I ordered LT265/70R17 E rated tires. Is E rated too much? Keep or cancel the order?

You can definitely get bigger tires in C rating. I have 285/70/17 Wildpeaks in C.

 

285 even comes in SL, such as 285/70/17 toyo open country at3.

Interesting thing, I was looking at 275/70/17 C load wildpeaks and they weight like 7 pounds each more than 255/80/17 E load wildpeaks.

 

My brother was just commenting on the typical family trucks in Williams lake, not the ones used actively for work. Meaning none lifted. Yeah, of course the full size diesels used out in the field are pretty much good to go for work trucks as equipped. Here in Kelowna, it is a shit show of lifted trucks that rarely get offroad.

Yup, you are running E as well. My E rated KO2s have been so beat on rock sidewall scrapes, on about 140 offroad trips the past 4 years. Pretty happy with how they have held up.

Speaking of 1 ton diesels, my first day offoad with my Taco, I am heading up to Ridge lake. The stock crap Kevlar Wranglers SLs on the truck. I run into a guy up the mountain who is hiking and picking mushrooms. He said his Dodge 1 ton is at the bottom at the FSR and that he would never take his truck up the road I was on. Of course I did not make it, blowing those Wranglers through the sidewall. He even stopped to help change one of flats. We had a good chit chat, and off he went up higher hiking and picking. The top of the trail was blocked by a dozen 100 foot cedars across the trail, which was way too much for my chainsaw. That was the end of that trip, and the same day into Kamloops Kal Tire to get the first set of KO2s on my Taco.

Where you drilling now, or is it secret?

 

Yep. I have 38’s that are C rated.

 

I don’t get why any one would put E rated tires on a Tacoma unless it’s used for severe off road and not a daily driver . These trucks already get crap mileage and are a rough ride. Why make it worse ?

 

my 1990 Toyota 3.0 rolls on a set of 285/75 16 LT load range E mud terrains, they are great aired down and will roll over anything and take a beating. my 09 Tacoma is on a 285/70 17 LT load range C, because its daily driven, I've taken my taco on the load range E tires when I wanted to take it to some new places and let me say you can feel the additional weight of the Load range E tires, but that is a personal thing im sure. i was going to swap the MT to my tacoma and my wife hated the harsher ride

 

Factory rubber is there to get good mileage to help meet EPA standards, and works fine for 90% of Tacoma drivers. If you actually go off-road (and that means sharp rocks and downed branches...not "gravel") 10-ply/Load Range E will save you a huge amount of heartache (and possibly a marriage).

 

Not going to read the whole thread so I'm sure this has been said, but here's my take:

There are many advantages to running E's. They are most definitely tougher (I have literally never gotten a flat, even offroad with E's), you can run lower tire pressure and not worry about folding over, i.e. more traction.

The only real disadvantage is MPGs, and maybe a slight change in ride.

So if you never off road with your truck, yeah, they're probably overkill (but then, imo, so is your 4x4). But from my perspective, people who try to hyper-mile their 4x4 pickup trucks are being a bit silly.

 

The Chilcotin is notoriously hard on tires, especially all the ranch country west on highway 20 towards Bella Coola. No cell service and not much help if you get stranded. Most people run E-load.

 

Read my prior posts. I already said all of that. I have 10 ply tires because I off road a ton, lots of nasty rock here in the Arizona mountains. The post you quoted was in response to someone getting snarky with my posts about some people actually needing 10 ply tires.

 

Yup, it sure is up there, but same with so much of BC.

I have no cell service on any of the 3,000+ miles of off road I do every summer. Not to mention, I did this for 25 years prior with no cell phone. No one had them back in the day, and now everyone is reliant on them. Me, I never see another soul offroad as I avoid any easy to reach places.

Christ, my first commercial fishing boat I worked on back in the 70s, had no telephone, no radar, no GPS, no loran, no sonar, no fish finder, no survival suits, and we fished the entire west coast of Vancouver Island, up to 100 miles offshore and fog so thick at times we could not see 20 foot in front of the boat. Not to mention, fishing in winds typically 20-40mph, but in extreme cases caught unexpectedly in winds up to 100mph. All that in a puny 36 foot troller. Oh, no toilet, no shower, no hot water, and we would shower once every 15 days when we came into Tofino, or Kyuquot, or Winter Harbor to sell our catch. My wife would often not hear from me for a few weeks and have no idea where on the coast we were. I used to be away from home for up to 5 months at a time. I would use the radio in the fish packing camps to message home with updates.

A lot of close calls, but you sure learn how to use a compass and some ocean charts.

I have about 100 fantastic topographical maps I bought over the years. That was my way to explore, and a compass of course. Back in the 1980s, there was a government office just up from Columbia street in New Westminster that sold topo maps that covered every inch of BC. Great scale too, the maps are 3.5ft x 3.5ft 3ft and some only cover a few miles of range. So a lot of detail. Mine are all marked up with all my turns taken in the bush, fishing spots, etc. Covering all of the Cariboo, Kamloops, Merritt, Okanagan, Princeton, etc. There are few remote lakes in those regions I have not fished. On a mission from god. Get out there and fish!

What could be better?

Funny, someone else commented why put E rated tires on a Tacoma? My question is why buy any truck, if it is not used for hauling, or off roading, or as a work truck?

Should ask that of the millions in North America who use a truck as a daily driver or some kind of status symbol. That one never ceases to puzzle me.

 

Yes, we are in agreement. Perhaps the double caps on the "IF" in my reply suggested you weren't doing off-roading yourself. Apology if that's how it came across.

 

My first set of tires were Falken Wildpeaks in SL...biggest mistake. I blew a tire going down a dirt road on my way to the main offroading trail lol. Lost all confidence in those tires.

Sold them and got some Falken MTs in C range, never had any issues with them! Then when those were done, I got my Toyos in E range and I could feel a difference in ride coming from the C rated MTs, but nothin crazy.