mhuppertz

I have had load range "D" tires get wobbly and mushy hauling heavy, including the fronts. It was hard to keep the darn thing on the road, and harder to keep them cool. The load range "E's" have been solid with no signs of stress under very heavy loads....

PapeCAT

or we could all just get those 225/75 r16 good year g156 load range G or whatever and air them up to the 110 PSI and be done with it. No problem with having rocks for tires right?!!??!

Firstgenfanatic

Hey, your an Alcoa wheel guy right? I just scored a sweet deal on Craiglist locally on tires. I got a set of 4 wheels/tires (265/75/16 Load Range E) with 90% tread for $200 clams. Hardly any wear! They are going to be mounted on my aluminun 8-hole Alcoa wheels tomorrow! Can't wait to see the results!

PapeCAT

oohh nice find!! I am the ALCOA guy... I have them with Toyo MT 265/75 r 16 tires on them, but I found another set of ALCOA wheels on Craigslist off a ford conversion van for 50 bucks!! they're like brand new!! I slapped a new pair of Michelin A/S tires on there for the highway, my MTs were wearing fast on the highway and I'm commuting a lot of miles right now... well have fun with the setup you'll find they balance up quite nice..

Firstgenfanatic

Yeah, I'm going to end up using the stock FORD hubcaps (I guess they look alright). I do need to find a company that sells the reproduction rear caps for these wheels...........Minus the F-O-R-D writing on them. I've heard that some venders on Ebay sell them.........still looking.

PapeCAT

yah I looked too and I can't find them anymore. I see a bunch of those Ford Ranger hubcaps minus FORD on them, the generic style, I know they must be somewhere, what about the big warehouse autoparts places JCwhitney et al