Tires (the weakest link)
Like every other truck camper owner, I am looking to increase the safe load carrying capacity of my truck (2012 Chevy 3500HD SRW). I get that you can't increase the payload, but I also know that 90% o...
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BurbMan wrote:
I've not heard of that brand of tires, but the tread pattern looks very similar to the Nitto Ridge Grapplers that I'm running on my SRW. I'm very happy with these tires and will probably buy again.
Don't just go by "Load Range F"...you need to look up the actual load rating for the size you are interested in. If you look at the specs on any tire that comes in multiple sizes, you will note that load rating varies by size even when all tires are catty the same letter rating.
Here is the spec chart for the Ridge Grappler in various sizes, note that some the E-rated sizes have higher load ratings than the one size that is F-rated.
The right way to do this is load the camper up and head to a scale. Find out how much you're carrying on the rear axle and size your tires accordingly...
Sorry, I probably wasn’t clear. I am going off the load index. I am only looking at the F-range because they get me to a higher load index. They might be stiff/loud as all get out though. I assume if you are happy with the grapplers that the tread life wasn’t too bad on them. That is the gripe I see most often. I would love to just upsize my tires to get load index I want, but the front end on Chevy 3500 is so tight. Tough to do without rubbing or doing some trimming and/or lifting. A lift is out for obvious stability reasons.
