Moebius F250 steel wheel widening

[Radretireddad]

I discovered the tires from the Moebius lifted F250 truck fit over the stock wheels in the F250 plow truck but the wheels just needed to be widened a little to accommodate the additional tire width. You can see the before and after results in the pics. I used the same technique I explained in a previous thread linked below. This method works on any wheel and will yield a perfect set of wheel sections that are all exactly the same width and the cut line start and stop points will always line up perfectly. Something that’s hard to achieve consistently when attempting to use your drill as a lathe. To accomplish this with the plow truck wheels you’ll need 4 extra scrap wheels, 2 pieces of 1/8” square evergreen tube about 4-1/2 to 5 inches long, a piece of .040” thick evergreen sheet stock, some strong clamps, a smooth working surface and your trusty razor saw. The scrap wheels I used were the unused front 4wd wheels from two Moebius ‘68 F250 2wd kits I previously bought. Any unused F250 spare wheels can also be used. If you don’t have extra’s of these, Erik Solie may have spares available through the Moebius customer service email. You can also use other spares you may have that match the dimensions of the plow truck wheels.

Stack the two pieces of square tubing on top of the evergreen sheet as shown and clamp the razor saw on top. Make sure to allow the cutting edge of the saw to overhang the plastic. Also ensure there is no foreign material under the plastic sheet.

Hold the first scrap wheel down on the surface of the table and drag it along the cutting edge of the saw while rotating it until you cut through. Warning. This step is hard on the old fingertips so you may want to don some leather gloves to protect them.

Once separated, lightly sand the cutting burr off the ID of the wheel section. Next, lightly sand the edge of mating surface on the wheel you’re using on the truck and carefully glue the two together.

The ID of the lifted truck tires are slightly larger than the OD of the plow truck wheels so there’s a slight gap that’s barely noticeable.

Paint, assemble and you’re done. 

Edited June 1 by Radretireddad

[Radretireddad]

 

[mikemodeler]

That is an awesome, well illustrated and detailed tip! It's so cool maybe Moebius will consider tooling up some wider wheels just for the 4wd trucks! 

[johnyrotten]

Nice tutorial, thanks for posting. Less sketchy than the method I've used.

 

[peteski]

Yes, good tip for getting even and repeatable cut. Does this mean you have to sacrifice a set of wheels from another kit?

[Radretireddad]

1 hour ago, peteski said:

Yes, good tip for getting even and repeatable cut. Does this mean you have to sacrifice a set of wheels from another kit?

In this case yes. Since I already had 4 extra wheels on hand that weren’t going to be used anywhere else, it wasn’t a problem. Knowing I had those extra wheels was what inspired me to do it for this kit. I narrow more wheels than I widen and when I do, I keep the removed wheel sections for use with other wheels I may want to widen in the future. The only other source I can think of is tubing, but finding some in the right dimension may be difficult.

[Stef]

Dude, this is phenomenal, thank you!

I regularly do similar things, but typically by eye, with far greater effort, and far less precision!

The stance, weight, feel, and authenticity of your plow truck is vintage perfection.

These bigger tires would look equally stunning on the Moebius wrecker, too, helping fill out those monstrous rear wheelwells.

And on that note, my snowplow wrecker is coming along, thanks to your awesome idea/suggestion to add the F250 plow, thank you!

[Radretireddad]

8 hours ago, Stef said:

Dude, this is phenomenal, thank you!

I regularly do similar things, but typically by eye, with far greater effort, and far less precision!

The stance, weight, feel, and authenticity of your plow truck is vintage perfection.

These bigger tires would look equally stunning on the Moebius wrecker, too, helping fill out those monstrous rear wheelwells.

And on that note, my snowplow wrecker is coming along, thanks to your awesome idea/suggestion to add the F250 plow, thank you!

You’re quite welcome Stef, I’m very happy you found this useful.

Thanks for the compliments on the mock up. I know I need to get around to finishing some of these kits but car show season is in full swing and that’s when the lovely lady in my garage tends to cut into my modeling time.

I’ll be scanning the finished builds section for pics of your plow/tow truck build so be sure to post plenty of them.

[Radretireddad]

On 6/1/2025 at 2:55 PM, johnyrotten said:

Nice tutorial, thanks for posting. Less sketchy than the method I've used.

 

You’re very welcome John.

[Radretireddad]

On 6/1/2025 at 12:48 PM, mikemodeler said:

That is an awesome, well illustrated and detailed tip! It's so cool maybe Moebius will consider tooling up some wider wheels just for the 4wd trucks! 

Thanks Mike. I’m glad you liked it.

[maxwell48098]

I've done this using the spare wheels from other F250s that I've built without spare wheels/tires. 

 

 

A.J.