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Old 07-14-2011, 08:31 AM   #12
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Re: 8 lug tires and rims

Yes and no. Most of what you would find is made for 19.5" wheels. Rickson makes SRW direct bolt on 19.5s but you will spend more on a set of wheels from them than a couple sets of normal tires for your truck. Then you will also have to deal with the HORRIBLE ride of a load range F/G tire on a light truck, and the intense weight of the huge steel wheel and heavy tire sucking down power and reducing your braking power. Even then the offroad tire selection is very limited and even then the hard tread will not flex making the tires cake up with mud easily and provide poor traction elsewhere on a lightweight truck. TreadWright does make 245/70R19.5 retreads with a better tread design, a direct copy of Goodyear MTR tread, but you are still only looking at a 33" tire.

Next step up would be to 20" wheels allowing you to run military issue tires that come in pretty aggressive treads, but you are looking at minimum of 42" tires, and they are incredibly heavy, weighing nearly double that of a similar sized Super Swamper or other light truck offroad tire, although they can be had pretty cheap. Tread will still be horrible for wet pavement/ice, and only mediocre in mud.

22.5/24.5 wheels would offer more in your size range, but again incredibly heavy, very few aggressive tread designs offered.

Basically the costs would outweigh any benifit hugely. Treadwear is awesome with them though on a lighter truck. Only reason to even consider those options are if you really carry that much weight and need tire longevity (in which case you need a heavier truck than a 1ton) or just like the looks.
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