tire safety
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tire safety
thanks for the help in advance guys... this weekend i did some horse trading for a set of tires and wheels they are 305/70/16 mounded on some factory alum wheels which i am guessing are only 7" rims since they came off the same year as my truck which is an 03 250 i questiond him about it and he said he never had any problams i guess my qestion is will they be ok to run for the winter untill i can get wider rims i only drive about 20 miles a week and no highway driving just country roads im not concernd with tire wear as im just using them for my winter tires my biggest concern is safety thanks again
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you'll be perfectly fine. I'm running 315/75/16 tires on my factory 04 F-250 rims. tires wear nice and evenly and no issues coming off the bead.
with a truck tire, you can run wider tires with a taller sidewall. I wouldn't run that wide a tire on a 20" rim due to the extremely short sideway...but on a 16" rim it's just fine
with a truck tire, you can run wider tires with a taller sidewall. I wouldn't run that wide a tire on a 20" rim due to the extremely short sideway...but on a 16" rim it's just fine
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thanks guys got the tires on they fit perfectlly they look like they are suppoosed to be on there im not running any kind of lift i was a little worried about rubbing but i have room to spare now if i can just decide on a psi to run in them the tires are max 55 right now im running 50 in the back and 45 up front i may go a little lower as soon as it really starts snowing
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I would check the load rating on the tires, sounds like they are load range D with the 55 psi max. They won't carry what the truck is rated for since it came with load range E (80 psi max) stock. Which is fine as long as you don't carry anything in the truck. I run lower pressure in the winter too, but usually 55 psi down from 75 psi. On bad days I will drop again to 40 psi, but then I drive slow and easy.
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I would check the load rating on the tires, sounds like they are load range D with the 55 psi max. They won't carry what the truck is rated for since it came with load range E (80 psi max) stock. Which is fine as long as you don't carry anything in the truck. I run lower pressure in the winter too, but usually 55 psi down from 75 psi. On bad days I will drop again to 40 psi, but then I drive slow and easy.
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Not for the OP's tire size! His are rated for a max of 50 PSI if they are load range D, 65 if they are load range E.
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