On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:43:26 -0800 Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote:
> > Looking at truck tires, says I need load range E on my truck. Right > > now its got 265 75 16's I believe on it. Calls for 245's instead. On > > tirerack, when changing to 265 instead of 245, seems the tires are > > actually a little cheaper, but dont say they are load range E. Is the > > load range have to do with the max PSI of the tire? In the case of my > > truck, back tires are aired up to 80. I was not sure of load range > > was the weight rating of the tire or how much air it could be blow up > > with. > > The D's I (mistakenly had) put on my truck were rated to 65 PSI, > and had nearly the same weight rating as the E's I'd thought I > was getting. After the catastrophic tire failure last summer, while > loaded, I had E's put on. E's are what my dad insists on having > on his truck, and what I thought I had been getting in the first > place. The E's are rated to 80 PSI. E's are also known as 10-ply, > versus the 8-ply D's. > > You want to haul ass in your jacked Chevy, D's are great. You > want to haul 1-2 tons of crap in your truck, use E's. The info on light truck tires is at the bottom of http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=55 Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
