55 Cj5 16” Wheels-tubeless Ok?

Looking to replace my current cracked and ancient tires. They are tubeless. Haven’t had any issues with them so far-they are just old and dry rotted.

These are the current tires on the jeep:
Goodyear “hi-miler” 6.50-16LT Tubeless Load range C
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I’m looking to replace them with something similar as I like the look and only drive on the road.

These are the ones I’m looking to replace them with:
https://www.giga-tires.com/6.50-16/power-king-tires/super-highway-ii/tirecode/WLD32#j-product-specifications

I’m wondering if I am ok with tubeless tires? Or is it better/safer to get tubes and tires. I’m under the impression, perhaps mistakenly, that these jeep wheels are not designed for tubeless tires. Thoughts?

 

Its not about the tires, but the type rim you are mounting tires on.
You can mount tubeless tires on early Jeep rims and they will hold air in most cases. Look in the drop center of the rim. Do you see rivet heads joining the center to the barrel? If so, they probably will need tubes as the rivets typically leak air. Later rims were welded instead of riveting. If the two rim sections are welded, they will hold air when going tubeless.
Another big consideration is if your rims have “safety beads”. These are a raised ridge the tire “pops” over when seating the tire bead on the rim. Look at the bead area of your rim to see if there is a trough that holds the tires bead in place against the outer edge. This type rim is designed for tubeless tires. You can see/feel the safety bead on the outside of the rim just around the corner from where a balance weight mounts. There will be a slight depression about 3/4” from where the corner of the bead rounds over.
If your rims have a safety bead, I wouldn’t hesitate running tubeless. If there isn’t a safety bead, I may have second thoughts about tubeless tires. As long as you keep pretty high pressures in your tires, you can get away with running tubeless, but they weren’t intended designed for tubeless tires.
I often “air down” my tires to 10 psi or less when offroad (beach use), and these safety beads keep my tires from rolling off the beads when running low pressures.
-Donny

 

I ran tubless tires on my five 16 inchers for years no safety bead on rim and i ran 12 to 15 psi most of the time. only time it spit a bead is when it got totaled in the accident.your milage may vary.

 

This topic has been discussed before.

 

From my understanding not entirely true. If the tires are tube type they lack an inner layer that a tube provides. Air will actually leak through the rubber and slowly deflate.