Aluminum AM03 Series Black Machined Trailer Wheel - 14" x 5-1/2" Rim - 5 on 4-1/2

Video Transcript for Checking Out the Aluminum AM03 Series Black Machined Trailer Wheel

Hello, everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at the Americana 14 inch by 5 1/2 inch AM03 series black machined aluminum trailer wheel with the 5 on 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern. Now, this aluminum wheel, it's durable, lightweight, and rust proof. This one is the AM03 series wheel, which as you can see has a five open spoke design in a nice black finish. If you notice around the open spokes, they do have the machined silver face on the spokes. Provides a nice, bold, sleek look.

The black finish you can see is a glossy finish. Now, they do use the clear coating on the front and the back of the wheel to protect the finish. A few dimensions on this I'm gonna give you is the diameter on this wheel is gonna be 14 inches, and a diameter on the wheel is always measured inside to inside. So if I get my tape measure here, and we put a rule on that, you can see there is your 14 inch diameter. The width on this wheel is 5 1/2 inches, and that's to measure the width is the same way, it's inside the inside or bead seat to bead seat.

There's your 5 1/2 inch wide wheel. Now, the bolt pattern on this wheel is a 5 on 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern. And if you wanna measure which bolt pattern you have, if it's an odd number of lugs, like in this one five lugs, it's a little bit harder because the wheel holes or lug holes are not directly across from each other. So the way to measure it on an odd number of lugs like this one, is you just pick any hole, let's say this hole, and then you're gonna measure across to either one of these holes. But when you measure it, you wanna measure from the center of the starting hole to the furthest edge of whichever hole you go to.

So on this one, if we go from the center of the starting hole to the furthest edge here, it's gonna measure 4 1/2 inches. So that means this has a 5 on 4/12 bolt pattern. Now, the wheel lug size that this uses is 1/2 inch by 20. Weight capacity on this wheel is gonna be 2,200 pounds. Now, one thing I like about this wheel is they do use the steel inserts in these lug nut wells.

And what's nice about that is those inserts help keep your wheel securely in place on the trailer hub. They help prevent the holes from elongating or wearing down, and they eliminate the need for constant re-tightening of your lug nuts. Now, if you notice the center cap is not included. The center cap is sold separately. If you do want one, you do wanna make sure to get a center cap that'll have the same diameter as this pilot hole right here. On this wheel, it's 3.19 inches. This wheel does meet the DOT Department of Transportation specifications and the SAE J2530 standards. But that should do it for the review on the Americana 14 inch by 5 1/2 inch AM03 series black machined aluminum trailer wheel.