I may be driving the 54 some this winter, The tires are in need of replacement, decent tread but they have been on there since early 2000 at least. What tire should I get? I am thinking of a winter tire or an aggressive all-season. What says you. BTW I only drive it 3000 a year and the majority of that is to KC and back. The rest is around town or 30-mile trips to see a friend.
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am. 1954 3100 Chevy truck In the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix 1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
All season makes sense with me. However, I live in Florida. My truck never sees the white cold liquid. Lol!
Wayne 1938 1-Ton Farm Truck Stovebolt Gallery Forums 1989 Silverado 1996 Mustang GT convertible When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it!
I have the cooper winters on mine just because I got a almost new set for a ridiculous deal from my brother in-law and I liked the chunky tread pattern and squared off edge that looked like it would belong on a old farm truck. They drive nice and quiet and i have put over 10k miles on them without any complaints. I do not drive it in the snow though.
I found out you can go to Amazon and order tires and they will send them to a dealer and have them installed. The tires are the same and are $40 cheaper for the very same tire. I went to Tire Barn here and they said yes. The ones I looked at on Amazon are the Cooper Evolution at $89.99 each plus $24.99 installation. Tire Barn was about $140.00
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am. 1954 3100 Chevy truck In the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix 1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
Yes, they have my vote also. I bought some bias ply trailer tires from them for an old trailer. I got Deestones (thailand). They were for split rims...
They had a sale for 15% off, so I bought 8, and shipping was free.
I'm curious about the 225/75r16 tires. Those are the exact same size as the 650r16 original tires, best I can tell.
Are those tires tubeless radials? And if so, did you need to buy different rims to run the radials?
I do have radials on mine, but previous owner replaced with 15 and used 235/75r15, about 1/4" smaller in diameter.
My wheels are Wheel Vintique and have Ford and GM bolt patterns because I have an AMC Pacer IFS and a Nova rear. Yes, tubless.
You may have changed over to 15" as many people have, since there is a much larger selection of tires available. I was looking at an S10 rear axle, but it had the common 5 lug 4.75" diameter pattern, which is probably what you have. That would have left me with 2 x 5 lug 4.75 diam and 2 x 6 lug 5.5 diam...then I might have been thinking to convert the front to 5 lug 4.75" diam...these project can go on and on and on...I didn't want to carry 2 different spares...
The reason I went with the '55 Series 2 axle is that I can use my 6 lug 5.5" diameter pattern. I actually have one 5 lug wheel, it's missing a stud...
