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Originally Posted by EagleChief
Looks like I'm a tad late, but here's my set up for thoughts. I have a 71/72 wheel and an early 80's wheel. I ended up going with the 80's version, mainly because I wanted a little more room. I'm 6'3" 240 and the 71/72 wheel was just too big. I think the 80's wheel is roughly 15"? I like it so far, although I haven't driven it yet.
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If you have Power Steering, no problem.
With manual steering you get a better mechanical advantage from a wider diameter wheel.
Pulling around a 4x4 Suburban [w/ a BBC up front and wide tires] was a challenge. You had to be ahead of the game. I saw an Army training film on the 1942 GMC 2-1/2 Ton 6x6. I recognized some tricks I'd learned -- like starting a left turn from stop sign, by slightly cocking the wheel left before it stopped. Trying to pull the wheel from a dead stop, was a handfull.