Semi tires
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Semi tires
ok would like someone who has or had these on their truck to let me know how they held up.
1. I am going to have to replace tires soon...I used to drive OTR and you can get a lug drive type tire OTR with almost 1" of tread. I have yet to find a 1 ton tire that has that much tread, if you know of 1 please let me know.
2. what kind of milage are you able to get with the bigger tires? 200k miles??
3. what does it do to the fuel milage?
4. how much lift is needed to make the smaller LP tires fit under the truck?
5. did you need to beef any suspension parts up for the heavier wieght?
thanks Fert
1. I am going to have to replace tires soon...I used to drive OTR and you can get a lug drive type tire OTR with almost 1" of tread. I have yet to find a 1 ton tire that has that much tread, if you know of 1 please let me know.
2. what kind of milage are you able to get with the bigger tires? 200k miles??
3. what does it do to the fuel milage?
4. how much lift is needed to make the smaller LP tires fit under the truck?
5. did you need to beef any suspension parts up for the heavier wieght?
thanks Fert
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I too am interested in that possibility. I have seen a 05ish F350 Dually with with semi tires. It looked sweet. Unfortunately it was gone from the parking lot before I could find out all of the tech info.
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You don't need a lift to use semi tires. Rickson Wheel makes wheels that allow you to fit 19.5 inch commercial tires to your truck. The outside diameter can be very close to stock.
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ok so 19.5 rims work for commercial tires. thanks for that info on the rims, but has anyone have any eperience with these tires on a 1 ton? I see some from time to time and I dont have a dually so I am either going to make a dually or have to spend the more to get non dished rims.
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I had an '08 F-450 pickup that came factory with the 19.5" wheels and commercial tires. They were Continentals, rode hard, noisey and were fairly unforgiving on uneven road surfaces until you got used to them. Very long-wearing but not nearly as good a ride as the 17" light truck tires that come on most duallys now. Even with those negatives I plan on getting a '15 F-450 pickup that will come with the 19.5" commercial tires like I had on the '08. If you're hauling or towing heavy, they can't be beat.
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Lots of people run the 19.5's, particularly people who carry truck campers on F350's. They mostly use them on stock suspension, maybe a sway bar and shocks, but not lifted. However - semi trucks use 11R-22.5's as a rule. Each wheel and tire weighs around 200 lbs, and they have around 6,000 lbs load capacity each... I talked to a guy who was running them on a lifted Dodge 3500 dually and he said he regretted it. They wore like iron, rode like solid steel tires, drove badly and he had no idea how he was going to wear them out so he could take them off...
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my truck is a daily driver, the hauling I do is far and few between. I am wanting to find a set of tires that last. not 40K but more like 80K miles plus. I dont do mudding, but still need an all terrain tire... I have had to lock in the fron hub before just to get in the driveway due to mud. now suggestions are most welcome. that was why I was looking at the commercial tires.
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Your options for an all-terrain tire are pretty limited with commercial tires. They are high mileage, should last over 100,000 miles. Also very expensive. I wouldn't recommend them for a daily driver because they are noisy and hard riding.
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If you are looking for long life Michelin LTX AT tires have a 70K warranty. With 5K rotations you will get that out of them. I know guys who run those on their HD diesel trucks and they get 70K or over out of them. I run BFG TA/KOs load range E and rotate EVERY 5k miles and have gotten 60K out of the last three sets.
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ok would like someone who has or had these on their truck to let me know how they held up.
1. I am going to have to replace tires soon...I used to drive OTR and you can get a lug drive type tire OTR with almost 1" of tread. I have yet to find a 1 ton tire that has that much tread, if you know of 1 please let me know.
2. what kind of milage are you able to get with the bigger tires? 200k miles??
3. what does it do to the fuel milage?
4. how much lift is needed to make the smaller LP tires fit under the truck?
5. did you need to beef any suspension parts up for the heavier wieght?
thanks Fert
1. I am going to have to replace tires soon...I used to drive OTR and you can get a lug drive type tire OTR with almost 1" of tread. I have yet to find a 1 ton tire that has that much tread, if you know of 1 please let me know.
2. what kind of milage are you able to get with the bigger tires? 200k miles??
3. what does it do to the fuel milage?
4. how much lift is needed to make the smaller LP tires fit under the truck?
5. did you need to beef any suspension parts up for the heavier wieght?
thanks Fert
There are plenty of quality tires on the market that will fit your stock wheel size and have sufficient load capacity for most any condition.
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lots of down falls to running tractor trailer tires. heavy ,hard on brakes and suspension very rough ride and try and change a flat by your self . your not gonna muscle it to change it. they were made for tractor trailers leave them there in my opinion. not wortht it there not cheap either.
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