Tire upsize?
The OEM 275/65/18 Continental tires on my F250 are well worn at 33k miles. I have been debating up going with a taller and/or wider tire to fill the wheel wells a bit more. Much of the info I find o...
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Iraqvet05 wrote:
The OEM 275/65/18 Continental tires on my F250 are well worn at 33k miles. I have been debating up going with a taller and/or wider tire to fill the wheel wells a bit more. Much of the info I find on the truck forums involve guys trying to stuff 37" tires on a factor truck but I don't want to go that extreme. I understand a taller tire will throw off the speedometer a bit but will a 275/70/18 (or similar 34-35") tire effect towing my 7000 lb trailer? I have the 3.73 gears.
Yep. You are in effect changing your rear gear to a higher gear. So that will hurt your towing ability. Your truck will have to work harder to do the same thing. You are giving up MPG, and power, and torque.
