People Who Actually Off Road Often. Aftermarket Tire size?

What size tire are you running. I see everyone wants 285s and I don't really get it. Why deal with the head ache of it rubbing?

I was thinking 275 70 16. Wouldn't that look just fine with a 2 inch lift?

 

I pretty much have the same height tire as that on mine. 265x70x17 no lift yet

 

35's if you wanna do real wheeling

 

How do you do that with a reliable lift? Honest question. Not being a smart ass.

 

It depends on a couple of things. Would you be willing to cut your fenders? If so how much? I know some are getting away with a 4" lift and 35's. Lots of trimming to be done though. Then you'd just need lift coilovers, and probably a new leaf pack for the rear. Re-gear would be almost a necessity. You'd need new upper control arms to adjust your alignment at 4" of lift or higher.

 

35s would look pretty sick on this truck. Thanks.

 

All depends on what kind of wheeling you are planning on doing. Wheeling often and extreme wheeling are different. 275s is a sucky size IMO. Weight and rubbing issues likely similar to 285s. only 0.25" more ground clearance than 265s. I'd go with the 265/75R16s and get the benefits of no rubbing, better power, better mpgs and lose 0.25" ground clearance over 275s or go big and get the 285s and understand you will rub, likely need to cut/trim, and gain a little more clearance while taking a hit on power and mpgs.

 

265 75 r16. I run a ton, and I mean a ton of remote two-tracks and trails and they are a nice balance in weight, height and mpg. Unless you are doing true rock crawling they are a great size. And require no trimming.

 

I do a lot of moderate crawling and lots of two track. I prefer the 265/75/16 in load E. Not as hard on the front end components as a 285/75/16.

But if I did more rock crawling I would want the 285.

 

265/75r16 is the ideal size for off roading. Same width but an inch taller than stock. Plus tons of tire choices and sometimes cheaper than the stock size. Also fits easy in spare tire location. 285/75r16 is good too. But tires are more expensive, heavier, lift required, trimming required, possibly cab mount chop, new rims or wheel spacers required. For that you gain another inch height and 20mm of width. Which helps with flotation. It's up to you. Mall crawlers can get away with less modifications for 285s. But off roading will equal more rubbing with 285s.

 

You can run 275/75/16's with no modification and still have very usable ground clearance. It is about 31.5" tall and is a very common size that often sells for less than smaller tires. I don't know that I've ever seen a 275/70/16. At any rate it is slightly wider and shorter than a 265/75/16. It doesn't make sense to me for someone to go to the trouble and expense of running 285's. They are about 1" taller, but, you only gain about 1/2" more ground clearance. If I need to modify the vehicle, then I say go big or go home and run 35's where you gain about 2" over 265/75/16's.

But once you get bigger than 265/75/16's you start compromising on road performance. I can get into 90% of the off road places the guys running 35's can go and most of those places can be driven around, I can still arrive at the same destination. You have to look for and seek out places bad enough to justify the larger tires. If I really need to go into those places I have a Honda ATV.

 

I will be running 35" with an aggressive thread that is 0.6875" tall for the following reason below.

 

Hmmm I like the idea of 265/75/16 and an ATV

 

265/75/16

 

I offroad often and the OEM tires are fine.

 

285's FTW

 

Depends on the type of Off-Roading. I often off-road in rocks, sometimes sand, and never mud if I can avoid it. The stock tires didn't cut it for getting me through rocks, so I had to up-size.

 

I drive across some of the toughest terrain you can encounter here in AZ and mine have held up just fine. Jagged rocks, thorns, cactus, etc

 

Get a lift and get 295 70 17s. you know you want it!

 

Wait, your title and your first post don't match up.

You ask, in your title, for people to respond who actually off road.

Then, in the first post, you ask about what the tires look like.

People who actually off road don't give a shit what their tires look like.