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Billstar1's avatar
Billstar1
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Aug 03, 2013

20" TV Tires

Just brought a new Chev Silvarado 1500 with 20" Goodyear Eagle tires. When doing a little research on the tires, which I wish I had done before buying the truck, found out they're passenger car tires. I'm a little dubious about towing with them. I'm not having much luck finding a rated 20" tire, either "D" or "E". Anyone know of such tires? BTW, the truck has the 5.3, 3.42 re-end and HD tow package. Tows my Jayco Whire Hawk 30 DSRE pretty darn good.

THANKS
  • Lowsuv's avatar
    Lowsuv
    Explorer
    Aug 03, 2013
    your pickup will be ok .
    your problem will be that the ST tires on your trailer often will not have enough reserve capacity.
    a killer of tires is when they sit without moving for extended periods of time .
    probably not an issue with a half ton daily driver .
  • pbitschura's avatar
    pbitschura
    Explorer
    Aug 03, 2013
    My Silverado also has 20" tires and comes factory equipped with a tow package, 7 pin connector, and pre-wired for trailer brakes. Now why would you suppose they did that if you couldn't tow a trailer? And not to high jack, but, I would also be curious to know what the gvwr would be for 20's vs 16's? Enquiring minds and all...

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