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Hi all - Can anybody with a 520-H possibly take a few minutes sometime this week and let me know what the backspacing is on your rear rims? I recently bought a 1992 520-H that has 23x10.5x12 turf tires -- OEM size -- but mounted on non-Wheel Horse rear rims. Naturally, the rims don't have the deeply negative offset that Wheel Horse used. So there's no clearance to install chains for winter use with my snowblower. I'm having a hard time finding a used set of Wheel Horse rims for this model; size is 12x8.5. I've found a number of people offering what they say I want, but I'm not sure I'm looking at the right item. For instance, one fellow, very nice, offered me a set he was certain were the right size, but when I measured them they were 12x7. When I finally find a set and buy them, i want to be sure I'm getting the right thing. One way to be sure, besides measuring to see that they are indeed 8.5" wide, is to measure the backspacing. Or ask the seller to do so, long distance. Asking them to measure the offset doesn't make sense, it's a more involved calculation and different people use the term differently. To measure the backspacing precisely, you need to take a straight edge and lay it diagonally across the inboard (tractor side) of the wheel. Then, measure the distance from where the straight edge contacts the inboard flange to the hub mounting pad of the wheel. I figure a tape measure from back (tractor side) of the wheel hub to the edge of the wheel is close enough for my purposes. So ... if anyone is willing to take the assignment, I'll appreciate it. With that information, incidentally, if I have to buy 12x7 wheels, I can measure the backspacing on them and figure out how fat of a tire I can use and still have the clearance i need for chains. Thanks in advance. Randy
