My cl tire mistake and question

[Trying my best]

So I bought some used tires on Craigslist. They came off a powerstroke. As it turns out the guy at the tire shop said that he would put them on because they are rated p for passenger. If they came off a powerstroke, why wont they work on mine. I want to be safe, so I'm ok with not running them, but why would they be on a powerstroke in the first place?

Thanks

 

[gonecrazyi]

Somebody had a tire machine and put car rated tires on their truck.

 

[Trying my best]

Right so he was prolly running ranger danger.

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

So I bought some used tires on Craigslist. They came off a powerstroke. As it turns out the guy at the tire shop said that he would NOT put them on because they are rated p for passenger. If they came off a powerstroke, why wont they work on mine. I want to be safe, so I'm ok with not running them, but why would they be on a powerstroke in the first place?

Thanks

Some tire shops will put on whatever the customer asks, regardless of how wrong such may be.

My families 55-plus years in business tire shop, against my better judgement, has often done just whatever the customer asked, mainly on account of if we refused, they would just get one of the many other even less scrupulous shops to do it.

When you live in a small minimum-wage/welfare community, you have to make adjustments or starve.



That being said, ALWAYS look closely at the tire size on the sidewall; P265-75R-16 is passenger; P is for passenger as in no ply rating, just a car tire; LT265-75R-16 is light truck; LT denotes it as being light truck and this tire will have a ply-rating and load-range.

For a diesel engined truck, you want at least a Load Range "D"; "E" is even better.


If you never load the truck nor pull anything heavier than a fishing boat, you can get away with running the "P"-rated tires.

The only drawback is that the radial lurch and meander is even more pronounced with these weak sidewalled tires.

The reason the tire guy refused to mount those tires is he is gunshy of a law-suit.

The sad thing is that customers conveniently forget whose idea it was to do something stupid when things go wrong.

 

[Trying my best]

Thanks midnight. I am planning to mount a camper on the truck so I will listen to the voices of reasons that are telling me not to run these tires. I guess Ill lick my wounds, take my lumps, eat humble pie, learn my lesson, try to sell them, and move on. Oh and you all prolly know this, but super duty rims won't fit a 1992 idi. Just another lesson learned....albeit a fairly expensive lesson.

 

[Trying my best]

http://chico.craigslist.org/pts/3070052912.html.

Will these rims fit?

 

[GenLightening]

Those should fit. As long as they aren't from Chevy (center hole is too small) you're fine.

 

[NO_SPRK]

i believe those will only fit dodge and chevy... or does dodge run wheels with larger hub bore

 

[f-two-fiddy]

Don't feel to bad about it. Chalk it up as experiance learned.

I recently had a flat on my 1/2 ton on the way to a job. We completed the job and on the way home I stopped at a tire shop and asked if they had any good used 235/75-15's. They guy said sure I've got ONE right here. It was a very good looking Goodyear tire. I had them swap it onto my wheel, installed it on the truck, and went on my way. The next morning I thought I should check the tire pressure on the tire. As I got to looking at it, it was a 225/75-15! Dang it! It was over 1-3/8" shorter than the tire on the other side of the rear axle. 75 miles away from the shop that I bought it from!

 

[Trying my best]

Right on thanks everyone.

 

[OLDBULL8]

Thanks midnight. I am planning to mount a camper on the truck so I will listen to the voices of reasons that are telling me not to run these tires. I guess Ill lick my wounds, take my lumps, eat humble pie, learn my lesson, try to sell them, and move on. Oh and you all prolly know this, but super duty rims won't fit a 1992 idi. Just another lesson learned....albeit a fairly expensive lesson.

Mounting a camper on your truck, you certainly want no less than a D rated, E is recommended and G is even better. Don' let POWERSTROKE or Superduty fool you. 1998 on back have a 6.5" bolt circle, IIRC the 1999 on up have a metric bolt circle 190mm. Also rims from a F250 do not have the offset for a dually.

 

[Trying my best]

I wont be using those tires, I can see myself on the side of the road explaining to my wife....but honey....I got a good deal. That would go over like a turdmin a punch bowl. Haha. I was defiantly fooled about the bolt circle....I call it tuition.

 

[chris142]

The DOT cops had to make their rounds with Church vans here. When it came tire time the Churches cheapened out and were removing the LT tires from the vans and going with P rated tires. So now they had a huge van that weighed 7000 empty, then add in 2500 lbs of people.

9500 lbs and full of people makes a terrible mess to clean up.

 

[Trying my best]

Holy roller

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

The DOT cops had to make their rounds with Church vans here. When it came tire time the Churches cheapened out and were removing the LT tires from the vans and going with P rated tires. So now they had a huge van that weighed 7000 empty, then add in 2500 lbs of people.

9500 lbs and full of people makes a terrible mess to clean up.

That is only one of the many reasons why church vans and buses are in the news every night.

Most are driven by someone who hasn't any business pushing a shopping-cart, let alone hauling passengers.