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Originally Posted by rennis
How strong are the wheels you are making and selling for the SUV crowd? I ask because a lot of us tow, and I'm having a hard time finding an aftermarket wheel that is rated for the kind of loads some of us will tug around with our X5s.
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Sorry for the late reply!
While these wheels have been engineered for larger vehicles, it is difficult to make recommendations on towing because, as many of you may know, there are numerous other factors that come into play. When determining whether a certain load can be towed, the driver would need to calculate whether the towing capacity and tongue weight are within acceptable limits. Towing capacity is a bit more straightforward and would be a vehicle’s ability to pull (and stop) a given load safely. The driver would also need to do some rough calculations to ensure a proper tongue weight.
Tongue weight is essentially the measurable weight at the trailer tongue, where the trailer mounts to the vehicle/hitch. The general rule of thumb would be for a trailer’s tongue weight to be between 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight – less than 10% and there’s a chance for instability, greater than 15% and there may be a decrease in vehicle starting, stopping, and turning performance. Once the tongue weight is determined, this amount should be added to the vehicle’s anticipated axle weight to make sure the load is safe (and legal, for that matter). Should the tongue weight be too much (or too little), this is easily correctable by shifting the weight of the load either forward or backwards to move the center of gravity of the trailer.
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Originally Posted by larryv
22x11 front and 22x12 for the rear would be nice. hard to tell, are these deep concave? Thanks
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The rears definitely have a nice concavity profile.
