Tire Load - "E" only for our trucks?
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When I had to start buying larger than stock tires for my truck, I quickly learned the 37's didn't come in an E rated tired, but the D rated tire certainly had the specs. After doing some research I learned the alpha designations are far from industry standard with the same ratings from company to company. I'm not even sure why it's still used since it isn't standardized.
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This is part of the reason my C rated tires don't bother me, they when aired up fully have a load rating per tire combined that is more then the max load rating of my axles.
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My Mickey Thompson 37's only behaved well at a higher PSI. When I tried the same PSI with the Toyo 37's I subsequently put on, my truck was squirrelly as hell. I found the best handling PSI for my Toyo's is right around 42.
That being said, there could be something not quite in spec with my front axle/suspension, so the extra PSI could be offsetting that.
When I had to start buying larger than stock tires for my truck, I quickly learned the 37's didn't come in an E rated tired, but the D rated tire certainly had the specs. After doing some research I learned the alpha designations are far from industry standard with the same ratings from company to company. I'm not even sure why it's still used since it isn't standardized.
Stewart
That being said, there could be something not quite in spec with my front axle/suspension, so the extra PSI could be offsetting that.
When I had to start buying larger than stock tires for my truck, I quickly learned the 37's didn't come in an E rated tired, but the D rated tire certainly had the specs. After doing some research I learned the alpha designations are far from industry standard with the same ratings from company to company. I'm not even sure why it's still used since it isn't standardized.
Stewart
Odd that the MT liked a higher pressure, usually the higher the pressure the less bite, on mine 45-50 makes them feel like the front is on ice.
Speaking of in spec, Any change in handle once the track bar was fixed ?
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