265 tires on GM stock wheels

1963avanti wrote:

KD4UPL wrote:
This is another good reason to get a 3500 instead of a 2500 when buying a truck. The 3500 comes stock with wider wheels and 265 tires.
So, an easy solution to getting the recommended width wheels for the tires is to swap some from a 3500 somewhere.
I wouldn't worry about gearing issues. All GM diesels have 3.73 gears, 2500 and 3500 so those gears must work fine with the larger tires.

I 2005 when I purchased my tow vehicle the 3500s only came as duallys with 215 tires....I will look for wheels from 2007-2010 3500s however....thanks

Maybe at your dealer, but GM made plenty of 2005 srw 3500 trucks.
265s will be just fine for anything you're doing with the truck, but a suggestion if you want bigger tires and want to ditch the poor selection of 16" tires and the limitations of the narrow wheels. Buy some takeoff 17-20" newer GM or Dodge/Ram OE wheels off craigslist. You can get a new set of tires and wheels for the same or less than new tires from the tires shop.
The GM hub caps that are on your 2005 will still work on a lot of those takeoff wheels too and there's a lot better looking wheels out there than factory steelies or the PYO GM alloys.