I haven't personally run them, but a guy that used to come into the 4-wheel drive shop I used to work at in Georgia used to run them on his mid-90's Chevy crew cab. At the time, they were about the only 37" radial with the load rating he needed for pulling the trailers he had, and I think overall he was satisfied with them. They wore like iron (for a mud terrain), and they weren't terribly noisy. However, I do know that he said he noticed a definite increase in the harshness of the ride with those over th 35" BFG MT's he was running before. Are you looking to go to these for the cheap price, or is there something about your Toyo's you're not loving anymore?
Good looking wheels by the way. Is that a one-off set that guy has, or does he have more?
Im doing this same thing on my truck as we speak. Picked up four brand new Goodyear Wrangler OZs. Went had had that same 16.5 rim polished today to mount them on.
The first several years of the SD it was really common to see American Eagle and Weld wheels in 16.5" with 8x170. I sold a ton of them from the 4x shop I worked at in Georgia when the '99 SD came out. I'd think you could find them pretty often on CL, or ebay.
I run them on my 05. I got 25k miles out of em with out rotating them. My 6.0 would break the tires loose if I hammered on it below 45MPH. And I did that a lot. They are radial as you already know, but I had no complaints from em. Especially for 250.00 a set. I think its a hell of an investment. I still have the lift, wheels and tires from my 05, but I would rather have the milage, so I am not running a lift or bigger tires on my 08, or I would keep running them. Now with all that being said, the 36" are a different story They rode kinda rough, BUT if your truck sits for a few days and then you start driving it agian, it feels like your tires are square. No complaints at all on the 37s though. Do it!
been thinking about a set of these for my old beater GMC, I already have the wheels. did you order the goodyears, and how did they look? price is great for what I want them for, I got plenty of lift to run them, just a little gun shy of used stuff online that I can't see before I send off my $$$
They got them mounted this morning, guess it just took a guy that wanted to do it.
There load range D rated, about 60# each or so... There lighter then the Toyo's I believe.
As to first impressions... There not Toyo's. Got a hop that I am hoping is just from there being parked or something. Going to give them a few days and then rotate them.
Could also be one of the wheels, it had some damage around the lug area that I repaired.
They sure seem small, but there a bit taller then the wore out Toyo's.
Let me know how you like them, comfort or a rough ride isn't much of an issue, I just need safe tires, I commute Tooele to Salt Lake and when I'm on call I sometimes need to move a little over the speed limit. The price sounds great for what you got, I was just worried about defects, blowing one at 80+ would be kinda bad...
I have the buckshots off my F350 on it right now, but when the snow starts to stick they are going to make for an interesting drive
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