Technical 1936 Chevy Standard bearings, spindles, ugh

I bought a little trailer last fall with what apparently is a '36 Standard axle on it - it came with two artillery wheels that are 5 on 4 1/4 inch pattern, 17 inch by maybe 3 or 4 wide. (It has a nice Model A box on it, too).

Went to put some newer wheels on it from a Volvo, so I could use 15 inch tires on it, and they hit the tie rod end, due to the position of the arm it bolts into. Just was not made to take a deep wheel, anything more than around 4 inches tops inside of rim to back of bolt circle is going to hit.

I found some wheel specs online and I'm not sure I can find one that has almost no offset, or I have to go down to a 14 inch, and those tires aren't as easy to find as they used to be.

So maybe the thing is to change the hubs to go to another bolt pattern. I have this data for the bearings that should be on it:
outer bearing is 909021
I.D. 0.6875 O.D. 1.875

inner bearing is 909022
I.D. 1.125 O.D. 2.500

There's no disc brake kits for these or anything like that, is there? A search gave some conflicting info between Standard and Master and apparently there is a kit for some one of these cars but it won't work on a knee action front end. Mine's a straight axle, so that's not an issue.

I suppose I could re-drill the drums, but I'm guessing they're made of unobtanium these days so I hate to hack them up. I haven't looked to see if there's enough flange on the back to do that.

And last but not least, I suppose I could stick another axle under it. Heck maybe that's the way to go, not like trailer axles are hard to find.

 

Anybody?

 

I don't know how far back this trick works, but 49-52 drums fit on a lot of older Chevys. Gives you the standard Chevy bolt pattern.

 

I'd need bearing dimensions for that, because the hubs would also have to come with them.

 

I remember using '53 Chevv front drums on my '37 Chev cp., with out changing
the spindles. I'm pretty sure the bearings are the same.

........................ Jack