WHOA! What happened up there in the "Land of our Northern Neighbor"? Did your PM put a tariff on new trucks from the US so that you Canucks will buy more Canadian Made Trucks? - said in jest, kind of.

 

 

 

 

This. Zeroo has it right - more personal preference than anything else. I wouldn't mind the 20s, but don't want to pay another thousand for them plus the cost of new tires down the road. We are somewhat optimistically thinking that will happen, someday. I've been there before, too. Used to have a toy car that came with 18's, could also have been 17s. Not much difference... but man the cost of the tires sure was! I have no real preference either way, on the truck, so even though the 20's look great I can live with the 18s and spend the difference on other stuff, like the LED lights. Now, THOSE I do want!

 

 

I had built my 2019 F-350 4x4 CCLB Lariat 6.7L (locked in on 17 October, probably coming in December) with 20" wheels and A/S tires. But before the order got locked in, I did three things. I was at a dealership and measured the height of 18" Goodyear Kevlar A/T tires on a 2019 F-250 Lariat and 20" Michelin A/S tires on a 2019 F-250 Platinum, They were BOTH 33" tall. I was surprised, but "the measuring tape does not lie". I next read an opinion post on this site that said, "I would never put 20" wheels on a Super Duty". I wondered why but never explored an answer. Then I came across a guy on Craigslist who was selling 20" wheels and tires off a Platinum model SD, CAST ALUMINUM WHEELS (what I had ordered, the $1,420 MSRP wheels on the build on NADA) WITH 20" A/S TIRES WITH ONLY 130 MILES ON THEM. Believe me when I say that I was highly skeptical, figuring this dude for a scammer. But I called him, and he turned out to be an upstanding guy who was acquiring "take offs" from dealerships. I'm not going to go into the details of this any farther. Suffice it to say that he was selling the wheels with tires mounted for $1,100!!!

Now I have yet to see the product, but I believe it will be real. I decided to change my build to 18" wheels with A/T tires because the 18" Cast Aluminum Wheels come at no-charge. I could have gotten the A/S tires for no-charge, but I went for the A/T's for $244 invoice price (if I recall correctly my build with a 3.55 ELD axle made me get the A/T's). I am not completely decided yet, but I'm seriously thinking of buying a set of 20" wheels from him and saving them until my first set of tires wear out. Given that the tires are the same height, I strongly suspect that it won't significantly affect my speedometer and odometer. Now before this comment solicits a barrage of responses from the know-more-than-me's on this forum, let me say that I switched out 20" wheels on my Toyota Tundra, which I am currently driving, to 18" wheels. The affect on the speedometer/odometer wasn't enough for me give a s**t; it was about 1.5MPH on the speedometer (45 was 46.5). So maybe my SD Ford will read 43.5 instead of 45 if I go the opposite route, and maybe not; 45mph may read 45 - NBD (I generally despise the use of acronyms but decided to throw this one out).

There's my two cents worth.

 

Pretty close, Flyct. Getting the sunroof in place of the off-road, and cutting out the full tow tech package but getting the adaptive cruise and CHMSL camera to look in the bed. I might miss the adaptive steering, but never will have had it so... LOL.

Hjabernathy, yeah the 20 inch tires are "low profile" so the overall wheel/tire height is about the same. I was also planning on the ELD, did not get anything requiring any tire either way when I put that in at the Ford build site, have to see what happens with a real dealer in a while. I did want the standard all seasons, not the off road, just for the quieter ride but some OTHER threads say that may not be the way to go. Funny that you are trading up from a Tundra! I am getting rid of my Taco for the F350, and when I bought that the difference between the all season tires (which I have) and the off road (which I passed on) was pretty noticeable. Of course, that's a six cylinder gas engine not a diesel so big difference there alone.

Always more to learn... anybody's comments on their tires appreciated.

 

Which trim level is yours? KBB said my CCSB King Ranch was the highest priced F250.

 

 

I don't see a sig in your posts.

 

 

 

yep, looks and looks alone.
Thanks.

V/R
K

 

I was having problems with my 2017 F350 Dually. About a year after I purchased it, I had
3100 miles on it and wanted to trade it in on the exact same 2018 F350 Dually. Dealer
wanted $18000.00 difference. Up here in Canada the Ford SD's don't seem to hold their
value very well when you trade then in but they sure seem to hold their value good when
the dealer puts them on the lot for sale.