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soooo... im finding out that noone makes a pmetric 285. Do you find that the LT made a huge difference in the weight dept?

 

Lol. I have no idea what your talking about. I know zilch about tires.

 

Ok. I just schooled myself in "p ratings".
Apparently LT tires have a stiffer sidewall for the added weight when carrying heavier loads.
P rated tires are for light vehicles, cars and such.
According to what I just read, you should never use a p rated tire on a light truck.
Correct?

So yes. I would assume having a thicker sidewall adds quite a bit of weight to a LT tire.

 

Wow it's amazing how much better I feel with some extra sleep....and getting paid for it is even nicer.

Rich is dead on about the tires. Here's a link that is pretty close to everything I've read about tires from of some typical magazines like Car & Driver (if you trust them) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code (Yes, it's Wiki) but, it's close at least as I recall.

I'm not sure how much difference in weight there is because I don't know what tire you're looking at RaginC. This link will give weight of a lot of tires http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire-brand.jsp of course the heavier the tire the lower the MPG and performance (like acceleration). Also, think of the weight of the tire as kinda like putting a 1 pound ball on an 18 inch string vs. a 2 pound ball on the end of an 18 inch string. Getting the 2 pounder to swing isn't as easy as getting the 1 pound ball to swing.

 

Do I have a photo album on Here somewhere? Can you upload mobile pics to it?
I don't think I have ever seen it.

 

Rich you can upload mobile pics though, for me, depending on the phone it's not always easy.

 

Well, I'm a derp when it comes to this phone. My luck I'll screw something up.
On that note gentleman......I'm out the door.
Have a great one!!

 

ok from what ive been reading the term "light truck" means personal truck ie. not a work truck or hauling truck but still a full size truck. Example f-150 chev 1500 etc. P-metric tires are for midsized trucks and SUV. Example 4runners, tacoma, etc. I have been running a "p" 265/75r16 AT tires on my truck for 20k miles now and am looking to upsize to a 285 but a "p" is not available from what i can find. Just trying to figure out how much of a difference i will be looking at in the power and mpg dept. I checked out that tirerack.com and that was helpful thanks. But there seams to be plenty of people running 285+ so im hoping its not to bad.

 

I think you'll see some change but not sure how much.

Lots of guys on here with lots of configurations running them but off the top of my head I don't know their mpgs.

 

Only five more weeks of class! I'm taking the summer off, will be the first time in 17 months I haven't been taking classes.

Just having to deal with work full time will feel like cheating.

 

Hello all. I'm still off but, the sleep is goofy.

I did spend yesterday getting some much needed yard work done. And pretty much everything other than what my swim trunks covered is SUNBURNED...including the top of my feet...it's over rated.

How's everyone doing?

Rich any luck on uploading the pics?

& what classes (& major) are you doing?

 

Things are good here. No boss for a couple weeks so I loaded a bunch of movies on my phone.
I wasn't to worried about loading pics up. I was just curious about the album.
Hope you are enjoying your time off.

 

I just hate when you come in to work and plant is down bust ass to get back running and the bugs out know I'm ready to sleep

 

Yea Rich it's been good but busy. The weather has been great here sunny & 80 or so during the day and mid 60s at night.

I'm back in tomorrow night...yes...but next weekend is a long one so I'm looking forward to it.

What kind of movies did you take to work?

 

I loaded up "two lane blacktop", "bullet", "vanishing point"
Love the old classic car movies.

 

Snowing right now. Such fail!



Wanted to install some bedrails on the floor of the bed after work today, ah well.

 

Oh yea, good stuff.

WTF is that all about. I'm already over next winters bullshit.

 

Good morning Joe.

 

Morning Rich. You on overtime?

I'm home & wide awake at 6am...I'm excited about that because it'll make working nights tonight easy.

Read the sister in law seems to be on the mind. Good deal man.

 

ahh back to the daily grind