I know I'm new to this site and a little late getting involved here but I am huge on safety and legality of things. I had a Refuse company approach me with steer tire and axle issues. They had been blowing out tires every few weeks. Now they were breaking leaf springs as well as the new tires were rubbing inner fenders. I weighed the steer axle on the empty truck to find it was sitting at 18K on a 16K rated system. When it was full of trash it was 20K. We discussed options and since trash hauling is what makes the money...I installed a 22K axle with 20K springs and since it already had the 425 tires I didn't have to change those. I also had to adjust the axles stops to keep the tires from hitting the inside fenders and rubbing the springs. The previous repair facility had installed the larger wheels and tires thinking this would take care of their issues.
Always remember...How will this look if I have to stand in front of Judge Judy when things go bad?
Good luck and I hope it works for you.
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