Sankey-Benson 5/65 Rims

Pictured below are 2 rims and there is another 5 still with tyres on them. Pt.No.1321-A
? Does anyone know what they are from.






Trevor

Slos Peed
GuddayM8
Can I guess they B off a Forking Lift http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:cZ1ZsRUVfl1CZM

they look bout the same as our low loader rims to suit 15 inch tyres but u got a center disc welded in to take big wheel studz

cya

Swishy

Forgot to mention that they have got 7.50-16 tyres on them.

Trevor

backhoe ? they look similer (but its a long time ago)to the front rims i had on my backhoe

Sankey are a mainstream pommy make. The 5/56 may be the date of manufacture, and the offset is arranged for use a singles front and rear as in the AEC Matador which runs on 13.5 x 20 tyres but 10 x 20 in picture.

So most likely a smaller 4wd of some sort

Trevor,I think Mammoth is right about the 5/65 being a date stamp.
They look to me a lot like the flat wheels fitted to A2 Bedfords (1952-60 approx) and
J2 Bedfords (1960-?).Isn't there a J2 being restored on here somewhere?
But I can't remember if the Bedfords had 6 or 5 studs.
Notice the three small "grease nipple" like devices around the outer dish.They are for
clipping the hubcaps to.
The "Benson" is a bit of a mystery,although Sankeys have had a couple of name variations
over the years.
Leyland Group Ergo cabs have a plate on them declaring "Joseph Sankey Ltd"
and there was also GKN Sankey.Maybe just different divisions doing different things.

One of my AECs has wheels branded "Sankey,Made in England 6/69" only.

R/

OK Just been away and checked on Cribby's JI Bedford resto in "Restoration Chat".
Definately 6 stud.Looks like your wheels! Bye,now

Cementepede
You have got a pretty good memory and the do look the same as the wheels that are on Gribby's parts truck.

www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1266823074

Trevor

not so. The Bedford uses 1 piece car rim whereas here we are looking at heavy 3 piece truck rim.
Have checked my backhoe and MF 50 used rim similar to Beddie.

slospeed - Interesting wheels you've got there. The flat-base truck rim style, coupled with a heavy thickness centre, indicates a heavy duty rim. However, these style of rims usually come in 15" diameter, and are fitted with low-loader tyres (7.50 x 15 or 8.25 x 15).
A 16" rim size is a little unusual, and to be fitted with 7.50 x 16 tyres, is even more so. 7.50 x 16 is light truck and the tyre is severely weight limited, as compared to the rim. I'd suggest they may be heavy (single wheel) trailer rims, originally fitted with 8.25 x 16 tyres. These were common on some 1000 gallon fuel trailers, and some of the smaller, dual axle, single wheel, turntable-type, dog trailers.

Re Sankey Benson, the story is long and convoluted, like all good company histories. Wheel making factories require lots of capital and specialised equipment. Most Australian companies never had that kind of $$$'s, so they were sold to, or taken over, by big overseas companies.

Sankey Benson was originally Australian Steel Split Pulleys Ltd., of Sydney .. makers of pulleys and automotive wheels.
In July 1956, ASSP was purchased by the huge British industrial company, Guest, Keen, & Nettlefolds Ltd., (GKN).
GKN's fully owned subsidiary, Joseph Sankey Wheels Ltd, was the actual purchaser of ASSP .. but because Joseph Sankey was a fully owned subsidiary of GKN, ASSP became 100% owned by GKN.
The initial approach was that the 2 major directors of ASSP went to JSW, to see if they were interested in purchasing ASSP .. as ASSP was struggling to keep up with modernisation, and to keep competitive, in the wheel manufacturing business.

ASSP was renamed Sankey-Benson Wheels Ltd, and the share capital of the company was increased from AU

mammoth - The pics of cribby's J1, show that it's fitted with flat-base, truck-style rims, identical to the rims that slospeed is asking about.