Cracked rim on 2007 2500hd classic
Just sharing. During pre-trip inspection my son and I found this cracked rim on my truck. It was a surprise and was even more surprised to see the weight rating on the back of the rim. This is...
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mkirsch wrote:jimh425 wrote:mkirsch wrote:
I thought rim ratings didn't matter, rims never break...
Naw, you seem to be confusing adding 200 lbs past a wheel rating with 1500 lbs.
Naw I'm talking about all the "advice" given in this forum to put LT E-rated truck tires on half ton rims and pumping them up to 80PSI on a rim rated for 44PSI.
There's no point to putting an LT tire on if you are not going to air it up. At "half ton" pressures (i.e. 44PSI and under) the tire has no more load carrying capacity than the stock P-metric tires.
Like the rest of the last couple pages of nonsense, I'd be super interested to see evidence of such a low pressure rating on "1/2 ton truck" rims. Same goes for light trailer wheels, 14 and 15 inchers.
