19.5 tires???
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19.5 tires???
I bought new rims a few months ago. I am bought vision 19.5 single wheels for my 1999 f-250 4x4. When I get truck all built im gonna buy new tires for rims. I just dont know which ones to go with??? I will be doing some gooseneck pulling in farm area and I push snow come winter. So I will need them to be aggresive. What do yall recomend????
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I would look at the Sumitomo st918 's I have them on the back of my F450 with the st718 on front. I run about 14k all the time. I have close to 40k on them and they are wearing decently... once i got them balanced right. ( it took the shop 4 tries and they ended up buying a heavy truck tire balancer, which got it right the first time.)
One thing to keep in mind, not much is going to hook up when your in the snow, my truck is 2wd and the front tires will slide and lock up easily on wet slick concrete. (it has lit the duels a few times when it hit wet slick pavement too) Those tires that last a long time and carry lots of weight are also really hard and are ran around 100 psi. I have had my truck off road 2 times. It tried to bury itself both times. I had to keep my speed up through the sandy/ gravel washes. I don't want to ever try mud or snow with this pig.
One thing to keep in mind, not much is going to hook up when your in the snow, my truck is 2wd and the front tires will slide and lock up easily on wet slick concrete. (it has lit the duels a few times when it hit wet slick pavement too) Those tires that last a long time and carry lots of weight are also really hard and are ran around 100 psi. I have had my truck off road 2 times. It tried to bury itself both times. I had to keep my speed up through the sandy/ gravel washes. I don't want to ever try mud or snow with this pig.
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I had an F350 with 19.5's on it with probably the best aggressive tires you could get since it was an All terrain railroad service truck. Goodyear RSD 622's were in the back and had pretty good snow grip. The fronts were also RSD's (steer). The fronts had as much grip as a drag slick on ice but on the highway they were pretty good but VERY heavy. Unless you lift you will have front bumper clearance issues! IMHO without 4.10's you will hate those tires. That truck had 4.88's and it was still a slug.
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I had an F350 with 19.5's on it with probably the best aggressive tires you could get since it was an All terrain railroad service truck. Goodyear RSD 622's were in the back and had pretty good snow grip. The fronts were also RSD's (steer). The fronts had as much grip as a drag slick on ice but on the highway they were pretty good but VERY heavy. Unless you lift you will have front bumper clearance issues! IMHO without 4.10's you will hate those tires. That truck had 4.88's and it was still a slug.
This from the Rickson web site:
The 225/70R19.5 size will have the least effect on gearing. That size is the same diameter as a 235/85R16 or 265/75R16 and will have no effect on gearing when replacing those size tires.
Talk to the people at Rickson about which tires to get and how it will effect your truck. They will work with you.
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I have 265-70-19.5's on Vision rims on my 2002 F350 4x4 CCSB SRW. The truck is stock height, but does have a 2.5" leveling kit up front. Tires are 34.2" tall and with the Vision rims have no clearance problems whatsoever. I took our cabover camper to the Alaska Mainland this summer and went all over the state, including across the Denali Highway, which is 134 miles of bad road. only 20 miles of it are paved on each end, and the pavement is barely able to be called pavement from the pot holes. The rest is "gravel" dirt road through the Alaska high country. I have Michellan "AT" tires, though they are more street than off road tires. They did well in the mud etc, but I had the weight and 4x4. I weigh in at 10,600 fully loaded with camper and family of 6.
The 265's will affect torque at take-off, as they are very heavy to get rolling, but once at speed, I experienced an increase in fuel mileage by a whole mpg. In fact with the camper over 1500 miles of Alaskan roads, I averaged 13.2 mpg. I hope this helps... I know you are talking more 450/550 SD's, but in the Truck Camper World SRW F350's usually have to upgrade to 19.5's to carry any of today's campers safely...
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The 265's will affect torque at take-off, as they are very heavy to get rolling, but once at speed, I experienced an increase in fuel mileage by a whole mpg. In fact with the camper over 1500 miles of Alaskan roads, I averaged 13.2 mpg. I hope this helps... I know you are talking more 450/550 SD's, but in the Truck Camper World SRW F350's usually have to upgrade to 19.5's to carry any of today's campers safely...
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