Agree Ken, as I said earlier, never ever gonna haul a load with the old gal, just looking for
the best ride. The problem is width. When I get into non Light Truck tires in the 30"
diameters they have to be pretty wide tires. I'm using this link to what Michelin makes, and
it lists all their tires by rim size:
http://www.michelinman.com/US/en/tires/sizes.html I've charted out all of the 70 & 75 series tires that fall in between 29.28" to 30.6" by
doubling the aspect ratios and adding the rim diameter. The widths will run between 9.65"
to 10.43".
A P255/70R16 will give me a 30.06 diameter but the width is 10.04” which is getting pretty
wide for a stock 3600 Stove bolt.
It's no wonder I get a blank stare from the salesman at the tire dealers. All they know how
to do is the same thing that I've been doing for two days now. That is, look up the listing on
Michelin's site of the 16” offering. The difference is if you can't give the salesman a year
and model that's in the Michelin data base they're helpless.
I should have known how this was gonna turn out from all those past threads about tires.
Never did read one where the lines were clearly drawn to what tire fits what. I’m limiting my
choice to Michelin’s because I can’t afford to try a half dozen different tire brands and I’ve
heard nothing but good about them. I can’t even imagine what a fiasco this would be if I
was considering five or six other tire manufacturers.
I’m tired, been up all night again running round in circles like a dog chasing his tail. Goin’
back to bed now!
dg
