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F450 tires. I should have done this years ago.

Threebigfords
Explorer
Explorer
I know it's a narrow segment of the folks here, but if you own a 10 lug F450 and have the same love/hate relationship with the 19.5 inch tires as I did, then maybe this will help. I've tried a few different tires and sizes in the last 105k miles.

I started out on the stock 19.5 225 Continental HDR's....they rode o.k. but had no traction.

I swapped those out for the taller more aggressive 245 Toyo 608z. Worst tire ever. They lasted two weeks on the truck.

I then tried the 245 Michelin XDS2...smooth enough ride, but noisy on smooth asphalt and poor traction in snow....and expensive.

I then lifted the truck and went up another size to 19.5 x 265. Michelin didn't make the XDS2 in that size so I was back to the Toyo 608z....which I suffered with for the last 40k Miles. Horrible tire.
They even smell bad.

I FINALLY decided I'd had enough. I ordered a set of Fuel 20 x 8.25 Ford 10 lug wheels, with 12 ply 35x12.5x20 Toyo RT tires. These are direct bolt on wheels. No spacers or adapters. They have the same load rating on the wheels as the Alcoas, and the 12ply F rated tires are only 300lbs less load per tire than the stock G rated Continentals. The wheels are offered in 3 different offsets for 285, 12.5" and 13.5" width tires.

**** what a difference.

PRO's
They balanced out perfect.
They are WAY quieter.
MUCH smoother running at 70 PSI.
Truck tracks straighter.
I can air them down when needed.
Tires are much less expensive.
45k mile mileage warranty.
Far better traction in all conditions.

CON's
They are much wider. Sticking with the 285 tire offset could alleviate some of that.
The initial cost of the wheels will take two sets of tires to recoup.

I seriously should have done this 3 years ago. These wheels will be moving to a new F450 when the time comes!







15' Ford F450 4x4 Platinum Bronze Fire Metallic
17' Ford Explorer Platinum 3.5 Ecoboost Ruby Red Metallic
78' F250 SC LB 4x4 - highly modified

2003 Weekend Warrior FS2600 toyhauler and the toys to fill it
1997 10' Northland Grizzly 990 Ext Cab
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blofgren
Explorer
Explorer
They look great, OP!
2013 Ram 3500 Megacab DRW Laramie 4x4, 6.7L Cummins, G56, 3.73, Maximum Steel, black lthr, B&W RVK3670 hitch, Retrax, Linex, and a bunch of options incl. cargo camera
2008 Corsair Excella Platinum 34.5 CKTS fifth wheel with winter package & disc brakes

FishOnOne
Nomad
Nomad
Threebigfords wrote:
I looked at that tire and don't see how it addresses any of the issues I had.

Still a stiff poor riding 19.5" tire

Still has poor traction.

Still can't air them down

Still a commercial truck tire that won't balance worth a ****

Still doesn't offer any significant advantages in load capacity or tread life for all the negatives.

Still more expensive

Still has an inferior speed rating

So what exactly does it address again?



I'll let Big Truck Big RV explain...

Link
'12 Ford Super Duty FX4 ELD CC 6.7 PSD 400HP 800ft/lbs "270k Miles"
'16 Sprinter 319MKS "Wide Body"

Lwiddis
Explorer II
Explorer II
Gee, you spent all your money on wheels and tires.
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Threebigfords
Explorer
Explorer
I looked at that tire and don't see how it addresses any of the issues I had.

Still a stiff poor riding 19.5" tire

Still has poor traction.

Still can't air them down

Still a commercial truck tire that won't balance worth a ****

Still doesn't offer any significant advantages in load capacity or tread life for all the negatives.

Still more expensive

Still has an inferior speed rating

So what exactly does it address again?

15' Ford F450 4x4 Platinum Bronze Fire Metallic
17' Ford Explorer Platinum 3.5 Ecoboost Ruby Red Metallic
78' F250 SC LB 4x4 - highly modified

2003 Weekend Warrior FS2600 toyhauler and the toys to fill it
1997 10' Northland Grizzly 990 Ext Cab

FishOnOne
Nomad
Nomad
Just for future reference Ford is now installing the Continental HD3 which addresses the issues you had.
'12 Ford Super Duty FX4 ELD CC 6.7 PSD 400HP 800ft/lbs "270k Miles"
'16 Sprinter 319MKS "Wide Body"

Threebigfords
Explorer
Explorer
Nope. Not setup for 5th wheel. But only because of the canopy.

I haul more with this setup than most 5vers weigh in at. The tools/canopy/bedslide in the bed add over 3k lbs to the truck. Then add between 2000-2500lbs of tongue weight from either the Toyhauler or my dump/equipment trailers and that's 5500lbs. Far more than the pin weight of most 5vers.



15' Ford F450 4x4 Platinum Bronze Fire Metallic
17' Ford Explorer Platinum 3.5 Ecoboost Ruby Red Metallic
78' F250 SC LB 4x4 - highly modified

2003 Weekend Warrior FS2600 toyhauler and the toys to fill it
1997 10' Northland Grizzly 990 Ext Cab

Slownsy
Explorer
Explorer
Obviously don’t pull a FW with that configurations, but nice look.
Frank
2012 F250 XLT
4x4 Super Cab
8' Tray 6.2lt, 3.7 Diff.

Threebigfords
Explorer
Explorer
With that wide track front axle, it was never clean even with the stock tires. The fronts always plaster the entire length of the truck with grime.

Turns sharp as heck, but stay clean?...I gave up on that.

The trucks not clean in those pictures anyways. Just pulled into a covered parking garage from a rainstorm. Been raining here for the last two dang months!
15' Ford F450 4x4 Platinum Bronze Fire Metallic
17' Ford Explorer Platinum 3.5 Ecoboost Ruby Red Metallic
78' F250 SC LB 4x4 - highly modified

2003 Weekend Warrior FS2600 toyhauler and the toys to fill it
1997 10' Northland Grizzly 990 Ext Cab

Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Explorer III
Truck looks nice. Won’t as soon as you drive thru a mud puddle.
2015 RAM LongHorn 3500 Dually CrewCab 4X4 CUMMINS/AISIN RearAir 385HP/865TQ 4:10's
37,800# GCVWR "Towing Beast"

"HeavyWeight" B&W RVK3600

2016 MobileSuites 39TKSB3 highly "Elited" In the stable

2007.5 Mobile Suites 36 SB3 29,000# Combined SOLD

Grit_dog
Navigator
Navigator
They look really nice.
5 sets of tires and a new set of wheels in 100k miles? Priceless.

Doesn’t matter that it’s almost brodozer status since you aren’t hauling a TC or a 5ver.
(You could have bought a F250 and saved the tire and wheel rodeo....but sweet looking truck nonetheless)
2016 Ram 2500, MotorOps.ca EFIlive tuned, 5” turbo back, 6" lift on 37s
2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold.
Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold

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