New Tires For Tow Vehicle...
I've got a 2013 Ram 1500 Big Horn 5.7 3.73 and pulling a 26' camper that's around 7,700 - 8,000 lbs. I still have the original tires on it with less than 19,000 miles on them. I'm interested in re...
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cm11599ps wrote:
OK, so I'm leaning towards Toyo Open Country A/T II tires. I have 20" wheels so my tires options are limited. The Toyo's are E rated. Is that TOO much tire for my 2013 Quad cab Ram 1500 with a 8,000# 26' camper?
The truck is my daily driver but I only do 10 miles round trip to work and put about 8,000 miles a year on it.
I don't think it's too much tire. I put LTs on my F150 and they really helped when towing heavy. Maybe LT-D or even LT-C is all you really need weight-wise, but they are harder to find than LT-Es.
The harder tire makes the ride crisper, and if inflated to their full 80psi you'll notice it when you hit a pothole. But our F150's suspension and seats absorbed most of the shock, and our roads aren't that bad, so it wasn't really an issue. Especially as a previous Tacoma had a much worse ride even with P-rated tires. The suspension is more important than the tires with respect to ride quality IMHO.
If you can find a RAM 1500 with LT-Es from the factory, look at the yellow sticker to determine what psi RAM recommends for inflation.
And about Michelins, I put their LTX MS/2 LT-Es on that F150 and they wore very well even when loaded, were an excellent highway tire, but poor off-road.
Good luck.
EDIT: The BFG TA KO/2 are great off-road and winter tires by all accounts (they come with the snowflake symbol). But they don't come with any treadwear warranty and apparently wear fast when loaded, as in towing.
