18's or 20's

You would think he's trying to tow with Bigfoot. The f-150 comes optional with a 20" wheel on a 32" tire so you're telling me adding a inch and a half will cause his truck to blow over and lower his tow rating a ton. :r:

I would see what the load ratings are for the tires you like in 18's and 20's. I think I would lean towards the 20 myself for a less squishy sidewall. I've towed a lot with lifted trucks in the past, and although it wasn't always as comfy as stock, I never felt on the verge of wrecking. LOL another thing to consider however, is that those really long drop shank hitches can add a lot of stress to your receiver hitch.

General Patton wrote:
Show me the math that a 35" tire will reduce the max tow to 9000. Anyone can pull numbers out of the air to defend their argument against a lifted truck towing a camper a few hundred miles to the absolute max of a 1000 miles in a year I've done it for 16 years. How many lifted trucks have you towed with? My guess is 0 so your experience after all of my calculations brings me right back to oh yeah ZERO

Thing is, all you have is a guess. Look it up. When you change the size of the tires. You change the rear gear ratio. The 3.73 rear you love so much is calculated with factory stock size tires. Change that, and you change the ratio.

Case in point. My truck with stock tires can tow 8000lb per the owner's manual. With one size smaller / shorter tires, it can tow 8500lbs per the owner's manual. Go taller, and the opposite is true. It will tow less. The law of physics over rides your wants.

Just because you don't like the correct answers, does not mean they are wrong. Don't really know why you ask. You already made up your mind. So go do it. But you will be over loaded. Like as not.

And it really does not matter how far, or how many times. It only takes once, and one mile to mess up everything.

BTW. I don't need the math. I have the Ford towing guide, and it tells the tow capacity of every rear gear Ford puts in. I just know how to read.

Well General, to answer your original query, it isn't the rim size that matters. What matters in the end is the tire you want to mount. Looks like you're going for 35" tires. If you're looking at overall price, go with 18" tires, they're generally cheaper. 20" rims are a bit costlier to outfit, but have that bling factor if you like it. Here's a good link to compare comparable sizes and you can check out the capacities for tires around 35" Tire Size Comparison Chart

General

The ones that I have seen laying on their sides probably thought they knew it all too.

There are some good solid 35" tires out there. It's raising the center of gravity is what get's them!

As I said earlier seeing them wrecked and flipped and blew over by wind on the hwy give the total height of the truck would increase by 7 inches +- give me a fing break. Its one thing to have the tool in the shed its another to be smart enough to use it. 16 yrs towing with mildly lifted trucks ZERO issues i must know how to use it. Not talking Bigfoot here people

Should have listened to a long time poster on here I read of his. He said don't post anything about a lifted truck since it is a sin on this forum to tow with a lifted truck. Cuz none of my questions were addressed just telling me that towing with lifted truck is a bad idea which you have zero experience with. My guess is a bunch of middle to older guys on here who view a lifted modded truck as a punk ride or something idk pretty sad I've been doing it for 16 yrs and I'm wrong. Justed asked if anyone had a truck like the one I ordered and how it towed anyway thanks for nothing but irritating me I'll be deleting account on here so you can go on ragging on the topic like a bunch of high school girls

Show me the math that a 35" tire will reduce the max tow to 9000. Anyone can pull numbers out of the air to defend their argument against a lifted truck towing a camper a few hundred miles to the absolute max of a 1000 miles in a year I've done it for 16 years. How many lifted trucks have you towed with? My guess is 0 so your experience after all of my calculations brings me right back to oh yeah ZERO

RWDIII wrote:
IMHO its better to wait till the warranty is up before modding a truck
One look at a 6 inch lift and 35 tires and warranty is toast.
Also big tires will give you a 3.42 ratio

Not that it matters to the OP. He has already made up his mind. But If the bigger tires do in fact drop the rear ratio to 3.42. that is going to REDUCE his tow capacity to 9000lbs. Taking into account that every pound you load into the truck reduces the tow capacity even more

You WILL be over loaded.

Have fun.

Truck is rated for 11100 current TT is 8300 lbs loaded and wet so I see no problem. Of the new TT's we are looking at 9000-9500 wet and loaded is the heaviest we will get. And further more we are talking less than 1000 miles a year towing camper. So there again don't see the issue. Have all of you who are so against a mildly lifted truck towing,have you ever had one and or towed with it?? Because I have! Just because you have the tool in the shed doesn't mean you know how to use it