Correct tire size for driving truck camper on the beach
Looking to purchase a Dodge Ram 2500 truck. The size of these tires that are on the truck are 245/70SR17.0E Will that be sufficient for hauling a truck camper on the beach? Thanks
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Driving your truck and camper on the beach? It has been done. There are a couple forces in play here. 1. The weight of your camper. 2. How much floatation you can get with stock size truck tires. Coming from a 'jeeping' background, I've experimented with tire pressure on sand for decades on disparate rigs. There are some must haves.
A tall sidewall is good when you deflate for sand. I've stayed with 16 inch tires on wider steel wheels to allow for a longer and wider patch on sand. There are some good to haves. A super single wheel and tire are the ticket for sand running. Here are the 12 inch wide wheels and 365x65R16 (33x15.50R16) super singles I drove into the ground next to a stock 265x75R16 Michelin:
@ 22 pounds of air, the monsters had a 17 inch wide, by 15 inch long footprint that floated on the loosest blowsand: Here is the appropriate sidewall squat: front stock size @ 22 pounds; rear super singles @ 20 pounds. This is about as low as I would want to go.
jefe
A tall sidewall is good when you deflate for sand. I've stayed with 16 inch tires on wider steel wheels to allow for a longer and wider patch on sand. There are some good to haves. A super single wheel and tire are the ticket for sand running. Here are the 12 inch wide wheels and 365x65R16 (33x15.50R16) super singles I drove into the ground next to a stock 265x75R16 Michelin:
@ 22 pounds of air, the monsters had a 17 inch wide, by 15 inch long footprint that floated on the loosest blowsand: Here is the appropriate sidewall squat: front stock size @ 22 pounds; rear super singles @ 20 pounds. This is about as low as I would want to go.
jefe
