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QuoteYou're wasting your money putting any more than a C rated tire on a half ton.Even if you pull a heavy travel trailer?
You're wasting your money putting any more than a C rated tire on a half ton.
Quote from: bobcat on April 12, 2013, 08:28:56 AMQuoteYou're wasting your money putting any more than a C rated tire on a half ton.Even if you pull a heavy travel trailer?Absolutely. The wheels on your truck are only rated to carry so much weight,and hold so much PSI. If the wheels are rated to carry 2500lbs and hold 50 PSI,whats the point of buying a tire that will carry 3500 and take 80 PSI? You can't air the tire up to their full potential and like I said,they aren't any more puncture resistant.The factory sized and rated tires on a truck are enough to carry/haul whatever the truck is designed for. If your trailer is heavy enough that you're concerned that the factory tire ratings aren't enough,you probably need a different truck.
If you guys really want to know how much air pressure the tires on your truck need,it'll take about 5 minutes to get done.Swing in to any of the DOT scales on the side of the highway. Even if the scales are "closed",99% of the time,they leave the scale on and its a matter of looking in their window to get the weights. Write down the weight on each axle,and when you get home call whichever tire manufacturer built the tires on your truck. They'll have a capacity chart for each size tire they produce. The OEM tires on my 2500HD are E rated. To carry the max weight,the tire needs 80psi. In my case 65psi is sufficient to carry the actual weight on the rear axle of the unloaded truck as well as the 2000lb pin weight of my fifth wheel. For a bit of margin,I run the rear tires at 70psi. The fronts only need 55psi to carry the weight on the front axle.In my case running the rears at 80 while towing wouldn't hurt,but really isn't beneficial. Whether I'm towing or not,running the fronts at 80 would wear the centers out of the tread.When I'm not towing I run the rears at 50. Its enough to carry the weight on an empty rear axle,and has two benefits. Less psi produces better traction,and your teeth don't rattle out of your head with the stiff ride.
Gots BFG all terain load E. Came from Disscount Tire with 50,000 mile guarantee with the penney head for a depth guage. If the head shows at or before 50G. Free tires!!!!!
Quote from: HUNTINCOUPLE on April 12, 2013, 11:40:41 AMGots BFG all terain load E. Came from Disscount Tire with 50,000 mile guarantee with the penney head for a depth guage. If the head shows at or before 50G. Free tires!!!!! Shocking if that is actually how it would play out. I don't know how they could stand behind that if that were true. Do you have to go there every 5k miles for rotations in order to maintain that? So many possibilities for poorly maintained tires on the owner's behalf. Are you sure it's not a manufacturer's defect warranty?
I really like my toyo open country mt's.sent from my typewriter
Fill them with helium so your truck floats down the road......
When i bought them thats what the sales guy said. Rotation every 5G. Give em a call and see if they tell you different? It was the Bonney Lake store.