Weight Ratings and CC Silverback
Hello all, first post here. I am making myself go crosseyed trying to figure out if I will be safe towing with the wheel/tire setup on my truck. Currently, I have a 2016 Duramax 2500HD CCSB with the 1...
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GR wrote:
I am looking at putting on 285/55r22 Nitto RidgeGrappler which are rated for 3525-lbs per tire....this effectively means I could put 7K on the rear axle, limited by the wheels.
You have 2 severe safety problems here with those P class tires.
One is those P rated tires 3525 capacity tires are required by fed regs to be derated by dividing its capacity by 1.1....which means now they have just 3200 lbs capacity. A better/safer idea is to go with 20" wheels and a 20" LT E tires. GM has them as a option on 2500 trucks
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The other is those are a P class tire and not good with those two thin sidewalls on the load carrying vehicle like your 2500 truck. You have severally derated the trucks ability to SAFELY carry weight with those passenger tires.
I'm not of the weight police from this forum so as long as you stay under your 2500 GM trucks 6200 lb axle ratings your good to go on the 13xxx GVWR trailer.
Once actual scaled weights are established and your over on the 6200 RAWR (drive axle rating) then is the time to upgrade to 3750 lb LT E class tires....proper 3500 lb rated truck wheels and maybe air bags if the rear sags to much.
Gets some proper load carrying LT E tires on your truck for safety reasons.
