New tires + new toy (pics)
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From: Clayton MI
I have 3.55s, so no, it doesn't pull fantastic. I does pull better than a few other trailers I've hauled so I guess I'm happy.
I've always been horribly dissapointed in the way my truck tows. There is no chance it will tow with OD on, so that rules out any highway driving. I don't wanna be pulling 3200rpm just so I can keep up with traffic, it's not worth it. Not that I would ever pull with OD on anyway, that's a surefire way to burn up the tranny. If I ever need to tow something over 1500# more than 100 miles, I'll use my parents Nissan Titan or my GMC Siarra.
If I knew this truck would be so worthless when it came towing I never would have bought it. But now I'm stuck with it, so I'll make due with what I got.
I've always been horribly dissapointed in the way my truck tows. There is no chance it will tow with OD on, so that rules out any highway driving. I don't wanna be pulling 3200rpm just so I can keep up with traffic, it's not worth it. Not that I would ever pull with OD on anyway, that's a surefire way to burn up the tranny. If I ever need to tow something over 1500# more than 100 miles, I'll use my parents Nissan Titan or my GMC Siarra.
If I knew this truck would be so worthless when it came towing I never would have bought it. But now I'm stuck with it, so I'll make due with what I got.
Ooops..... Got confused with who was towing what.
I put 3000 lbs of dirt in the bed of my truck, and yeah, acceleration suffered some, but, it hauled it without a problem, and actually rode better with a load.... (those 3/4 ton springs are STIFF.) I also have the 3.55 gears, and am running 265's. Braking performance barely changed, just a bit more pressure on the pedal, and the truck stopped..... (of course, fixing the brakes was the FIRST thing I did when I bought the truck.) Your truck really should tow without a problem.
I was turning around 2100 RPM at 60 MPH with overdrive disabled.
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From: Philadelphia, PA
I'm going to 265's cause I like the look of the truck better than with the 285's. I actually have a spare set of stock wheels with 265/75/16 tires on them. the tires are no good, but for $100 for the set on Craigslist, it was worth it for the wheels alone. I also got them to do a test run with the smaller tires, to see how they are with my low gears, and the truck is a lot better moving from a stand still, and *******ly no difference on the highway.