tires load range?

I am looking to get new tires.......265/70/17 for my 11 dclb. I am not sure if I want 4 ply or 10ply load range E...i currently have 4 ply.Does the E rating give a harder ride?
Any thoughts?
Otto

 

DO NOT GET E RANGE, unless you are hauling a huge trailer mounted on a 5th wheel.

E range will lower your milage and slow you down. Standard 4 ply is more than enough for everything from standard driving to off roading to hauling within the stated tow capacity.

By the way, I recently got 265/70/17's and they don't rub at all but they come really close to it. Looks way better in any case!

 

X2....our trucks cant even pull enough weight to require E range tires but I had to get E range cause thats all my tires came in at the time.

 

GO FOR IT! GET THE E'S.

Anyway I got some E range Duratracs and they work great. They are 6 lbs more per tire.

But I do tow a heavy trailer sometimes. About 5500 lbs.

 

I got the E's and even with them i was getting flats with my cummins, tires were Goodyear MTR with kevlar too. The farm store where i get my tires that is all they had, they are overkill but they give you piece of mind. Get the E's if your on rocks i havent had a problem on my tacoma but i think milage has suffered.

 

get D or E. i have 265/75r16 E and love them. i think the truck handles and corners 10x better than it did when i had the 265/70R16 rugged fails. i only lost like 1 or maybe 2 MPG. and truck still takes off and has the power that it did before. i can’t tell a difference in power at all.

 

I've got e rated... i'm sure they'd be hard as a rock and be a rough ride if you had the psi cranked up, but for general puposes with no load you'll want to be down around 36 psi. They give a great ride and alot more stability... plus you'll more than likely never have to worry about getting a flat or damage from offroading.