Thanks this is super helpful, do know the tire pressures you were running on each tire you measured? Interesting to see heights on the truck since the Duratrac specs claim the unloaded diameter of 35.1” and the 305 BB AT at 35.3”.
That is correct sir! And why I said my experience is not relevant.... without getting into the weeds of an explanation. I also had BFG AT's in 1980.... can I use that?
I have experienced none of that. By the way, max psi on 305's is 65 psi. I run mine about 55 psi.
OK thanks. I bumped them down to about 55 and 50 to see how they run. I might bump them up five psi when I hook up my camper.
Are you sure what you're experiencing is DW? I've installed two sets of MT ATs on two different trucks and on my 06 Ram 2500 they were horrible for about 3K miles. I could hardly keep it on the road, I'm assuming because of tread squirm and the solid front axle. Behavior was different on different pavement, some surfaces it was OK but others the truck was like driving on ice. I took the truck to a front end and alignment specialist and they found nothing wrong. I also put the same tires on my 02 Ford F250 and have had no problems. On my Dodge I found less air pressure was better than more.
Yes the wheel shook back and forth. It could come and go. It wasn’t the lane departure either since it was stronger. 55/50 seem to be better. I’ll see how it is with my camper since I’m taking that out next weekend. It has a 1,300lb tongue weight on it so I’m assuming I need to bump up the rear about 5-10psi.
It warmed up today from this morning. On my way home the tires got up to 65/57. I did the chalk test. The fronts look good. The rears at 57 are too much unloaded but with my camper hooked up I’d expect that to be more even.
If it helps, I am getting 12-12.5 on average. But I live at altitude in the mountains so there's that
thanks to this thread I pulled the trigger on a set of these for $1400 and change which I thought was a good deal.
It depends on what engine you have. I posted the pictures and the warmed up pressures above. I have the PS so if you have the gasser it would be too much up front.
This is my weight too. The engine is going to be the big difference with who runs what pressures here. The chalk test is also very helpful confirming how the tires are wearing. I did the chalk test when they were warmed up just to know how they were once they warmed up even though they say to do them cold.
Where did you find them for $1400 if you dont mind me asking? That beat's Tire Racks price pretty good....
It spanks what Discount Tire quoted as well.
Indeed. I think I'm a buyer at that price!
