What's the difference between these two tires?

Same tire, two drastically different prices. I don't generally tow with my truck, can I rock the cheaper ones without an issue? The biggest thing I regularly do is 1000-1500 pounds of wood pellets.

 

One is t rated one is e rated ?

 

P vs. lt is My guess, p is fine

 

I am shopping for tires also. Replies will be interesting..

 

What do the ratings mean tho?

 

Yes, clicking the links doesn't answer any questions for me.

 

Load carrying capacity and tread and sidewall plies

 

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The poster put 3 tires up; and asked to compare the 2.

Newlife, answered the question on the 2 Duelers.

The Bridgestone Blizzak is a dedicated winter tire,. I copied a part of Bridgestone's review of this tire.

"Blizzak W965 with UNI-T studless light truck winter tires were developed to combine good snow and ice traction with commercial light truck load carrying capacity. Available in Load Range E (10 Ply Rated) sizes, Blizzak W965 tires are for the drivers of most medium-duty, heavy-duty and commercial light trucks that require winter driving traction on dry, wet and snow covered roads."

I can personally recommend the Blizzak's, for snow and ice driving.

Cooper also makes, their version of this tire and sell it as the Weathermaster, also an excellent tire for snow and ice.

oldracer

 

An e rated tire would most likely have a 3 ply sidewall, like a bfg at, where as a p rated dueler is not going to have nearly as durable of a sidewall

 

Sorry, I was asking about the two duelers. I figured 'same tire, two drastically different prices' made that clear. sorry for confusion.

 

One tire says 265/75/16E and the other 265/75/16T. I've done enough research to know the differences between E and C, but, I haven't seen T before. Not do I see T mentioned online anywhere except as a speed rating of 118MPH. So, without a P/LT prefix, I still don't get what the difference is.

 

It's the Load Index part:

The cheap one is showing 114, which indicates it's a p-metric tire.

The expensive one is showing "LRE" which means "Load Range E" and it's a LT tire, a very beefy 10ply. Too much tire for our little trucks, imo...

The "E" and "T" at the end are the speed references, not a metric reference.

 

Thanks! You cleared that up!

 

Well except the E is not a speed rating, its a load rating for a truck tire.

The T is a speed rating for a Passenger car tire.

Simple answer ones a truck tire rated for heavy hauling and towing, ones a car tire rated to 118mph.

 

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35

Very very resourceful page when it comes to tire tech.

 

A/T Revo 2 T/114 is a passenger rated tire, four ply tire in the sidewall.

Blizzak = snow tire.

A/T Revo 2 LRE is a light truck tire. E rated, so 10 plies. Also, you won't get a mileage guarantee. Overkill for your devices.

Why oh whyyyyy are you looking at these tires, anyway?

 

what it really comes down to is that the more expensive one has stiffer sidewalls which comes from the extra layers of rubber that go into making it. If you haul things with your truck a lot, or pull a heavy trailer, go with the expensive ones. if you are thinking to have daily driver tires, and you aren't regularly carrying heavy loads with your truck, go with the cheap on. The expensive one will also weigh more, which will in turn make your acceleration go down, and likely fuel economy as well.