What are the widest wheels/tires that I can put on my truck?

[robroy]

Good evening,

Recently I read a post from Alvin in AZ that made me wonder about wheel and tire width.

What are the widest wheels/tires that I can put on my truck (1972 F250 8,100lb GVW)?

Also, what difference will I notice between the factory width and wider wheels? I can imagine that wider rear wheels would give me better traction (maybe), but what about the fronts? And what are the drawbacks to the wide wheels?

Thanks!
Robroy

[iamthewreckingcrew]

I have 295/50/15 on 15x10 wheels on all four corners. I like them better than the stock ones I took off. Just watch out for standing water if you have manual steering.

[Redcap]

I have 33x12.5s on the rear of my truck and they will fit on the front as well with very minor rub at full lock.

[robroy]

I have 295/50/15 on 15x10 wheels on all four corners. I like them better than the stock ones I took off. Just watch out for standing water if you have manual steering.

Hey Iamthewreckingcrew, thanks for replying! I'm not sure what you mean about standing water and manual steering. Do you mean that you'd have to turn the wheel excessively hard with manual steering with larger tires installed?

I have 33x12.5s on the rear of my truck and they will fit on the front as well with very minor rub at full lock.

Interesting, thank you!

I've never really paid attention to the numbers of tires before now, so I'm trying to decode "33x12.5" and "295/50/15" by looking at the Wikipedia article on tire sizes. I'm sure I'll figure it out ultimately but any words of wisdom would be really helpful.

Thanks again!

Robroy

[Redcap]

I have 295/50/15 on 15x10 wheels on all four corners. I like them better than the stock ones I took off. Just watch out for standing water if you have manual steering.

Hey Iamthewreckingcrew, thanks for replying! I'm not sure what you mean about standing water and manual steering. Do you mean that you'd have to turn the wheel excessively hard with manual steering with larger tires installed?

I have 33x12.5s on the rear of my truck and they will fit on the front as well with very minor rub at full lock.

Interesting, thank you!

I've never really paid attention to the numbers of tires before now, so I'm trying to decode "33x12.5" and "295/50/15" by looking at the Wikipedia article on tire sizes. I'm sure I'll figure it out ultimately but any words of wisdom would be really helpful.

Thanks again!

Robroy

33x12.5 is just that, the size in inches. I try not to deal with the stupid xxx/xx/Rxx metric crap.

[mouse]

I got 285/75/16s front and 305/70/16s on back, 285/75/16s are 32.83/11.22 and 305/70/16s are 32.81/12.00. they fit good on my 71 f250 at stock ride hight

[Redcap]

I got 285/75/16s front and 305/70/16s on back, 285/75/16s are 32.83/11.22 and 305/70/16s are 32.81/12.00. they fit good on my 71 f250 at stock ride

That looks pretty darn good, too!

[mouse]

thanks

[iamthewreckingcrew]

Hey Iamthewreckingcrew, thanks for replying! I'm not sure what you mean about standing water and manual steering. Do you mean that you'd have to turn the wheel excessively hard with manual steering with larger tires installed?

Standing water will try to jerk the wheel out of your hand with manual steering.

[HillbillyDelux]

i dont know how to decode from the metric to inches but if u go to summitracing and find the metric tire size it will also say wat it is in inches

295/50r15 is 26.80in tall by 11.77in wide

[Roadrunner351w]

Here are a couple of links will give you exactly what you are looking for

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/ ... ?techid=46

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/ ... p?techid=7

Hope this helps.

[Roadrunner351w]

Here are a couple of links will give you exactly what you are looking for

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/ ... ?techid=46

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/ ... p?techid=7

Hope this helps.