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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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I've done some searching here and can't find the exact answere I'm looking for. A new set of tires is in my near future. I running stock rims, stock suspension and don't want to upgrade. What is the largest tire I can put on the stock rim without running into any trouble? The size on it now are LT 265/75R16 123.

Some of the newer F250/350 have larger tires or rims from what I understand. What year model could I get from that would be larger?
 
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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You can run a 285/75/16 on a stock wheel, and I believe you can even run a 305/75/16 on stock wheels. The trouble is the wider tires are a bit too wide for the stock wheel so you can get some funny tire wear. I have 285's on my truck with stock wheels and it likes to chew up the inside of the front tires.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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I have 305/70/16's on stock lariat wheels and ran them before I leveled it. It only rubbed in tight turns with the suspension loaded.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by GaDawg
I've done some searching here and can't find the exact answere I'm looking for. A new set of tires is in my near future. I running stock rims, stock suspension and don't want to upgrade. What is the largest tire I can put on the stock rim without running into any trouble? The size on it now are LT 265/75R16 123.

Some of the newer F250/350 have larger tires or rims from what I understand. What year model could I get from that would be larger?
I would go with the 265/75/16 if I could do it over. My 285/75/16s wear horribly. I hear rotating every 4K-5K helps, but the center wears much faster than the outsides due to "bowing". I think it makes my truck wander worse as well. $.02
 
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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Luckily, I've never had any tire wear issues with the original 265's or the 305's
 
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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I'm running 315s on stock rims...no funny wear though. I'm gonna upgrade soon though to wider rims.
 
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