I am about to get a 245/75/16 Cooper AT/3 set in p-metric for my 2000 Dodge Ram 4x4 QC. I only commute and do some campin. No towing or hauling.

Anyone have experience with this tire in p-metric? Will p-metric handle the weight of the truck and my normal driving?

I dont want any blow outs.

 

Tires should tell you what max load rating is. (and at what pressure as well.) Keep in mind, your truck weighs in somewhere north of 5000 lbs..... don't overload your tires, you won't like the results.

 

Dude how many tire threads are you going to start? Why not just put this in your be all to end all thread?

 

Good point!

 

The max load on the tires are 2403lbs

http://us.coopertire.com/Tires/Sport...ERER-A-T3.aspx

 

Do the math.

 

math? 2403x4 = total capacity?

Truck weighs 6030lbs.

Is this is what you are talking about? I thought you had to multiply by .9 or something weird that I don't understand.

 

LMGTFU:

To calculate the load capacity required for each tire on a four-wheeled vehicle, the weight of said vehicle must be divided by 4 because each tire is responsible for carrying a fourth of the vehicle weight. This gives the minimum load capacity required but DOES NOT account for extra weight of passengers, cargo, loads carried or towing.


Google....it does a mind good.

Your truck: 6030 lbs / 4 = 1507.5 lbs at each tire.

Cooper AT/3: 2403 lbs x 4 = 9612 lbs.

9612 lbs - 6030 lbs = 3582 lbs you can add to your truck with these tires and still be within the load capacity of those tires.

 

ok. So according to these calculations it seems I am ok.

 

Yes, unless you go over 3500 additional lbs in or on your truck. This is why (personally) I dont pay the extra for LT tires when P series is plenty of capacity for my needs. Just for comparison, the LT blackwall version (the outline white letter LT version is only 2205 lbs, which is less than the P series)) is rated for 3042 lbs. which would give you 6138 lbs over the weight of your truck. Almost twice the load capacity for LT.