Correct tire size for driving truck camper on the beach
Looking to purchase a Dodge Ram 2500 truck. The size of these tires that are on the truck are 245/70SR17.0E Will that be sufficient for hauling a truck camper on the beach? Thanks
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Sam Spade wrote:nycsteve wrote:Sam Spade wrote:
If the question is just any old beach that you might encounter, the answer is:
Don't do it.
Many beaches won't support even a small car without VERY wide tires. And having a truck camper towed out of the sand is a tricky proposition.
Wrong.
No it is not wrong.....to advise someone to be careful with what they are about to do.
Either you are a more skilled driver than most or are just lucky.
I have SEEN cars, trucks and RVs stuck in soft sand (both on a "beach" and off) and it isn't a pretty picture.
Just because you can do it doesn't mean that everybody can.
Being careful is never a bad thing and is never "wrong".
You didn't advise "to be careful" you said "the answer is don't do it"
Just because you have seen people stuck doesn't discount the thousands that drive beaches successfully. I've seen dozens of people disabled with flats on the side of interstate highways, conclusion, stay off interstates.
People stuck on the beach have usually made an error causing them to be stuck. I was in Corrolla in NC watching a guy in a Mercedes car buried to the floorboards . No 4x4 , no airing down, what do you expect? Darwins law in action.
