Split rims.....with no split?

I dunno if its the the same but I have a '55 forklift with 16" drive tires on unsplit split rims (OK guys what do we call them???) and I was puzzled too. The ID of the ring has a cut-out area that is enuff to get them off the rim.

My tire guy hated them and charged me $75 to put a used tire on one 😞

I know them as a "stretch splits" and as Carl states, the tire guys hate them, most will not touch them, and the others ask to never bring them back.

Wrap chains around the tire and rim if you don't have a cage for them so if something slips you can controle the disaster

Thanks Guys

The guy they send out on service calls is "experianced" according to the shop owner......didn't bat an eye when I told him what he would be working on. The solid lock ring might be a different story. The last time I saw somebody work on a split rim was my '52 Dodge M-37. We put it under the truck, backed off a ways THEN filled it with air.


I'll assume the rim will accept a standard split lock ring if I can find one? I'd rather not have to deal with a solid ring again.

On the split rims, in changing it to another type of bead side ring, it is safer to change out the whole wheel to another wheel using a different style side ring, than to live dangerously by putting the wrong type side ring on the wrong type of wheel. I was in the tire business from 1963 to 1973. More guys have been killed in tire shops by split rims blowing apart than by any other cause. Do it correctly, or not at all.

What did you end up finding for tires for this jem? I had some good luck & was able to find 2 new 7.50 - 24 tires for the front of my 112, but can't find any 10.00 - 24 for the back. Found a set of used ones in Oklahoma but the guy never answered my email. I'll keep looking.