C Rated or E Rated Tires....What Do You Run?

SL for everything but rocky offroad, then get E.

 

I seems to me D Load tires would be ideal for many, but you hardly see a D Load tire.

 

I couldn't imagine running Standard Load tires anywhere but on pavement or occasional well maintained caliche or hardpack. In fact, I never thought I would see the day that a pickup truck was sold with passenger tires, but I guess they are mounted to get the fuel mileage ratings higher. Times change, maybe I am just a dinosaur.

 

Great info! Appreciate it. I live in Oklahoma, but travel to Kansas, Texas and Colorado to hunt. Never know what you are going to encounter, trail wise on public lands. I always air down to 20 lbs and just go for it with my current E's.

 

I'm with ya on both of these. D rated might be that nice middle ground but options are limited, if any.

 

To each their own, it's preference.

Me: The truck is a daily driver, if there is a trail that I cannot do on a 6 ply, then I wouldn't want to send my daily down it. Hell, I'm on stock OR wheels and tires and that truck has done more than I should be willing to do in my daily driver that needs to get home and to work on Monday

 

My silverado came with them in 2004 so are we a T-Rex or one of those Armadillos that was the size of a cow?

 

Sounds like my situation. Every local road is tar and chip, covered with an excessive amount of gravel. And every road is full of curves, some of the roads being "S" curve after "S" curve, on roads that are not truly wide enough for a passing vehicle and have a sharp drop off without a guard rail.

 

Yeah not many out there in a 285 size, Goodyear Duratrac, MTR and ProComp has a couple in D as well.

 

50/50 on the votes. Pretty wild outcome.

 

I was thinking C load would be in the lead.

 

I run c-load 265/75/16 duratracs

Went C purely for weight saving, my tires weigh 45 lb each- wanted to be nice to my torque converter more than mpg’s

I believe they deform around rocks at a higher psi than e-load.

I figured i would take my chances popping a c-load tire rather than run e-load “just to be safe”, that’s why i bought i full size spare, right?

 

I run an E rated K02 on my truck (and my last few trucks). I have always been happy with them. I don't find them too harsh of a ride or loud (at least to me). 3 years (and almost 30,000 miles) later and the tires are wearing perfectly!! I run them at 40psi (as per what BFG said when I called them). The guy who originally put the tires on my car were surprised at how well they have worn 3 years later haha. I see these tires being able to get me to at least 40-45k miles before I need to replace them. They are used on light trails and street driving, and some weight on the back (Decked drawer system and a SnugTop Shell). I have personally never ran a C rated tire on a truck/suv before so I can't give a good back to back from my personal experience, but I have always been happy running an E rated tire.

 

C rated tires in the same size are rated to carry LESS weight than the P series tires that come stock. They are designed as off road tires for light duty SUV's like Jeep Wranglers that don't carry loads. They aren't rated enough lower than the stock tires to be a major issue but I can't see downgrading my load capacity over factory. D series tires in the same size are rated to carry the same weight as factory p series tires. Of course when people upgrade to an LT tire, C, D, or E, they typically go up to a bigger size which will offset most of the reduced load rating.

I certainly don't need E rated tires on either my Tacoma nor even my F150 for carrying loads. Even the P series tires are rated for more weight than the trucks. But I buy them because they have shown they will hold up and last longer if driven a lot on rough unimproved gravel roads or off road.

I didn't see any drop in fuel mileage with either truck. I stayed with the same factory width, but went to tire 1" taller than stock on both trucks. The tires on both are 15 lbs heavier than the stock tires.

The ride is a little more firm, but once proper air pressure was determined it certainly isn't objectionable. I run about 30-32 PSI on the Tacoma, about 34-36 PSI on my F150.

 

Unsprung weight has no effect on mpg.

 

Energy required to rotate a tire does affect mpgs lol.

 

Rotational mass? Absolutely.
Unsprung weight? Not so much.

Weld 50lbs to each lower control arm...think you'd see any mpg difference?

 

Well a tire mounted to a wheel hub is considered unsprung weight.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding the point ur making.

 

Fantastic photo and a great Segway into why I chose this exact tire

With an E you get 10 ply that's great for quite a bit.

The extra give the C have to be able to deform and wrap around rocks is a huge benefit. I ran stoney lonesome recently in Northern Alabama and multiple people mentioned how the tires were much more flexible over rocks ect and I had no traction issues where an equally equipped truck was having minor traction issues. Lot of variables but I can 100% feel the tires wrap around obstacles, especially dropping off ledges