Richard
It has a 272.

It wont be commercial. It will be personal use.

You say personal use hauling a tractor. That spells going to tractor shows out of town or in another state to me.

Get you some 9/22.5 rims and tires. That way you can go tubeless and radials. Either that or you better haul a spare tire every where you go. Getting a locking rim tire fixed at home is one thing. Getting one fixed in the middle of the night out on the road is a totally different story.

Try to match the diameter (overall outside diameter) of the new tires and the old tires. A larger diameter will reduce the braking ability in proportion to the change in diameter.

A 22.5 is the true tubeless replacement size for 20 tube type wheels. There were 22.5s having your 5x8 pattern made between 1956 and 1981. Available in 5.25, 6.00, and 6.75 widths. Used by Ford, IHC, and Dodge. They will clear your drums.
Reproduction 22.5 x 6.75 wheels are also available that look like the repop 19.5s. BUT, the narrowest tire available today is a 9R22.5. That is equal to an 8.25-20 in width and outside diameter.

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Hard to belive that fuel line so close to exhaust pipe you would think it would vapor lock the fuel