What tires will I get?

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Thanks again for the opportunity to help!

 

What’s the difference? I’m about to buy them today or tomorrow.

 

from my understanding the XL is stronger or a higher ply rating.

 

Good list of the main options...but we all know you’ll go with the KO2s.

 

Wrong, placed an order for

 

Look at you...bucking the system.

 

Moderators!!! He bought something other than KO2s...he’s banned right?!

 

My back up plan

 

Hey Brother. Great choice. I looked at these when they came out but ultimately went with the Ridge Grappler (same size as you) on my 17' Sport.

On that, I had the Bilstein 5160s/6112's and a @HeadStrong Off-Road 3 Leaf AAL. I also had a full belly of aluminum skids, and heavy duty sliders, from @Mobtown Offroad . So not a lot of weight but some. Oh, I also had a Bak Revolver X2 tonneau. Again, not a lot of weight but some.

Reason I am saying all this is because when I bought the tires, a guy on the Nitto RG thread had a way involving math to determine the proper PSI for tires. I didn't know one existed. The RG's were 265/70r17, and E rated. The E rating they use is different than most people think and relate it to though. For Nitto, and this tire, they just use that to help people relate it to other manufacturers tires. To them it doesn't mean anything. This is why there is so much controversy about this tire, in E, C and then later the D rated. It was all about the weight. How could the E be nearly identical in weight than the C?

I called Nitto, twice, and others contacted them too. They told us all the same thing, that it is essentially an identical tire except for how the strands or plys are laid out. Nothing else. The C does't have them in the sidewall like the E. Period.

So of course there was a lot of controversy about the PSI we should have in our tires. as avid owners/enthusiasts we are willing to learn as much as we can about every aspect of our trucks.

Unfortunately, there are times we have to rely on the expertise of service technicians or installers to do work for us. And they do not share our passion all the time. Or have any for that matter.

I had one guy flat out tell me, "I know 80 psi is too much but I also know 32 psi is not enough so I just split the difference and put 56". I gave him one of these

But at the time, I had to agree because I didn't know. Now I know.

So this pretty much goes for any tire on any vehicle as far as I know. It's just math I pulled of the web so it has to be correct. LOL, no, actually it's the same logic and math the member used to help us determine the PSI for our tires.

The 2017 Toyota Tacoma Sport (3.5L) has a curb weight of 4,445 lbs.
We need to add some weight because we can haul 1-4 people, and if you have it, anything you added that would increase that weight.

I don't want to have to calculate all of that, so lets just round up to 5,250 lbs, worst case.

5,250/4 = 1,325.25 lbs per tire.

The GY UT in 265/70R17 121Q E1 are rated at 3,197 lbs @ 80 psi.

If you take 1,325.5/3,197 = .41460 ~ .42

That means that I am loading up 42% of what the tire can handle (these are load range E tires -- some of you only have D tires).

Now, if you take 42% of 80 PSI you get 33.6.

That means that I should be running NO LESS than ~ 34 PSI in each tire.

To play it safe, I will run 35PSI and give me some leeway.

We were told that 37 psi was the sweet spot for us, so I ran 37 in the fronts and 36 in the rear unless I had a load back there. At 30k miles and only rotating them every 5k miles, I had more than half the trad left on mine. I never had them off road though. But I drove that truck very spirited when it was safe to do so and a lot of above highway speeds commuting 80 miles a day R/T.

So I am going to run my OEM tires on the new Taco (if they are adequate in the snow this winter) until they wear down some then when I can afford to, will be getting Skinny's, as close to 33" tall as possible. The 3rd Gen power (or as some claim, the lack thereof) was never an issue for me, even running +1.5 tall x +2" wide tires on SCS wheels that totaled nearly 84 lbs with the lugs. I feel like a 9" or around there contact patch on a +2 should not effect the MPGs or power enough to make me care.

Keep us posted Brother, our snow is very much the same. Wet and heavy, and sometimes Ice. I will keep searching but right now I am leaning towards the Pro Comp A/T Sport in the 2865/75r16 E range flavor. The Ultra Terrains are a very strong contender.