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YellowJacket

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Has anyone tried putting Land Cruiser wheels (specifically LC200) on this trailer? I have ordered 7 of these special wheels and of course I want everything to match. The reason I am stoked for this wheel is because it's the only one I've found in a LC200 bolt pattern that has a removable "rash ring". With the ring removable, I can easily sand and paint it every time it kisses rock.

The wheel adapter places tell me it's not safe to do an 8 lug to 5 lug.
The trailer axle places tell me that the Toyota lug is not a trailer lug pattern they make.

Any thoughts or tips?

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Corbet said:
6x5.5. I don’t know if anything that matches the Toyota Tundra/LC200 5 lug. You might try Timbren to see if their independent trailer suspension can be set up with a matching hub.
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Thank you Corbet. I will look into Timbren.
 
I wanted to refresh this just in case there's any new ideas. I have worked at it a bit, but not much. I have two 35" tires now mounted to these wheels and they've been living in the garage taking up room. My goal is to step up my efforts and maybe drive to a few trailer/axle shops with the trailer next week if I have to. (I did it once previously, but only to a single shop that wasn't much help)

I am trying to go from 8x6.5 to 5x150. Preferably keeping the hand brakes that come on these military trailers.
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I think that you're looking at a two-step process. First is an axle with a more easily adapter bolt pattern. Then adapters.

If you hadn't ordered the wheels I'd say make the LC 8 lug.
 
YellowJacket said:
I wanted to refresh this just in case there's any new ideas. I have worked at it a bit, but not much. I have two 35" tires now mounted to these wheels and they've been living in the garage taking up room. My goal is to step up my efforts and maybe drive to a few trailer/axle shops with the trailer next week if I have to. (I did it once previously, but only to a single shop that wasn't much help)

I am trying to go from 8x6.5 to 5x150. Preferably keeping the hand brakes that come on these military trailers.View attachment 3430633View attachment 3430635View attachment 3430636
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Did you ever convert the trailer to the LC wheels?? If so, any details?
 
Land Shark said:
that 2" receiver is clean. Have any further details on that mod? I have considered this many times and just never did
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Just ordered a 48" receiver tube from etrailer, measured from outside of the rear rail to the next one in and cut the tube. Used the leftover for the angle peices. The hitch pin hole is on the inside but is actually easy to get to. I wanted to be able to still completely open the tailgate without any interference with the tube, I think I ended up with like an 1/8" gap!
 
Moparsncruisers said:
Just ordered a 48" receiver tube from etrailer, measured from outside of the rear rail to the next one in and cut the tube. Used the leftover for the angle peices. The hitch pin hole is on the inside but is actually easy to get to. I wanted to be able to still completely open the tailgate without any interference with the tube, I think I ended up with like an 1/8" gap!
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awesome man. that is exactly what I need
 
sleepycruiser said:
Did you ever convert the trailer to the LC wheels?? If so, any details?
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I’m closer. Can you guys help me confirm these trailer specs? It looks like I finally found a company willing and able to build an adapter.

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YellowJacket said:
I’m closer. Can you guys help me confirm these trailer specs? It looks like I finally found a company willing and able to build an adapter.

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I just bought an M1101 and it already had the 6-lug hubs so I bought the wheel adapters in the thread below and they worked. The adapters say they come with open-ended lug nuts, but they DO NOT. I’ll post what I ordered below. The hubs you will need are listed in the Expedition Portal link. This worked well for my M1101 and Land Cruiser wheels from a 2018.

forum.expeditionportal.com

M1101 1102 thread for conversion to 12V and matching Land Cruiser spares

Hello all, A friend asked me for a few details on our M1101 and since I sent this in email anyway - why not post it. These details are all available from various sources online but are hard to confirm in some cases and are difficult to verify as actually working. This is after all of our...
forum.expeditionportal.com forum.expeditionportal.com

Open-ended lugs for adapters
OMT 1/2"-20 Open End Lug Nuts... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083WFT7JQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Lug Nuts for wheels
20PCS M14x1.5 Lug Nut - 7/8" 22mm... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5QNJNSD?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Wheel adapters: 6 lug to 5 (these will be scratched bc they are shipped very dumb with no protection. Torque specs are in the ad for the open-ended lugs. I used OEM torque specs for the actual wheel lugs)
EZAccessory 2 Wheel Adapter 6x5.5... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009N3JTQQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

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sleepycruiser said:
I just bought an M1101 and it already had the 6-lug hubs so I bought the wheel adapters in the thread below and they worked. The adapters say they come with open-ended lug nuts, but they DO NOT. I’ll post what I ordered below. The hubs you will need are listed in the Expedition Portal link. This worked well for my M1101 and Land Cruiser wheels from a 2018.

forum.expeditionportal.com

M1101 1102 thread for conversion to 12V and matching Land Cruiser spares

Hello all, A friend asked me for a few details on our M1101 and since I sent this in email anyway - why not post it. These details are all available from various sources online but are hard to confirm in some cases and are difficult to verify as actually working. This is after all of our...
forum.expeditionportal.com forum.expeditionportal.com

Open-ended lugs for adapters
OMT 1/2"-20 Open End Lug Nuts... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083WFT7JQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Lug Nuts for wheels
20PCS M14x1.5 Lug Nut - 7/8" 22mm... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5QNJNSD?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Wheel adapters: 6 lug to 5 (these will be scratched bc they are shipped very dumb with no protection. Torque specs are in the ad for the open-ended lugs. I used OEM torque specs for the actual wheel lugs)
EZAccessory 2 Wheel Adapter 6x5.5... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009N3JTQQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

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If I could do it again, knowing what I know now including my desire to allow my OCD to run rampant and match all 7 wheels/tires, I would likely have gone with the M101A3 like you did. That’s why you got lucky going from a 6 to a 5 lug pattern. Much easier from what I’m being told.
 
YellowJacket said:
If I could do it again, knowing what I know now including my desire to allow my OCD to run rampant and match all 7 wheels/tires, I would likely have gone with the M101A3 like you did. That’s why you got lucky going from a 6 to a 5 lug pattern. Much easier from what I’m being told.
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Why not order another set of hubs and have them drilled/machined to the 5 lug pattern? I would think any decent machine shop could handle this. Then just swap the hubs. This way someone can return it to stock if you ever sell the trailer.
 
YellowJacket said:
If I could do it again, knowing what I know now including my desire to allow my OCD to run rampant and match all 7 wheels/tires, I would likely have gone with the M101A3 like you did. That’s why you got lucky going from a 6 to a 5 lug pattern. Much easier from what I’m being told.
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Ah, I have the M1101. I didn’t realize yours was different.
 
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