[Richard and Rhonda]

I apologize in advance for hijacking the thread, but I want to ask if any of you have seen anything like this. Last year I ran into a guy in about a 98 with two slides. I noticed that he was running the standard 11R24.5 truck tire on the rear and tag, but he was definitely running a 22.5 on the front. He said his front weighed in about 17k. I didn't have the opportunity to ask him if it came from the factory that way or had it been converted at a later date. I am aware that in the 22.5 size that Alcoa makes a rim rated for much more than 7000 pounds and several manufacturers make 22.5 tires that will rate out as much as 9000 pounds. Did I really see that or am I imagining that I did?

I haven't gone to the trouble of measuring the rotors and brakes to see if there would be clearance problems, but if indeed that is a possible solution, then I wonder why no one has mentioned it?