Load E tires

Does anyone have or has had load E tires? What was your experience with them? If there is one of these already out there I didn't have the patience to find it so please bare with me. Below is my experience if you want to read about it.

I have some nokian rotiva a/t plus tires in 265/75/r16. I feel like they ride really stiff. After I put them on a couple months ago I started to feel a lot of extra vibrations and shakes throughout the truck. These shakes and vibrations seem to move around the cab, from the floor boards to my seat and a little in the steering wheel. I especially get a violent shake in the passenger seat, which a little was normal before the tire change but seems worse now. All of these happen at different speeds while driving down the road, mostly between 50 and 85 mph.

I have really wanted to like these tires. I have heard great things about them, but from people who have full size pickups and who tow heavy loads alot. I haven't been all to happy with them which makes me think I want to try those new falken tires in the standard load.

 

What is your air pressure? And did you try to have them rebalanced?

 

Yeah I got them rebalanced a couple different times and the road force was done to passenger car specs. I even had the technician drive it to see if I was just nuts. He said nothing was wrong. I'm not sure of the psi, I left it the way the tire shop had it.

 

Load range E is a really stiff tire your gonna feel everything. The purpose of them is to be more resistant to punctures. They will kill your fuel milage

 

My experience is with km2s, 255 85 16. They are an oversized dually tire imo. Yes they are stiff, but they are a harder compound so they last longer on a lighter truck than most mts. I dont run them in winter, with no siping they suck balls! If you look up the chalk test that should help you get the pressure where it needs to be, just try to have the same load you usually run( i have tools, equip, cap) if you dont have anything in back youll probly be a couple psi more in fronts. Mine are tall and skinny and my mileage doesnt suffer much at all. Good luck

 

Lower your PSI a bit until you find the sweet spot. Plus I hear once you drive them a bit they get a little softer and aren't quite as harsh.

 

I run 235/85r16 Rated E tires. I live in New Hampshire and trails here are full of rocks and sticks. I like the added protection of the e-rated 10 ply tire. Of course, I am in an offroad situation almost daily at times. With that being said, if I was on pavement all the time I would never use them.

They are a rough ride for sure, even at low tire pressures.

 

E rated are for real trucks doing heavy duty stuff on the road, or for off road abuse.

On modest duty trucks, even full size ones, they will never ride like a P or C tire, even when they are perfectly set up.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't work to have them perfectly set up. You just need to have correct expectations to go with it.

 

Thanks ya'll. All good information... information I wish I had before I got them HA! Oh well, live and learn. Sounds like I'm feeling exactly what I should have expected if I had done my research before getting them.

 

I love my load e toyo at2 I run at 32 psi all around usually but often go down to 12 offroad and these things are killer

 

My KO2's are E rated, I like them for off-roading and not having to worry about punctures especially when aired down to 15psi. I haven't noticed anything negative about them while street driving, and my mileage is on par with what to expect with my truck (average 18). They do ride really rough if I inflate them over 35psi though, 32 seems to be the sweet spot.

 

32psi on road here too, although I usually only air down to 20 off road

 

Sometimes I do 20, depends on the terrain. For rocky, slow climbs I usually go down to 15 psi. Having a lighter first gen rear end it helps to have more surface area for traction, otherwise I'm spinning the back wheels

 

265/75r16 bfg ko2 load E here- run 39 psi up front, 37 in rear for hwy. Combined with my Icon suspension, ride is awesome/ plush.

Air down to 25 psi for off road, no problems at all. 18 MPG or so, mostly freeway.

 

E-Load = Rough And Thirsty

 

I love my E rated Nitto Grapps. I run 32 all around and they are smooth. It may help that I ditched the factory suspension.

 

I've almost always run E-Rated tires, but reading on here it seems like many people recommend higher pressure than I've ever run. It's important to do the chalk test to get your pressure right. Running 35psi I experience a brutal ride, plus I see more center wear on the tire. But my truck is pretty much stock. If you have aftermarket steel bumpers, shells, racks, campers, etc, the vehicle weight is different and tire pressure needs to be adjusted accordingly. Those suggesting 35psi and up, I assume, have more weight on their vehicle than I do on mine.

Doing the chalk test with my vehicle, I almost always end up within 1psi of the door sticker. 29psi. Which makes for a much more reasonable ride and much more even wear.

Edit: Almost every time I get my tires balanced, rotated or taken into the dealer, they seem to reset my tires up to 42-45psi. Way, way, way too high. But if you're not paying attention suddenly the vehicle will ride like a buckboard.

TLDR - do the chalk test to determine PSI for your particular rig.

 

All good information. I am running stock suspension with the only extra weight a camper shell. Sounds like I need to put a little work in with the chalk test and see what happens to my ride from there. Have yous noticed any drop in climbing ability while driving on the highway?

 

I have a 4 cyl, so I never had any highway climbing ability to begin with...lol!

 

When in cruise control, yes. I go with cruise off in hilly areas.
Otherwise, the opposite is true- once you are moving, the rolling inerta seems to help out.