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ulvik
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Jun 16, 2016

Changing just rear tires for higher load rated tires?

Need some advice. I have new tires on my truck but the tires but I bought another camper and the tires on there are just light load rated tires. My question is if I replace just the rear tires with...
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scbwr
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Jun 16, 2016
downtheroad wrote:
The first step is to make sure you are running "LT" tires instead of "P" rated tires on your truck.
Doing that is (one) of the steps that helps control sway....

All 4 tires should be a matched. Trying to cut corners and save money by just changing the rear tires is not a good idea.


There's your answer. I had P rated tires on my Tundra and it made a big difference switching to LT tires, as well as being much safer!

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