35" tires for pulling
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From: good ol' west kootenays
35" tires for pulling
Need some help finding new tires. I was running Truxus MT 315/75 R16 on 10 inch rims under my 2004 F-350 SC. Bought a travel trailer last summer and put about 3500 miles on it and it ate my tires!!!
Trailer weighs about 8000# with about 700# tongue weight. Looking for a 34 or 35" tire that will get more than 1 summer out of them.
Loved the truxus tire as the first set I had ran about 30k miles before wearing out(before trailer)
Trailer weighs about 8000# with about 700# tongue weight. Looking for a 34 or 35" tire that will get more than 1 summer out of them.
Loved the truxus tire as the first set I had ran about 30k miles before wearing out(before trailer)
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From: Lynden, WA
I've run Kellys ASR 315's for over 46k and I pull a 12k boat with a V10 6 speed. If you only got about 30k on the first set and didn't tow, I suspect the Truxus is a soft rubber tire and won't wear well under heavy throttle and hooked to a travel trailer. Modern diesels have so much torque that travel trailers really don't put enough weight on the rear axle to maintain traction, even on dry roads, thus you end up spinning the tires ever so slightly but none the less wearing the rubber off quickly. I can easily spin my tires in low if I apply lots of throttle when towing and I have over 1000# tongue weight. Travel trailer weights are almost 90% behind the truck while 5vrs have a much higher weight on the rear axle as well as the front. Also the Truxus MT is a fine offroad mud tire but a poor choice for towing with your combination.
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i pulled a 14000# fiver with my 03 F-250 running 33x12.50x18 Coopers, still managed about 45k out of them. I ran TOYO tiers after that and got 70k out of them, but I wasn't pulling a trailer any longer and they are not as aggresive as the Discoverer SST Coopers
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From: Wasilla, Alaska
U just burned up a set of 35" TRXS MT's as well and am in the market for new tires. The TRXS did outstanding on the ice and snow up here but wore out way quick towing come summer. Think I have around 25,000 on them at this point.
I am looking hard at the Toyo MT and Nitto MT tires. Both of them come in an E rating and a higher pressure rating than all the other tires in this size range that I have looked at.
I am looking hard at the Toyo MT and Nitto MT tires. Both of them come in an E rating and a higher pressure rating than all the other tires in this size range that I have looked at.
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