Once upon a time, truck maintenance managers didn’t put much thought into the wheels on their trucks. These days, the choice of wheels is more complicated. Wheels need to be as light as possible to ...

Alcoa has expanded its family of what it calls “the world’s lightest heavy-duty truck wheel”, the Ultra ONE with MagnaForce alloy. New wheel sizes are 24.5 x 8.25 in., 22.5 x 14 in., and 22.5 x 9 in.

Alcoa has taken more weight out of its aluminum wheels. The new Alcoa 22.5”x8.25” ULT36x and 22.5”x14” 84U61x and 84U64x are each 3 lb. lighter than previous designs. The ULT36x weighs just 36 lb., ...

Alcoa introduced two new aluminum wheels and says it now has the world’s lightest heavy-duty truck wheel. The new Alcoa 22.5” x 8.25” wheel, ULT36x, and the lighter Alcoa 22.5” x 14” wheels, 84U61x ...