vcassens
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Hear is my truck with 305/55/r20 on a 20x10 rim with a leveling kit so you have something for reference
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Best all around tire size?
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Coxey Diesel
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I really liked my 325/50 ATZ's after I got rid of my 35x12.50 Toyo's.
smokedout250
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Atz is also on the list... 13.50s would be sweet! But I'm only running a 10 wide wheel
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That's no problem, they look great on a 10" wheel.
smokedout250
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That would be nice give me a little more wide than now... But not crazy like the 12a would
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JD3020
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Just put a set of ATZ's on my truck this week, so far i'm impressed with them towing heavy in this snow, should hook good this summer. Maybe too good. LOL
Plus for whatever reason 285/75/16's are dirt cheap, as in $770 shipped to my door for the set. Makes em that much better.
Plus for whatever reason 285/75/16's are dirt cheap, as in $770 shipped to my door for the set. Makes em that much better.
dsberman94
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Just put a set of ATZ's on my truck this week, so far i'm impressed with them towing heavy in this snow, should hook good this summer. Maybe too good. LOL
Plus for whatever reason 285/75/16's are dirt cheap, as in $770 shipped to my door for the set. Makes em that much better.
Post the link pls. I need new tires in that size.
JD3020
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Says there are only 3 left, guess i got mine just in time!
https://www.ntwonline.com/285X75R16D-33X11.50R16-ATZ-Mickey-Thompson-Tires.html#.UuVfsLQo601
https://www.ntwonline.com/285X75R16D-33X11.50R16-ATZ-Mickey-Thompson-Tires.html#.UuVfsLQo601
dsberman94
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and theyre only d load rated.
Jason
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I ran 305/50/18's on my '02. It was like a 33 basically, little less than 12" wide. Had a 2.4" leveling kit, and a f350 block..didnt look too small. Much quicker, towed better, stopped better, really it did everything better lol.
My lowly 7.3 with a 6" lift and 35s tows fine with 3.73s and not much else. Its got an srp 1.1, 38r with billet wheel, and a full competition type fuel.system. I was running loads from home to Arlington the ine weekend. I had my worktruck 12 cclb dmax and my retired personal truck the previously mentioned 7.3. I had Bill get me some tunes as tye ones i had were 5 years old. The new tow tune is great. I think it was called a 60hp "heavy" tow tune. Foot to the floor, 10k kb trailer(closer to 20k gcw) goung up 5% for 2 miles then flattening out and another mile of 3% grade. Egts never went over 900°. Thats with 35s and a 38r.
I hear you guys about amaller tires helping spoolup but I think that is misguided. You are seeing the engine wind out quicker with less effort from the charger. The fact is a stock tired truck is overgeared as all hell. 2500rpm on the interstae at 70mph? ***k that.
Anyway, the old dinosaur pulling those kinds of loads shines. The dmax is hunting for.gears. It doesnt like being held in 3rd or.fourth and wound. But that is.precisely what you have to do manually to.tow.with any decent control. There is no dynamic range within a gear. It shifts winds that gear out in 2 seconds anx now the whole bs begins again.
As I said my old truck is sporting the 265k mile plus ads and it is fine with enhanced fuel.and oil performance. For any load over 10k 350rwhp is all id want total.
A 33 would be a good all around tire but you would.sacrifice some cruising ability on interstates due to rpms. A 35 will allow loafy rpms in top gear.
Im not sure if having larger tires on a truck with a 5 or 6spd auto would fix the things I hate about them or make it worse :shrug:
But as it is I prefer my old bitch for towing. The number two on the list would probably be my 07 lbz classic. It falls in the same range as my 7.3 though so theres something to be said.for that range of.power on a tow rig.
As for empty driving, who gives a shti? I mean really. A tuned 6l will run a 38 with no power issues.
You can do anything if youbwant. I had 40s and towed with tuning. It sucked taking off but after 20mph it didnt matter. Od was useless. You pretty much ran up into third and could do two.lanes with the od locked out and then when you got on a "big road"(65mph speed limit) you enable it again and go 80mph at 1800rpms LOL
I hear you guys about amaller tires helping spoolup but I think that is misguided. You are seeing the engine wind out quicker with less effort from the charger. The fact is a stock tired truck is overgeared as all hell. 2500rpm on the interstae at 70mph? ***k that.
Anyway, the old dinosaur pulling those kinds of loads shines. The dmax is hunting for.gears. It doesnt like being held in 3rd or.fourth and wound. But that is.precisely what you have to do manually to.tow.with any decent control. There is no dynamic range within a gear. It shifts winds that gear out in 2 seconds anx now the whole bs begins again.
As I said my old truck is sporting the 265k mile plus ads and it is fine with enhanced fuel.and oil performance. For any load over 10k 350rwhp is all id want total.
A 33 would be a good all around tire but you would.sacrifice some cruising ability on interstates due to rpms. A 35 will allow loafy rpms in top gear.
Im not sure if having larger tires on a truck with a 5 or 6spd auto would fix the things I hate about them or make it worse :shrug:
But as it is I prefer my old bitch for towing. The number two on the list would probably be my 07 lbz classic. It falls in the same range as my 7.3 though so theres something to be said.for that range of.power on a tow rig.
As for empty driving, who gives a shti? I mean really. A tuned 6l will run a 38 with no power issues.
You can do anything if youbwant. I had 40s and towed with tuning. It sucked taking off but after 20mph it didnt matter. Od was useless. You pretty much ran up into third and could do two.lanes with the od locked out and then when you got on a "big road"(65mph speed limit) you enable it again and go 80mph at 1800rpms LOL
smokedout250
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You are right on the 7.3 stuff mine never cared about tire size... But we are talking 6.0... And not a tuned 6.0... I'm running a larger non Vgt turbo and large injectors... The 35s are no issues until your in od then your under the turbo things get smokey.. The issue is running an rpm range of 1400...takes forever to lite in in od all you get is smoke and lots of it
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That isnt a 6l issue. Its tuning and turbo choice,no? You're running a charger that requires higher drive pressure to create enough boost to keep the smoke at bay. You need a different gear at speeds like that or to regear the truck to change the cruising rpms.
Running that much fuel.in a small displacement motor with a large in comparison non-vgt turbo, are you surprised?
That'd be like me putting 300/300s in with a s 475 and expecting it to be clean at 1400rpms locked in od. I get what you're saying. I know its a 6l. But when you change the fuel and air that much, you cant expect things to be smoke less like stock. You even answered your own question. You said the non vgt needs/likes rpm. Wouldnt an rpms closer to 1800 be better? Gears or smaller rubber.
I just thought you wanted to know functionally what a good size was? 35s.
Its in the susp/tires subforum.
Running that much fuel.in a small displacement motor with a large in comparison non-vgt turbo, are you surprised?
That'd be like me putting 300/300s in with a s 475 and expecting it to be clean at 1400rpms locked in od. I get what you're saying. I know its a 6l. But when you change the fuel and air that much, you cant expect things to be smoke less like stock. You even answered your own question. You said the non vgt needs/likes rpm. Wouldnt an rpms closer to 1800 be better? Gears or smaller rubber.
I just thought you wanted to know functionally what a good size was? 35s.
Its in the susp/tires subforum.
smokedout250
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Here's the deal... Yes I get what your saying... But at the same time I'm looking for ppls experience with tires and sizes so for a truck that runs on the road every day barely sees anything but gravel a few times a year... Spends time and the race track and sled pulls... And the truck is running a non Vgt setup with large injectors... The reason I am asking is so ppl can provide Info on what they use for a size of tire that do similar things as me. Tuning may be an issue I guess I'll just get a lock out for 5th gear.... So that way I can cruise around at 75 doing 2800rpm sound good? I don't want you to come in here thinking your gods gift to everything... All I asked was some ideas... That's why I'm thinking on going to a 33 to increase my rpm and to decrease my rolling resistance... Now if you can't add anything useful then Leave the tread
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