C Rated 285/75/16 Open Country C/T tires?

I’ve searched all over TW, including doing the google search with “Tacoma world” and can’t find an answer for this…hopefully I didn’t miss it somewhere.

Can someone who is running the Toyo Open Country C/T tires in 285/75/16 confirm the load rating for me?

There is conflicting info all over the major tire websites about whether they are E rated or C rated, including the Toyo website. See below photos.






@Discount Tire maybe you guys could help out with this?

 

That is very interesting, would be the only C rated in that size i know of. The max presure and load figures match C rated, but the weight appears to be 61lbs. That would be heavier then many E rated uptions in that size. Following...

 

Yeah that’s exactly what I was thinking too…even the other stats on the tire don’t really make sense.

If I found a C rated 285/75/16 tire, I’m gonna have to buy them immediately and get rid of my E rated Grabbers.

 

We are able to confirm the 285/75R16 Toyo C/T are a load range C tire. They are not offered in an E rating

 

Mind. Blown. I didn’t think a 285 tire existed in C load.

Thanks so much!!

 

This is likely one of the only C rated options in this size as the other ones we looked through are all D or E rated.

Our pleasure, If we can be of further assistance please feel free to shoot us a pm.

 

Will do, thanks again!

 

Is it true that they are 61 lbs for that size in load C? That seems pretty heavy for the size and rating. Can you confirm?

 

Being a Commercial on/offroad tire there are some qualities that the manufacturer would have favored over a traditional all terrain. The weight is accurate for the tire.

Tires are a product of compromise, no tire can score 5 out of 5 in every performance attribute, meaning there will always be a give and a take. So for a commercial tire they would have designed the tire to have a longer tread life, quiet ride and fuel efficiency, over offroad traction. With these changes it might have required a different belt package or compound increasing the weight over a traditional C load tire.