Rickson wheel/tire advice

skipro3 wrote:

bka0721 wrote:
Skipro3. All fine until you put a load on the truck. How tippy are these extra inches going to become?
b

1/2" taller truck due to taller tires will make my truck tippy?

Hi Skipro3. Sorry if I struck a cord here. But it was a simple question of asking if you experienced a different feel while driving your truck and camper with this change. Many are reading this thread so there is a lot to learn from our changes.

With being a trained high speed driver, and driving instructor, it has been easy for me to determine something as small a tire pressure change. Or when I have left too much air in my Air Bags. When I changed my 225 to 245, my change in height was 1" for the tire. Then when I measured my overall height of my truck, after the tire swap, my height changed almost 3”. How did this happen with, as you said; “1/2” change? Easy. The extra performance of the increase of tire changed my “big picture” by minimizing the sidewall flex and deflection in the springs, coils and shocks. So the truck and camper just stood taller. So of it was just because of the change of angle in the way the truck set. So when one does not take in the overall impact of simple changes, they are missing out in how this translates to overall handling of a vehicle. Whether in negotiating corners and curves. Braking events and acceleration with resulting driving control.

Skipro3, with your admitted changes of suspension, 2” front lift kit and now tire size change, I was just interested if you had noticed any change in the handling of your truck, with your camper loaded. As in more from center roll; Tippy. With you being more of an experienced driver here, than many, it was my interest in any perception of driving change, you might have noticed. Again, sorry if I struck a cord.

b