[ilvracn]

i stand corrected. about 7 or 8 years ago a buddy of mine bought 4 new 16.5 tires from an old tire store, for the back of an old motorhome. he didnt make it 50 miles and 2 of them blew out. we tried to find 16.5 to replace, no luck. ended up finding 16 inch wheels and 4 new 16 inch tires. my normal tire warehouse, does not list any 16.5 tires, summit racing offers mud and off road tires. tire rack does offer a 16.5 tire. i checked bfg website, it says to call on 16.5 tires.
i would still recomend getting rid of the split rims and going to 16" tires, just to make future repairs. it will be alot simpler to find someone to fix a 16" inch tire than a split rim. weekend travel, have to get tire at walmart on sunday before. i'm sure they will not work on split rims. also finding a shop with cage will not be as easy as it used to be. most shops will turn down the job instead of buying a cage for a young kid to fix the tire with no expierance with split rims.