Best advice on buying 19.5 rims and tires

My install went much easier since I could still carry a spare and didn't have to raise the suspension. I did replace the OEM shocks with Rancho RS9000XL to handle the additional unsprung weight better - Each tire/rim combination was 125 lbs while my previous set was somewhere around 75-100 lbs each.

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Scott

I had 19.5 Visions on my 2006 ram 2500 CTD 4x4 and although wheels were very stout and looked great I had front end woes from wandering which needed a steering box brace and steering stabilizer. Also broken lug studs, and wheel hubs having to be replaced twice on passenger front side. Had a hard time keeping them balanced in the front too.

With a car it is easy to change the profile of the tires to accomodate larger wheels, ie different F series. On a truck I don't want 50 or 60 series tires.
Maybe someone can explain the attraction of larger wheels. I don't get it.

It's not about larger wheels, it's about larger carry capacity. Stock wheels and their tires are limited to the load they can safely carry. When heavy loads, like a camper, are placed on them, they tend to fail. So a wheel with a larger carry capacity is used so a tire with a larger carry capacity can be installed on it.

ppine wrote:
With a car it is easy to change the profile of the tires to accomodate larger wheels, ie different F series. On a truck I don't want 50 or 60 series tires.
Maybe someone can explain the attraction of larger wheels. I don't get it.

I went to 19.5s for the load capacity, my original tires were 3200lb and the new 19.5s are just under 5000lbs per tire. The vision wheels are good to 4500lbs so I am good for 9000lbs on the rear axle. The truck rides rough unloaded but I haul a 3600lb commercial cap so the truck is always loaded.

I went with Toyo m608Z in size 245/70R19.5, they are noisy and had tread squirm for the first couple thousand miles. I have about 35,000 miles on them so far, with how they look I should get over 70,000 miles out of them. They do great in ice and snow and good on wet roads. If it was a truck that was a DD with part time hauling I probably would not go with 19.5s, I should note I run 3500lb Helwig helper springs and Firestone air bags and the truck is loaded to 10,800lbs.

S Davis wrote:

I went with Toyo m608Z in size 245/70R19.5, they are noisy and had tread squirm for the first couple thousand miles. I have about 35,000 miles on them so far, with how they look I should get over 70,000 miles out of them. They do great in ice and snow and good on wet roads. If it was a truck that was a DD with part time hauling I probably would not go with 19.5s, I should note I run 3500lb Helwig helper springs and Firestone air bags and the truck is loaded to 10,800lbs.

Ditto
Plus I'm running a Hellwig Big Wig sway bar.