High capacity 20" tires for truck
I posted this on the Silverado/Sierra forum and got one response... "good luck." Since folks on this forum are more into towing than jacking trucks up to make them look macho, I'll see if anyone here ...
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therink wrote:
That is the reason SRW 1 ton trucks don't have the 20" wheel option available. I recommend going with 18" wheels and load rage E tires. The stock Michelin 265/70R18's on my one ton are rated for 3525 lbs.
I'm sure you know but no matter what you do with tires, it will not increase the load carrying capacity of the truck. That is a lot of weight for a 3/4 ton.
Fords and Rams do. And I've driven my big fat pudgy camper all over the place with new ram OE 20" takeoffs. I've read they're rated for 3600lbs but OE rim ratings are kinda hard to find IMO. However one can be certain that whatever leaves the factory in a particular configuration is rated up to the rawr. So if you can get a certain combo on a 3500 gasser with the "best" payload, that will apply to the diesel which is the same save for more weight over the front axle. (and a little more on the rear axle for the numbers crunching weight cops)
Cheap option for op to upgrade tires is buy a set of Firestone Ram Transforce takeoffs. Can be had for like $500 every day in CL. A lot of people dump them for better/more aggressive tires.
Or if 18" rimz are your huckleberry, seen a lot of GM takeoffs for sale.
For close to zero$ you could buy another set of takeoffs in a flavor that make you feel better and sell yours.
