Changing Tire Size
I'm in the need to replace my current tires and I'm looking to go up one size to help fill in the wheel well a little. I currently have 265 75/r16 BFG Rugged Trails with 65k on them. Looking to ...
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This is what mine looked like with the factory 265's
This is what it looks like now with 285's
My mileage did not change but my rpm did. My truck runs 74 mph @ 2000 rpm now and with the factory tire it run 70 @ 2000 rpm. My truck loves to tow at 1800-2000 rpms so it did hurt the power while towing because I run at about 1800 out on the interstate. When I come up on a big hill I now have to run it on up to 2000 or so and let it back down going up the hill if I don't want it to gear down. Before, I could run it up around 2000-2050 and put my foot down and it would hold it's speed on a 5-6% without gearing down as long as I didn't come up on a gas truck screaming along at 50 mph. LOL!
This is what it looks like now with 285's
My mileage did not change but my rpm did. My truck runs 74 mph @ 2000 rpm now and with the factory tire it run 70 @ 2000 rpm. My truck loves to tow at 1800-2000 rpms so it did hurt the power while towing because I run at about 1800 out on the interstate. When I come up on a big hill I now have to run it on up to 2000 or so and let it back down going up the hill if I don't want it to gear down. Before, I could run it up around 2000-2050 and put my foot down and it would hold it's speed on a 5-6% without gearing down as long as I didn't come up on a gas truck screaming along at 50 mph. LOL!
