What is the most important part of any vehicle in reality? What actually connects the ground you're driving on and the vehicle? What single part can be changed and it will completely change the ride, traction and ability of your vehicle entirely? The tires! Now we have to decide which ones we'll choose. Well, naturally the answer is choose strength or something that will last! Beyond this however, we have to ask what we NEED, or perhaps even WANT out of the tires and we'll answer this by looking at just where we'll be driving most or how we'll be using the tires.
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| Excellent Mud Terrain Tires That Are More Than Suitable For Regular Road Use Range D |
Now unless you have the money or even the time or are willing to deal with the hassle of multiple sets of tires pre-mounted on wheels, or have the extra money to get new tires mounted whenever the seasons or your needs change, chances are you are going to want to choose one set of good tires that will meet your needs all year round. Now we have to look at just what you will be doing with your truck overall.
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| Super Swamper TSL Boggers - An AMAZING Mud Tire That Can Be Driven On Pavement! |
Now with a truck, we're talking load capacity, ply rating and puncture resistance. You're going to want a good strong tire, preferably as LARGE as possible too BTW for more efficiency (less turn for more travel with a larger diameter tire) and the ability to conquer more obstacles. Add to this a higher weight capacity and higher ply rating as well as greater puncture resistance and your vehicle has some good legs/feet to stand and walk on. I'll just say right off, NEVER get anything less than a 6 ply, load range C tire, and only because there are quite a few crawling tires out that work best naturally on the lower pressures and they carry the C range rating. There are some excellent Super Swampers for instance that fit this description and they are some of the best crawling tires around IMO. But now for road use or more typical off road applications (driving on uneven terrain but still just driving about), you'll naturally want whatever can carry the highest capacity. If you get a tire with a lot of weight capacity to it, it will naturally be a lot more forgiving under load or shock and you'll be able to get a LOT more out of your truck - particularly for towing applications - where naturally the highest weight rating tire is a requirement.
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| A Perfect E Range 10-Ply Tire That Is Amazing Both on Pavement & on Dirt Roads! |
I would personally recommend the load range E, 10 ply, 80lbs pressure for most trucks, particularly if you're looking to haul or attach a trailer. Anything less will likely not have the load capacity required for most hauling and in most cases aside from crawling, a higher load capacity also means a higher shock or impact ability for the tires on off road or uneven terrain. The only other way to achieve similar results - shock or impact resistance - on lower pressure tires is to underinflate them (a common practice in crawling). But naturally that practice will murder your load capacity for a tire and so you are certainly not going to be carrying a 7-12K gooseneck with underinflated C range tires. Not unless you plan on driving some pretty nasty dirt roads in the country anyway.
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