Highway Rib Tire choices
most common here is people looking for tires with more load range, or more aggressive off road, but what do you recommend (based on usage) for tires that are only used on highway during the summer? I...
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jaycocreek wrote:Part of that is that 4x4 are heavier in the front than comparable 2x4 and so the 2wd has more weight distribution on the rear than the same 4x4 truck in 2wd .A empty 2wd DRW needs all the help it can get under those circumstances.
I keep hearing that over and over on the internet so I did a test this last winter with my empty 2WD dually and my sons 2500 HD 4X4 in 2WD..Solid snow floor with 10" of fresh snow on top..The 2WD dually did quite a bit better in 2WD than the Chevy 4X4 in 2WD...Mine had siped Cooper AT-3's and his had siped Toyo's..
I have had the same experiences on work duallies with stock standard tires in the mountains for work/snow/ice and mud.They did just as good or better than the 4X4's in 2WD.
We must have special mud/snow and ice in Idaho.(laughing)
