Im going to be ordering new tires in the next few weeks and I have a question for you guys. Are you ordering E rated tires or something less than E? I have always bought E rated tires but I would assume the ride would be much better with tire of less load rating. I do tow a pretty big boat (21ft) for long distances a few times a year but other than that I use the truck for hunting and dragging the kids to practices and such. I should also mention that I am looking at the Nitto Ridge Grapplers as my Terra Graps have held up pretty well. Any opinions?

Thanks,

Jim

 

you're going to want to match up the tires with the truck's load rating.

I also run 34" Nitto's Terra's and think they're a great combo for this type of truck.
I wanted skinny highway tires but they're hard to find on a 20" rim without looking too small.

 

I assumed that would be part of it. Currently I am running the 285/70/17's but was thinking about bumping up to the 285/75/17's and gaining another inch of height and a little more width. With that being said i'm not so sure that I want to because with my current tires i'm only getting 10.2mpg avg and will probably loose another mpg with the step up.

 

If you look at the Nitto Tire website, almost all of the Ridge Grapplers are E rated. I went with 285/65/18 and the ride was no different than the stock Contrajunk 275/65/18. So far I really like the Ridge Grapplers, but only have about 1,000 miles on them.

 

D or E on superduty trucks...E's on most brands are more prevalent these days as well as a good price. I use Load E.

 

I currently have d rated 285/70r17 bfg ko's. Only because I swapped my factory tires with my dad before he sold his old truck. I was unaware they were d rated until we were at the tire store. The difference in ride is not much. You can always let air out of the e rated tires, but you can only add so much to d's. If I had my 30' travel trailer behind me with my golf cart in the bed, all loaded up near rgvwr, headed 800 miles to the beach in mid summer again.....I would be nervous with these tires. E rated tires are much less prone to blow outs. I will be putting e's on this spring.

 

The Es are going to be your best bet. I work at a tire shop, and the price difference between Cs and Es is very little, usually $20 per tire or less. Again, depends on what you use your truck for and how much towing/hauling you do, but in almost every case, the Es are your best bet when you consider the price. Iv put several sets of the Nitto Exo Grapplers on personal trucks, they are a good tire and a little cheaper than the new Ridge Grappler, also have the extreme winter rating which the Ridge Grapplers do not. I guess I don't know what climate you drive in but the Exo Grappler is a great AT tire for the Super Duty trucks

 

Last summer I put on 285/70/17 load range E Nitto Terra Grapplers on my 2007. Unloaded and running in the 55-60 psi range they ride really well.

The new shocks helped too!

 

I would never put anything less than load range E tires on a superduty.

 

Good advice, I do the same.

 

Tire shops will not put rubber on your truck that is below what the door sticker calls for. Too many of them have been sued.

 

^^^ What he said. No way I'd go less then 10-ply on my 4 ton brick.

 

Hello there. I currently own the and are using the tires that are in my signature. LT285/70r17 E rated Nitto Ridge Grapplers.

I love these tires, but the since putting them on they make a waning noise. I do not know for sure its them or my front end. But it didnt do it before.

I do not tow alot, maybe a car hauler every now and then, and also a snowmobile tilt deck converted to a dump trailer. But I would not ever go with anything less than E rated with a Super Duty.

The ONLY reason I say this is because if you have a Super Duty you never know what you may end up helping pull if you dont already pull heavy. Also, we don't always think about the tire rating when we own a Super Duty, we just know per factory spec they can pull "X" amount of weight (depending on the setup).

BTW, I have had these tire on since 9/2016 and I put 2500-3000 miles per month on my truck.

I would recommend these tires, and I have to my best friend.

I hope this makes sense and helps to hear from a current owner of the tires.

Thanks - Preston