Tire question again for Voltage 3600
Posted last yr about going to FL and back on oem tires and had no problems. Fast forward to this yr and we have a trip planned for SC which will be about 1000 miles round trip. Still have the origin...
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Jim is correct . An LT265/75-16E has never come OEM on a 6.5" truck wheel .
GM shipped millions of 2500 and HD 2500 trucks with a 6.5" x 16" steel or aluminum wheel .
With a 245/75R16E tire on them .
A 245 is simply not much of a tire for those trucks .
I was conservative at saying that 20 % of those GM trucks now have 265/75 on them instead of the stock 245/75 size .
It is probably more like 40 % here in Central Oregon .
I have been running the 265/75R16 size on my factory GM snow tire wheels since 1997 .
For my summer tires I upgraded to Weld aluminum wheels that are 8 inches wide .
I stack the wheel/tires not in season in a corner of my garage .
I can tell you that the stack is 2 inches higher for the summer 265 tires mounted on the 8 inch wide wheel .
When I stack the four 265/75 snows on the 6.5" wheel the stack is a couple inches lower .
As a remedy for the OP it is actually an advantage to mount the 265/75 on a 6.5" width wheel .
Extra clearance , Clarence .
That 6.5 combination w/265 is about 1 /2" narrower than the 8 inch wheel & 265 tire combo .
Plus , the advantage of using the wheels he already owns allows that money to be spent on better tires , where it does the most good .
If he does not have adequate width in his wheel well then an LT 245/75r16E or the LT 235/85r16E may be his only option .
I have had no issues with the 265 mounted on the GM 6.5" rim for 17 years .
Nor have my friends .
I see a lot of early 2000 dodges with the 265/75 but I do not know the rim width .
GM shipped millions of 2500 and HD 2500 trucks with a 6.5" x 16" steel or aluminum wheel .
With a 245/75R16E tire on them .
A 245 is simply not much of a tire for those trucks .
I was conservative at saying that 20 % of those GM trucks now have 265/75 on them instead of the stock 245/75 size .
It is probably more like 40 % here in Central Oregon .
I have been running the 265/75R16 size on my factory GM snow tire wheels since 1997 .
For my summer tires I upgraded to Weld aluminum wheels that are 8 inches wide .
I stack the wheel/tires not in season in a corner of my garage .
I can tell you that the stack is 2 inches higher for the summer 265 tires mounted on the 8 inch wide wheel .
When I stack the four 265/75 snows on the 6.5" wheel the stack is a couple inches lower .
As a remedy for the OP it is actually an advantage to mount the 265/75 on a 6.5" width wheel .
Extra clearance , Clarence .
That 6.5 combination w/265 is about 1 /2" narrower than the 8 inch wheel & 265 tire combo .
Plus , the advantage of using the wheels he already owns allows that money to be spent on better tires , where it does the most good .
If he does not have adequate width in his wheel well then an LT 245/75r16E or the LT 235/85r16E may be his only option .
I have had no issues with the 265 mounted on the GM 6.5" rim for 17 years .
Nor have my friends .
I see a lot of early 2000 dodges with the 265/75 but I do not know the rim width .
