Load Range E instead of C?

I could see that, I don't go busting through deep soft stuff. Mostly snowy roads

 

Plus I drive my truck like a sports car on the roads. the wider the tire the less chance of wheel spin.

 

ya I can't say I have ever worried about spinning tires on dry pavement . These tires just grip and rip at any normal driving for me.

 

I broke loose in second sometimes just getting up to freeway speed with my old BFG KO shit tires.

And my cornering scares people... LOL

 

Damn my truck must be broken there's no way I can break loose in second.

 

What terrain would that be?

 

Not big rocks or snow.
Think desert with soft sand and rutted trails.

 

Have you seen the writeups in tire width selection? http://www.expeditionswest.com/research/white_papers/tire_selection_rev1.html

 

With rutted trails you can climb out better with a skinnier tire but if your in really soft sand a lot go fat for sure. Only sand I see is at the beach a few times a year.

 

Put on KO2's 285/70/17 E rated and lost 2-3 mpg.

 

My situation updated, and need opinions:

I tow a 3000lb fully loaded Rpod trailer about 8 weekends per year with about 300 lbs in the bed. I go camping with my wife and 2 year old daughter so I want them to be safe while towing. Not sure what to do with regard to P vs LT tires. Duratrac C load range was my first choice but they are unavailable to me until at least December. I may spend about 5% of my driving on gravel roads and in a year or 2 I will be using my truck as my daily driver to and from work, approximately 45 miles round trip per day. I would like a nice aggressive look tire without the big drop in mpg...

I'm in Canada on an island in the North Atlantic so everything is more expensive and availability sucks.

The tires available to me are (all in 265/75/16):
Mickey Thompson Baja STZ STD -> 40lbs/tire Max Load lbs/tire 2756 ($180/tire)
Mickey Thompson Baja STZ E -> 48lbs/tire Max Load lbs/tire 3415 ($202/tire)
Duratrac E -> 51lbs/tire Max Load lbs/tire 3415 ($202/tire)
BFG All Terrain KO2's -> 54 lbs/tire Max Load lbs/tire 3417 ($235/tire)

What would you choose?

 

I think the Duratracs are better tires. And the severe service (mountain snowflake) rating is a real plus.

 

265/75R16 Duratracs in Load C