4 ply vs 10 ply

Found a deal on a pair of Falken Wildpeak A/T3W with a E Load rating. It works out to be about $130 per tire including installation. This beats the per tire cost on a pair of the regular Wildpeaks or at least matches the price. This is for a 265/70 17 tire. Any suggestions besides one being tougher? Gas milage? Tread life increases? Thanks!

 

E Loads are heavy and will noticeably affect your mileage. The trade off is that they are much stronger and will hold up better off-road (especially when deflated for better traction) and for towing.

 

If you mostly drive long highway/interstate and want better MPG and ride quality, I'm sure your tire shop would install the P rated tires for the same price.

But if you regularly get stuck driving off road and tow and haul heavy loads, load range E would help.

 

Thanks for the help! That's what I kinda figured. Just a weekend warrior. If anyone is interested the deal is on Pepboys.com.

 

Going with C-load (6 ply) gives you the durability for off road without paying the performance, power, mpg, braking loss of 10ply heavy E-load.

 

Unfortunately, I don't think these tires come in C load.

 

Load range C is perfect for these trucks if you don't run them hard. If you push it in rough terrain very far from help - even just on weekends - the load E is nice to have. I can't imagine running load C these days.

 

Good advice here already. Load C is a nice compromise and a vast improvement over P rated for durability. For the trails I do it will always be load E these days as my truck isn't a daily driver. Have only had one flat in 20 years of off road driving and it was a load C.

Also all "load C" or "load E" tires are not the same for off road durability - especially aired down. So a load C designed with off-road use in mind may very well be as durable or more durable than load E meant for highway travel.

 

I've never sliced an E rated tire on rough back country roads. I have punctured and sliced plenty of car tires(which if it's not an LT tire, it's a car tire).

 

E load tire for a pavement truck ?

 

They do, but not in all sizes.
http://www.falkentire.com/tires/light-truck-suv-cuv-tires/wildpeak/t3w-tire