Tires & wheels for towing
I have a 2016 Ram 2500 with 275/70/18 tires mounted on factory 8" wide wheels....I hate the wheels. I've been looking at several aftermarket wheels that I would like, but they are all 18x9". I have...
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BenK wrote:
. . . As for otrfun's good mention of the wheels offset...the wheel OEM's rating is for that wheel at whatever offset it is sold as...what matters is the TV's suspension's wheel offset specification it is designed for . . .
psford wrote:Whether a given load exceeds a tire or wheel's load rating is pretty easy to calculate. If you're hauling 6k on your rear axle, you need a pair of wheels/tires that are rated at least 3k each. Simple enough.
. . . Also offset is another issue.I didn't want a wheel, and tire that stuck out too much . . .
We've all seen those trucks with huge offsets (wheels extending way outside the wheel wells) towing heavily loaded trailers. Common sense says large amounts of offset like this have to compromise the load carry capability of the axle and bearing.
Doubt there's an easy answer, but I'll ask the question anyhow. How far can you deviate from the standard OEM offset without significantly compromising the load carrying capability of the axle and bearings?
IMO, excessive positive offset on a full-floating axle forces a full-floating axle to operate mechanically/structurally similar to a semi-floating axle. Not a good thing.
