tire size question
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From: brant lake
tire size question
i have a 94 150 and im looking to put bigger tires on it. i want to keep the stock rims but need to know how big of a tire i can put in it. the body is lifed 3 inches so clearence isnt a problem. im using it for everyday use but go bushwhacking after work. i need a good on-road off road tire. anyone have some on there stock 150 rims?
-thanks Steven
-thanks Steven
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I don't know what rim size your F150 is but my F350 is a 16x7 and I'm running BFG AT's 285/75/R16's which measures 33x11.5x16 on the stock rims with no problems at all. I would look at the BFG AT's or the MT's both do very well onroad.
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7" rim is too skinny for a 12.50" tire. I run my 12.50's on 10" wide wheels and my 10.50's on 8" wheels. With a 7" wheel, I'd stick to a 9.50" wide tire (30x9.50-15). Don't cheap it out, get wheels that fit right.
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I'm running a 32x 11.5 inch tire and seems to be holding fine. What's another inch between friends. I would get other wheels but my stocker alloys are in such great shape I'd hate to part with them.
Anyone run a 12.5 inch tire on 7.5" rims?
Anyone run a 12.5 inch tire on 7.5" rims?
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I once ran some 31/11.50-15 s on what I thought were 15x8 wheels (they were later found to be only 7" wide) ... (1988-89). They looked great actually, but the tires were those Courser LT tires and they simply would not hold a balance so after a year, I put a new set of Sears 31/10.50-15 Roadhandler radials on them (1989 ... sold the Coursers for half what I gave for them ... sorry *** tires ... felt guilty at that but the guy just wanted cheap tires for a "drive to work truck" ... and cheap he got.), then when they wore out (1994), I got some more Roadhandlers but in a different tread pattern that wore better, then just a couple months ago when I was replacing a blowout (tires were ten years old, over half the tread left but deteriorated badly) I measured the wheels for the first time since I got the truck in '86 ... and they are only 7" wide (they were the wheels that the previous owner installed before I got the truck, never had reason to measure them before). They were deeply offset which made them look exactly like 15x8 wagon wheels on the truck (I had a set of nice stainless steel Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS trim rings on them, painted the wheels red, etc ...). (P.S. ...I carried those tires ... all of them ... and the 15x7 wheels off to the landfill last week, I had once found 2 more tires on a wreck like them so I actually had 6 tires including the bad one, but all cracked badly ... guy at landfill said he going to take them for his farm PU ... they'll be OK for that I think. )
I just recently put a new set of 15x8 Black "D" spoke (nascar look-a-likes) wheels with new lugs, caps, etc ... on a new set of Bridgestone Dueller H/L 31/10.50-15 s. They have a very straight looking tread, but a rubber compound that is M/S rated, and they are the quietest tire I have ever heard on a truck (actually, I'm not so sure I can hear the tires for a change, so maybe it's a bad choice of words I used there). Used them on a recent trip to Alabama and back with a load of furniture, pulling a big tandem axle U-haul, I love these tires.
I do not run mud and off road as a rule, I will drive it in snow when need be, but 99% of the miles are highway miles ... so they suit me fine.
I just recently put a new set of 15x8 Black "D" spoke (nascar look-a-likes) wheels with new lugs, caps, etc ... on a new set of Bridgestone Dueller H/L 31/10.50-15 s. They have a very straight looking tread, but a rubber compound that is M/S rated, and they are the quietest tire I have ever heard on a truck (actually, I'm not so sure I can hear the tires for a change, so maybe it's a bad choice of words I used there). Used them on a recent trip to Alabama and back with a load of furniture, pulling a big tandem axle U-haul, I love these tires.
I do not run mud and off road as a rule, I will drive it in snow when need be, but 99% of the miles are highway miles ... so they suit me fine.
Last edited by tbear853; Jun 11, 2004 at 09:37 AM.
