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lawrosa
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Feb 03, 2018

LT tire? Uniroyal Laredo

I have been eyeing up the uniroyal lareado cross country tour tires for my 2006 silverado..

These are 265 70 17.. Upon looking online I assumed these were LT tires as that size has no P in the designation..

Went to tire store to get a price as I see these online for 126$ a tire. Thats the cheapest I found with free shipping..

Well the tire store guy busted my bubble and informed me these are P rated tires.. I did not have any info on me to rebut his claims but now I am second guessing..

Im not a tire ologist and am trying to figure this out...

They are a 44 psi tire with a 2436 capacity.

Here is a PDF and all the data I can find..

Any help is appreciated...

https://www.smetzertire.com/Portals/108/Skins/UNIROYAL%20DATA%20BOOK%202014.pdf
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  • lawrosa's avatar
    lawrosa
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2018
    Ahhh I see they are regular metric tires after reading more online.... Cr*p
  • Grit_dog's avatar
    Grit_dog
    Navigator
    Feb 03, 2018
    What is the question? You already answered them all except whether white letter in or out is better....
    There is nothing magical about P or LT, or the tweener XL designation.
    Either it has the capacity you're looking for or it doesn't.
    One nice thing about tires is you can over tire it and still have both. You haul a sizable trailer based on your pic.
    My advice would be buy some D or E load tires, run them at low pressure for daily driving and air up the rears appropriately when towing.
  • lawrosa's avatar
    lawrosa
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2018
    Grit dog wrote:
    What is the question? You already answered them all except whether white letter in or out is better....
    There is nothing magical about P or LT, or the tweener XL designation.
    Either it has the capacity you're looking for or it doesn't.
    One nice thing about tires is you can over tire it and still have both. You haul a sizable trailer based on your pic.
    My advice would be buy some D or E load tires, run them at low pressure for daily driving and air up the rears appropriately when towing.


    The question was if the larados were an LT tire... They are not. Without the P they are euro metric I just found out...

    And thats what my size of 265 70 17 shows...

    These tires need to be derated 9-10% when installed on a truck..so the 2436 gets reduced to 2216 lbs... AFAIK...

    I dont think I can put a load e on my truck as the rim pressure would be 80 psi... My tires now ar 44 psi ones...

    Maybe a load range c 50 psi tire but I dont want to break the bank here..

    I can get the lareados for $130 a tirs. Plus $100 mount and balance.. Thats still like 628 bucks... Ouch
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Feb 03, 2018
    Just put on LT265/70R17-E Goodyear All Terrain Adventure with Kevlar.
    Smooth quite ride and performed great off pavement in Death Valley Last month.
    Lots of gravel, rocks, and sand.

    And yes you can put an E on your truck and run them at 50 psi.
  • lawrosa's avatar
    lawrosa
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2018
    well I thought I could find a cheap LT tire... Im leary about any load range e tires on a 1500.. Load C maybe if I can find them but I wanted a highway tread...

    I guess 265 70 17 is a difficult size tire to get in LT C range

    Looks like I may be stuck with metric tires..

    I got wrangler HP's now.. But treadlife only 340... I guess I just go with RSa;s goodyears.

    $120 a tire.

    I failed to mention Im cheap and broke..

    https://tires.bjs.com/tires/view/103845/goodyear-wrangler-sr-a-p265-70r17/?quantity=4
  • brulaz's avatar
    brulaz
    Explorer
    Feb 03, 2018
    lawrosa wrote:

    ...
    Im leary about any load range e tires on a 1500..
    ...


    Why?

    If it's cost, I understand.

    But otherwise, I put Michelin LTX MS/2 LT-Es on my F150 and they were a fantastic highway tire.

    Or look for an XL, like Gritdog recommends, or an LT-C?
  • lawrosa's avatar
    lawrosa
    Explorer
    Feb 04, 2018
    campinginthewoods wrote:
    Have you looked at Cooper discoverer A/T 3


    I saw them .. They come in c's too..

    But how is that tread pattern going to affect MPG? Its bad enough I barely get 19 MPG highway..

    Not bad I see I can get them about $150 a tire..

    Ummm not a fan of white lettering either... Is it stupid to turn in so its blackwall out? Can you even do that?

    I had KO BFG's on another truck that had whites in...so I guess ..

    Any Highway thread like my good year HP's with a C LT rating?

    HP's

  • campinginthewoo's avatar
    campinginthewoo
    Explorer
    Feb 04, 2018
    I have them on my f250 CC v10 and I had the owl mounted inside so yes you can. I just put these on. Supposed to get 55k we will see my brother has them on 13 gmc Yukon 4x4 and loves them he is in golden Colorado now but was in Illinois and used to hunt and was pulling his buddies out because they were getting stuck. So far this winter in snow I love them with no issues. Got them online and shipped to Wal-Mart couldn't beat the price. Best of luck
  • campinginthewoo's avatar
    campinginthewoo
    Explorer
    Feb 04, 2018
    My f250 averages 14 highway and but I didn't buy it for mileage couldn't pass on the price when I found it.lol

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