I'm a long way off from actually needing to buy a set of tires for my 77 150 but i figured i'd see what everyone thinks i should get for it so i can start pricing them. this truck will be used off-road when i have a place to use it but also see a lot of on-road driving for now, so i'm looking for something that will wear ok.
I'm thinking somehwere between 38.5 and 44's .
I've been looking at: super swamper TSL, Super Swamper TRXUS, ground hawgs, monster mudders and DC fun country. i have an old set of ground hawgs and monster mudders on there but they are shot.
Thanks for your opinons
Dave M

Heres the truck on 38.5's ( crappy pic, 38..5s look too small i think)
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...105828.520.390

 

if those tires on there are hawgs or gumbo 38.5's then they are really about a 36 or 37

you have plenty of room to run a 44, but i know your axles wont like it....bias tsls are a good tire on the road compared to a bogger, and do great off road, maybe some 39.5 tsls? but your axles are gonna be pissed off

 

Thanks KubotaOrange76, yeah i know that the axles are to light for the 44's for a lot of off roading but would they hold up ok for driving on the road for now until i have enough cash to upgrade to dana 60's? Also how much lift do you think i have? Previous owner said 9 inch suspeinsion, and it's got a 3 inch body lift. the reason i ask is because the front coil buckets appear to have been shortened and dropped down.
I'm 19 and fairly new to lifted trucks, so sorry for all of the questions
Thanks a lot for your information
Dave M

 

id say take the 3" body lift off, then run 44" ground hawgs, which measure about 41" I was told, and look mean as hell.

 

if you think you can be easy with the throttle (i know i can't and i have come to this realization ) then you need can run 44's, BUT you are gonna wear on your brakes, bearings, axle housings, joints.... that truck just wasn't built for heavy duty apps. Chances are you'd be fine, i'm just warning you ahead of time!

BTW, i know where you can get some 1 ton axles to put under that truck so you could easily run 44's and not worry about it!

since you'll be on the street a lot i'd prolly go back with the hawgs. otherwise the TSL is hard to beat

-cutts-

 

thanks for all of your comments.
Do all ground hawg tires run small compared to what they are labeled?
I guess i'l prolly go with 44's and just take it easy until i get the time and money to upgrade to 1-ton axles.
Thanks a lot
Dave
I'll post some pics when the truck is done

 

The Truxus are a great tire as are the super swampers. They both handle well on the road the Truxus more so then the super swampers but they both are awesome off road at least they do on Jeeps.

 

All the ground hawgs I have eser had or seen seemed to run a little smaller than what the sidewall says. Don't know why, they just do. Like fishman said, Hawgs are good for the road, but the TSL's throw some mud. Years back I knew someone who had a set of fun countrys, and they weren't very happy with them. I think that was before Dick Cepek was bought out, by Mickey Thompson I think. Since they were bought they redesigned the fun country. I don' know anything about the new one, not a very popular tire around me.

 

do you think that the 44 ich trxus would rub on my truck becasue there 21 inches wide suposedly?
Also thanks for the info on the fun countrys
thanks a lot
Dave M

 

Those tires are pretty wide, but you can always backspace your rims to put the tires out a little farther. Assuming you are going to get your new tires with rims as a combo, you can ask wherever you get them from to set the rims up for you with the proper backspacing. Don't get too crazy though, because the farther you put the tires out the harder it is on your wheel bearings.

 

if you do more than a little driving on the road...youl be replacing ball joints fairly often...and your wheel bearings up front are going to be very pissed at you and pitch a fit every now and then.. if your ever wheeling...just try and keep the wheel pointed straight....the first time you have the wheels turned and your on the gas with 44's and traction....u joint/shaft will go bang

run some 42 tsls...they are fairly narrow and wont put as much stress on your joints and such on the street

 

Thanks i didnt think about the stress on the wheel bearings and ball joints, guess i should thought ahead and got a f-250 so i would of had heavier components. I'll guess i will probaly just have to go with a narrower tire and stay on the road for the most part with this truck so i dont break it all the time, oh well looks like a good excuse to get an F-250 or f-350 to build up next winter
Thanks for the info.
Dave M

 

if you get a 250, make sur eit has a 60 up front, cause the 44 in a 250 wont be any better than what you have now

 

Good point. I have a 3/4 ton 44 in my 250 now. It has the same axles, u-joints, ring and pinion, and hubs as the 1/2 ton 44 you have. You can probably find a 60 in the paper, junkyards, or through friends. I found one online that was for sale about an hour and a half from me. It was worth the trip, I will be putting it in this summer.

 

hell, just go ahead and get some 49 irocs....


might wanna upgrade to a dana 28 ttb