so you would say weight has a larger impact on ride quality than load range?
No, I'm not saying that. Weight will however negatively impact the vehicles ability to accelerate and brake.
so you would say weight has a larger impact on ride quality than load range?
No, I'm not saying that. Weight will however negatively impact the vehicles ability to accelerate and brake.
Something else to consider when buying odd sized tires is availability. I was thinking the same as you and got some words of wisdom. If you go for that 255/85/16 vs say those 285/75/16, how many places carry those tires? If you are out in the middle of nowhere how long will you be stranded for in worst case scenario?I absolutely agree with the weight impact in theory, it's just that I just haven't run enough different tire setups to have the experience of direct comparison for real world impact between weight, load range, and scrub radius...if I could get a 34 or 35 BFG KM3 that was 11" or narrower in a load range C it would be easy, but that doesn't exist so I have to find the right balance and I'm hoping to lean on the experience of others rather than conducting a series of $1000 experiments before getting it right.
At least in the sizes I have looked at (35 and 33 x 12.5R15and all in C), BFG's run lighter which I like and Toyo and Nitto run heavy (a 33" trail grappler or open country mt weighs more than a 35" KM3), with Milestar, General, Cooper, Yokohama generally in the middle.
I absolutely agree with the weight impact in theory, it's just that I just haven't run enough different tire setups to have the experience of direct comparison for real world impact between weight, load range, and scrub radius...if I could get a 34 or 35 BFG KM3 that was 11" or narrower in a load range C it would be easy, but that doesn't exist so I have to find the right balance and I'm hoping to lean on the experience of others rather than conducting a series of $1000 experiments before getting it right.
At least in the sizes I have looked at (35 and 33 x 12.5R15and all in C), BFG's run lighter which I like and Toyo and Nitto run heavy (a 33" trail grappler or open country mt weighs more than a 35" KM3), with Milestar, General, Cooper, Yokohama generally in the middle.