Dually delete on 1996 K3500 ambulance?

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I'm wanting to delete the dually on my ambulance, to do that I need some very large wheels. In order to fit these larger wheels, the truck will have to be lifted a few inches. I've seen it done on Fords but never a Chevy. This guy did it https://www.instagram.com/_bringles/, I'm hoping to do basically same thing to my Chevy ambulance.
Does anyone here have experience doing a dually delete on K3500 or know of a thread or site with information on this? The lift part is easy, I've seen the kits online and found a local shop who can do the lift, but they seem to have no knowledge of dually deletion.
Why? It eliminates the possibility of a rock being lodged in between the dually tires and tearing them up while offroad.
 

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Dually delete is easy, just get regular wheels. . . The axle is a different width than SRW, I forget which is wider. Can you test fit a junkyard wheel to partially answer your own question?
 

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Rocks jammed between the duals? Never happens. ;)

...happened to me recently in the wrecker and it was a cut block of fkin granite, hard as hell, and nearly cut my tires open. wedged in there really tight, couldn't pry it out, had to loop the winch line around it and do a low pull by running the line under the lowered boom...

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Dually delete is easy, just get regular wheels. . . The axle is a different width than SRW, I forget which is wider. Can you test fit a junkyard wheel to partially answer your own question?
Maybe that's a good approach, I'd imagine it's just a matter of proper spacing...
 

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the axle is even narrower than a normal dually rear due to the truck originally being a cab and chassis. i forget the exact measurements and i cant look up stuff that old normally at work.
 

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the axle is even narrower than a normal dually rear due to the truck originally being a cab and chassis. i forget the exact measurements and i cant look up stuff that old normally at work.

The front wheels have spacers on hub
 

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I understand that lol the rear axle for the cab and chassis trucks is not as wide as a normal DRW axle under a 3500 dually
 

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I would say that the ambulance body on that ford is made for a SRW truck.. i don't think it was ever a dually.
never mind, i see the brake disk way inboard on the rear axle

That being said what you are looking for are called "super single" wheels and tires.. they are made to replace dually wheels.. google it and you will see a lot of manufacturers
 
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