Question about tires
I have been learning a lot about tongue weight and payload capacity lately, but I have not even looked into tire capacity and weight rating at all. I am going to need some help with this. So my truck ...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Heybro wrote:
It doesnt specify on the wheels. I think its P if it doesnt tell you.
First thing to do for a MUCH better and SAFER towing experience is dump the "P" tires for "D" or "E".
Weigh your axles loaded and unloaded. Then air rears plus 5 and fronts plus 10 psi over what the tire weight/inflation chart says.
And the next guy will come by and say how unsafe it is and how the rims might not be rated for the tires and how the door sticker says 35 psi and and and and.....
They're wrong.
And while your qualification of "BETTER" is understood, I agree, stiffer tires are better for towing, in no way are the OP's tires inadequate, in the least, for what he's doing.
