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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AlmostAnOldGuy wrote:MO Traveler wrote:
I have the same size issue on same truck...2015 RAM 1500. I was looking at the Cooper Discover HT Plus. Says it is an LT tire with weight rating of 2998 lb. Worried an E rated tire would make the truck ride like a cement truck when empty, which is 90pct of the time. Put a lot of miles on it. Looking at purchasing an Open Range Ultra light around 7500lbs loaded. Thoughts??
I would run E rated tires for a 7500 lb trailer and air them down to 45 or so when not loaded provided your TPMS does not complain too much. Manufacturer should provide an inflation table.
You may want to fire up another thread re: size of trailer for the truck (do not want to hijack this one). Check your door sticker for payload. At 7500 lbs you will likely have about 950 on the hitch. Add 100 for the WDH and see how you are doing payload wise.
Good luck,
Stu
Truck is good for the weight...tow package, low axle ratio and tow rating of 10k. Payload capacity of 1600. Just two of us traveling so not a lot of extra weight in the truck, also planned to add air bags to keep ride height the same. Trailer we are looking at is about 6400 empty. Not many options in the E rating on this size tire, found some Nitto Dura Grappler's but very expensive and never heard of Nitto brand.
