I just found out that I have a few rims with flat spots or are bent in some way. I am seriously considering replacing all 6 with Load Range G commercial 17.5" rim and tires. (details of the rims and tires) It just does not make sense to me to have light truck tires on a vehicle that is 12k lbs minimum, all the time, when there are commercial steel wall tires available that are designed to carry full load all the time.Has anyone else done something like this?

I did over 3 yrs ago after blowing 3 tires in one 6 week vacation. Give Dan a call at Rickson and he will help you out. They might even have a special going on. I'm very happy with mine and do not regret the cost one bit.

cal47 wrote:I did over 3 yrs ago after blowing 3 tires in one 6 week vacation. Give Dan a call at Rickson and he will help you out. They might even have a special going on. I'm very happy with mine and do not regret the cost one bit.Nice! If you don't mind, I have a few related questions:-How is the ride? -Was the drivability affected? My initial concern with higher pressures in the front tires is that is might cause a bit of wandering.-Did you get full simulators?

The ride doesn't feel any different to me, I run #75 in the fronts and #85 in the rears. My rig was wandering when I first got them, put new Bilsteins front and rear then had ft end aligned. It handles much better now. Rickson does't sell full wheel simulators just center hub caps. I like them better, not as hard to clean. Any more questions feel free. Like I said, really happy and think that was the best choice I've made.

I have put on my C Class 235-85-16 load range G on my stock rims in rear with out any problems I keep front wheel stock size. The rear hight was raise rear about 2 inches and ride is a little firmer but not that bad and handles great got about 40,000 mile on them look like new. Almost 5 years now .

I ordered a set of wheels and tires today. After spending some time talking through the options with Rickson, I settled on the load range F tires and full wheel simulators. The F's will give the rear axel 14,000 LBS of load capacity on the tires and will hopefully stop the inside passenger rear from being overloaded. The F's will take almost 1,000 LBS more load per tire that the D's, though I do realize that the rear axel itself is only good for about 9500lbs and that tires will not increase that at all.I should have them in a couple weeks, so I'll post an update after my next trip.Oh, I am planning on keeping one of the existing load range D wheels and tires as a spare. I figure I would put one of the fronts on the rear and the different sized spare on the front. The front is a much lighter load and I think the D's handle it just fine.

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cal47
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Jul 15, 2013
The ride doesn't feel any different to me, I run #75 in the fronts and #85 in the rears. My rig was wandering when I first got them, put new Bilsteins front and rear then had ft end aligned. It handles much better now. Rickson does't sell full wheel simulators just center hub caps. I like them better, not as hard to clean. Any more questions feel free. Like I said, really happy and think that was the best choice I've made.
charlesvalentin
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Jul 15, 2013
cal47 wrote:
I did over 3 yrs ago after blowing 3 tires in one 6 week vacation. Give Dan a call at Rickson and he will help you out. They might even have a special going on. I'm very happy with mine and do not regret the cost one bit.

Nice! If you don't mind, I have a few related questions:

-How is the ride?
-Was the drivability affected? My initial concern with higher pressures in the front tires is that is might cause a bit of wandering.
-Did you get full simulators?
cal47
Explorer
Jul 14, 2013
I did over 3 yrs ago after blowing 3 tires in one 6 week vacation. Give Dan a call at Rickson and he will help you out. They might even have a special going on. I'm very happy with mine and do not regret the cost one bit.

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