My buddy is looking to buy some humvee tires for his daily driver. Anyone got any information on these? I know they are super cheap. Found them brand new for 100 bucks each. How well do they ride and how is the bias ply with a 16.5 wheel? beadlock problems? And since they are so cheap and i wont be able to afford great new tires and am buying a new 2011 f250 do they make 16.5 inch wheels to fit a 2011 ford? I will be using the tires that come with it until they wear out but just for later when i do need them i wont have to ask this probably silly and newbie question again. Thanks in advanced

 

Depends on which ones you're getting. I'm guessing you're looking at the 37s since 100dollarman sells em for 100 a piece... pretty much junk offroad. As for wheels, yes they have 16.5s for the new stupid dutys.

 

Well he also sells the 36's. But either one. I was just looking for opinions on them and if anyone has used them. You say they are junk off road? what about highway and daily driver usage?

 

from what people have said here and on other forums the 37's are a decent street tire and don't really offer much for offroad grip. the 36's are better offroad, but they are bias ply, and flat spot in cold weather and from being parked for extended periods of time. being that you guys are both looking for bigger tires for daily drivers, i'd say go with the 37's. they will last longer on road and have a better ride.

 

Hes got 50k to drop on a truck but not another grand to buy some decent AT or MTs?

I dont think there is anyone (outside of Stazworks and maybe a couple other custom shops) making 16.5" beadlocks....especially for the metric 8x170mm bolt pattern. You'll either have to go the custom route or buy rims and the appropriate bead lock rings and weld them on. There are a couple companies selling aluminum rings now so that could be a possibility IF hes got it in budget to have 4 rings tig'd. If not, steel rings and rims are cheap as is the welding services by comparison.

Another thing to check is the brake rotor/caliper size on the new SDs. Im not sure if 16.5 rims will clear the new larger brakes but I could be wrong. Ive got the bigger brakes (for my year model but still smaller than the new trucks IIRC) on my SD and 16" rims so I guess its possible.

 

It really depends on which tires, there have been three different types of 37s in the past 5 years or so, 1.the goodyear wranglers with no side lugs and a laughable tread pattern ( you can i.d. these by the pattern of 4 lugs for lack of a better term that go from left to right along the contact field of the tire) these tires are o.k at best and don't really offer more than cheap ground clearance, 2. for a short while we had a BF Goodrich tire that was much better, it had thick lugs in a sort of tsl looking pattern (minus the three stage lug pattern) and decent side lugs but didn't really come down the side to far, these were pretty good in mud and rocks but suffered on wet roads because of large lugs and no sipping, 3. lastly there is the goodyear wrangler MTRs that we're running right now, these are pretty stout tires and the perform great from what i've put 'em through, only drawback ( if you can call it that) with these that I have found is that they hum loud. the 36s were great off road but as stated earlier they flat spot, hum, and generally suck on the road, but they are better than the old 37 goodyears.

 

I got a brand new set of the 36s for my truck and really like them. Sure they flat spot, but for a budget tire, that is a small trade off. I think the price vs performance is great! The are loud on the road, but do reasonably well offroad for not a lot of $$.

 

I run the 37s on my ol' '71 F250 and drive it to work daily.....not a long commute (5 miles of dirt road, 12 miles of highway). I balanced them with lead shot, and they are some of the smoothest tires I have ever run. This is the second set of tires I have balanced this way, I will never go back to fixed weights. I am really happy with these tires. For me it was a matter of price. I haul snowmobiles in the winter on a sled-deck and they work fine, though I will be siping them for this winter. They work fine offroad, similar to a BFG MT, obviously not as good as the TSLs, but they aren't designed to be. Take an honest look at how you use your equipment, then decide which tires you really need.

 

16.5 inch rims will not fit on new trucks. you have to go bigger than a 17 as far as i know.