10 ply tire houl

[Woodblocker55]

There's a fine line between towing and getting good ride empty or not pulling .
I just went to the point have two set of tires. With seasons I have .

Towing with a 44 psi or a 55 psi max tire works but it pretty squishy and easy wondering ..

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[Matthew Jeschke]

Many tires wear to harder rubber and or dry out a bit as they age. Especially if you park your vehicle outside a lot.

I have friends I off road with, they mention same thing. One bought tires with an aggressive tread for his Jeep only to hate it a year later after they broke in and are now much louder.

These are not car ties, although they do make such tires for trucks. Many trucks now are more cars than trucks. My dad's F150 rides like a Cadillac but has passenger rated tires (not 10ply). I don't recommend them especially if you tailor anything or ever leave the pavement.

Howling is usually an alignment issue- generally too much toe in. Look at the sidewall of tire, inflate to max pressure shown as a starting point. On a 10 ply you can drop 10# or maybe more if tire crown excessive. I run Cooper AT3 and love em. About 50-60000 per set at 60#.

I seldom if ever have to mess with alignment once it's dialed in. That said the C/K platform has really elaborate front suspension. It's honestly quite awesome. I went through my truck and rebuilt a lot of it... Short of my bushings. I had it aligned as wasn't tracking well.

Former owner had excessive toe in, which makes it want to wonder when driving down the highway. Although more stable under braking.

Toe has a lot to do with how your truck goes down the road / straight. If is toed out it will drive nice and straight. However, if toed out too far it will create excessive wear and likely noise. Might be worth a check. The spec is very minimal (trying to look it up). I've placed it below.

FYI ~ If you do any driving off the paved road (like I do) you may like to install tie rod collars. I regret not having done that when I had mine aligned. I get an alignment like once a decade haha Once they're dialed in they're pretty good at staying there.

You may also like to check if you have a stuck brake caliper slide. I've seen that where the brake won't fully release and creates a big mess.

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

Oops noidea where that attachment came from. I had factory spec sheet for toe Inmeant to upload. was something like 0.2 degrees out I believe.

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[bigdog9191999]

I have 10 ply on my 2500 burb, and I have a set of 10 ply 235/85/16 winterforce snow tires on half ton wheels that I ran on my avalanche last year and are going on my Tahoe this year, and I run about 60 psi in all of them front and rear, the only time I change is if I am hauling heavy with the burb then I will put the rears up to the rated 80. otherwise they are all run at 60 and I have been for years and they always wear even.


on the same note I had duratracs on my my avy also for years and they where c rated at 50psi and I ran them right at 50, in part because the truck weighed right at 6,000lbs like I drove it every day. towed regularly with it and the tires are worn even with very very little chopping. (just dismounted them and put some snow tires on the wheels for our denali, and I got them in regular p series and will run them up to full pressure as it is a heavy truck and I expect them to wear even.)

 

[Woodblocker55]

I have 10 ply on my 2500 burb, and I have a set of 10 ply 235/85/16 winterforce snow tires on half ton wheels that I ran on my avalanche last year and are going on my Tahoe this year, and I run about 60 psi in all of them front and rear, the only time I change is if I am hauling heavy with the burb then I will put the rears up to the rated 80. otherwise they are all run at 60 and I have been for years and they always wear even.


on the same note I had duratracs on my my avy also for years and they where c rated at 50psi and I ran them right at 50, in part because the truck weighed right at 6,000lbs like I drove it every day. towed regularly with it and the tires are worn even with very very little chopping. (just dismounted them and put some snow tires on the wheels for our denali, and I got them in regular p series and will run them up to full pressure as it is a heavy truck and I expect them to wear even.)

Have you ever tried glass beeds for balancing ?? On 10 ply tires ? Guy at red neck said it ajust as tires wear to keep tires balanced correctly..

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[bigdog9191999]

I actually have beads ( not glass) but have beads in most of my tires anymore. the place I used to do them at closed so I started doing the beads for balancing as we have a changer. there are only a couple set of tires that I run anymore that have standard weights. and this is for all my truck type tires 245's and larger ( about 5 sets done and 2 I believe with weights still)

with all that, I do have some slight mixed opinion on them. when on rough roads ( which most of Michigan is) when you hit a decent hole or crack it can scatter the beads for a couple moments giving a wobble type feeling. on smooth or mostly smooth roads they are great and makes the tires nice and smooth.