Do I need airbags?

rhagfo wrote:

laknox wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

laknox wrote:

redfire2002 wrote:
Heck I throw 300 lbs of firewood in the bed and still only have 30 lbs of air in bags to sit level. As long as you have E rated tires your good to go!

Not really. The stock 245 E tires on my 2500HD put me about 500 lbs =under= the RAWR. By going to 265 E's, I pick up over 800 lbs in tire capacity, which puts me =over= my RAWR.

Lyle

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Not sure how that can be? Usually the tire is the limiting factor on that generation of truck.
My stock listed 245/75-16E have 3,042# capacity ea. for an axle rating of 6,084.
The factory Optional 265's take that to 6,830# tire capacity, but doesn't change the sticker still 6,084#.

The sticker shows =minimum= required tire; the optional tires =exceed= the requirement. Try putting a D rated tire on your truck at any chain shop and see what happens. Since that tire would not meet the =minimum= requirement, they won't do it. This is one of the reasons that chain tire shops won't put LTs on a trailer; the LTs don't have the "legal" weight to meet the placard requirement.

Lyle

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You state
"Not really. The stock 245 E tires on my 2500HD put me about 500 lbs =under= the RAWR. By going to 265 E's, I pick up over 800 lbs in tire capacity, which puts me =over= my RAWR.

Lyle"

The "Stock OEM tires should equal the rear axle rating. The capacity of the tires should equal or exceed the stated axle capacity.
The way I read your statement above is the capacity of the OEM E tires, are 500# below the axle rating.

Well, I looked at my door sticker and got my RAWR, then I looked at the weight capacity of the OEM 245E tires; the tires had =less= combined capacity than my axle. My truck came to me with 265E's, which give me about 800 lbs more tire capacity and which puts my tires =over= my RAWR.

Lyle