Tire recommendations for pick up truck for towing
I have a 2018 Silverado 1500 LT that use to pull my TT. Looking for suggestions for quality tires for my truck. Not really interested in Chinese products. Any thoughts are appreciated.
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valhalla360 wrote:Grit dog wrote:valhalla360 wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
Whatever you choose be sure it's a "D" or "E" load range.
Look up the axle rating then pick a "Load Index Rating" that meets or exceeds the axle rating.
Load E can have a variety of actual load ratings. The letter grades are an old system from the days when they added extra plys to the tire to make it stronger. The more plys the further into the alphabet the letter grade went.
Modern tires don't add plys. They change the steel in the tire without adding plys.
Load Index Rating gives you the actual capability in pounds.
And yet, any tire in an applicable size for any of the common rim sizes on that truck will have a Load Index that is somewhere between adequate at the very worst case and overkill. Most will be overkill.
Likely but not certain, so why not use a direct measurement of load rating.
No. It’s a certainty. Well unless the buyer thinks they’re buying D or E load and actually buy P load tires.
