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TWZMYJP
Explorer
Jan 26, 2018

Trailer Tires: High Quality 16's vs. Swapping to 17.5's

I apologize if this has already been covered and/or beat to death, but I wasn't able to find much using the search function. Please direct me to any existing threads and close this one if it makes mo...
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Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Jan 27, 2018
eHoefler wrote:
When it was time for me to replace my 16" LT tires, I researched 17.5 options. I found a tire/wheel combination that cost $5.00 more per tire/wheel. Now I am good to 6,005 pounds per tire and wheel.


What tire are you running in a 17.5 that gives you 6,005# capacity? My GY "H" 17.5's have no where near that capacity.

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