No, walmart wheels are ususally made of plastic and/or any cheap form of rubber while name brand wheels have better urethane formulas and have better shape to them. walmart cannot afford urethane wheels or sometimes metal trucks so they fail on you right out the box or umm the wrapper LMAO
Cause they are made of urethane
yes
There still used for skating or you can give them to a friend for spare parts.
Wheels on skateboard can be as little as 50mm and go as big as 70mm (longboard wheels) and the softness rating verys. Smaller wheels are better for flip tricks, while bigger wheels are better for ramps and cursing . Harder wheels are better for tricks, while softer wheels are better for multi terrain cursing. What you want to do is figure out what you want to do on your skateboard (your skate style), from there you can choose the wheels that works best for you. Note for bigger wheels you are going to put risers on your board to prevent wheel bite.
Frank Nasworthy's company was called Cadillac Wheels, which later became Cadillac Wheels of California. He is credited with inventing polyurethane skateboard wheels in the 1970s.
Long board wheels or any skateboard wheels are generally made of polyurethane, ore just urethane. Long board wheels are generally softer and larger than regular skateboard wheels. The softer the wheel, the smoother and quieter the ride is, but hard, smaller wheels are good for landing tricks, but go slower and bumpier. Since long boards are generally not used for flip tricks, they can focus on speed and ride quality.
Yes
Big like trees
Wheels dont make a skateboard easier to turn on the skateboard trucks do that.
no
soft ones