Tires for 1991 F350 DRW - 235/85/16 or ?

[The_Josh_Bear]

Ha ha. That reminds me of a brand new motorcycle I bought and the stock tires had raised white letters. It took me and a friend two hours with black markers coloring in the letters. To each his own.

2 hours?! Shoot, just jack up the back end, give it a rev and bust out the belt sander.

 

[tbowker]

2 hours?! Shoot, just jack up the back end, give it a rev and bust out the belt sander.

Huh, where were you when I needed this useful information?!

 

[bulletpruf]

Thanks for all the input. I'm going to run 235/85/16's. That seems to be the most tire that I can run in the back without rubbing when I'm loaded.

 

[Jesus Freak]

Thanks for all the input. I'm going to run 235/85/16's. That seems to be the most tire that I can run in the back without rubbing when I'm loaded.

Highly available new! Hard to find at the junkyard though, because the other vultures are watching for that size too.

 

[bulletpruf]

I ended up with Hankook Dynapro AT2's, 235/85/16 - $160 each with free shipping from Amazon.com. They're highly rated, too.

 

[Cubey]

I ran 215s on the dually E350 motorhome, per the factory spec.

 

[ttman4]

Unless you’re never gonna pull with the truck, I wouldn’t put spacers in the back.

Just came inside to warm up up a bit, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE this morning......Freezing fog!
Anyway I was just killing time while I warm up & was poking round on OB & stumbled up on this.
What's the deal about running spacers? What's the pros & cons?
I've never run spacers on my dually, but I see them everywhere all over Amazon.

 

[IDIBRONCO]

They're used to run wider tires on the back end. A con is that the spacer puts more strain on the wheel studs when loaded heavy. If you aren't trying to run wider tires, there's no reason that I can see to run them.