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Sorry in advance for any repeat, I searched, but I'm still looking for some advice.
I managed to run over a large piece of rebar in my 96 D1 and took out the pass front tire. My tires are pretty beat 235/70s and in all honestly it's the exact kick I need to be done with them.
In any case I'm looking into getting General Grabber AT2's due to the rave reviews of them.
Size, however, is plaguing me. My truck is stock, and most of my driving is on the street. No plans for any serious offroading, but I do tow a trailer a bit, and some of it is on questionable surfaces (mud/snow). I was thinking about going a bit bigger then stock, but how big?
235/70 stock size fits of course
245/70 will fit
255/70 couldn't find any info
265/70 will fit with lift, but can it fit with no lift?
I might do a lift eventually, but definitely not now.
Of course, any advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance.
I managed to run over a large piece of rebar in my 96 D1 and took out the pass front tire. My tires are pretty beat 235/70s and in all honestly it's the exact kick I need to be done with them.
In any case I'm looking into getting General Grabber AT2's due to the rave reviews of them.
Size, however, is plaguing me. My truck is stock, and most of my driving is on the street. No plans for any serious offroading, but I do tow a trailer a bit, and some of it is on questionable surfaces (mud/snow). I was thinking about going a bit bigger then stock, but how big?
235/70 stock size fits of course
245/70 will fit
255/70 couldn't find any info
265/70 will fit with lift, but can it fit with no lift?
I might do a lift eventually, but definitely not now.
Of course, any advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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I have been running my General AT2s for about 25k miles and they have been great. Very little wear with plenty of tread depth left. Not too bad highway noise (esp. compared to BFG ATs) and just a slight drop in MPGs from stock.
I went with the 245/70s as at the time of purchase I had stock suspension on my 96 SE7. I now have an OME HD set up and could envision bumping up to the 245/75 or 265/70 area when these are done. There was a little inside rubbing with the stock set up only when turning to full stop.
As mentioned, there is not much reason to go over the range of sizes that have been discussed without losing more MPGs unnecessarily.
I went with the 245/70s as at the time of purchase I had stock suspension on my 96 SE7. I now have an OME HD set up and could envision bumping up to the 245/75 or 265/70 area when these are done. There was a little inside rubbing with the stock set up only when turning to full stop.
As mentioned, there is not much reason to go over the range of sizes that have been discussed without losing more MPGs unnecessarily.
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If you ever want to figure out tire width and height- take section width,divide by 25.4(that's your width), times that by section height in decimal form, times that by 2, and add rim diameter.
245/75/16- 245 div 25.4= 9.64 (tire width) x .75= 7.23 x2 = 14.46 + 16(rim size)= 30.46(tire diameter)