Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | |
9 members (UtahYork, klhansen, Otto Skorzeny, Bill Hanlon, HandyAndy, KEVINSKI, 37 GC, Gazz, Hugh63c10),
116
guests, and
0
robots. | | Key: Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod | | | Forums66 Topics128,114 Posts1,056,610 Members48,450 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 25 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 25 | does any one know the stock tire size on a 3/4 ton chevy,also what size tire i can go up to,i would like the front to be level as the back,i was thinking 31 or 33 if you guess got pics of your trucks with them that would be helpful, i want to use my truck on min. matainance roads with out bottoming out, right now im driving a dakota with 31s and about 15inches of ground clearence, what ways can i get my truck to get around that clearence with out swithcing the frame? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 | My truck had dry-rotted stock tires on split rims when I bought it, and I seem to remember they were something like 36 inches tall...maybe taller. I went to a tire shop and they said that size was what school busses used to use, and are no longer manufactured. It was then that I converted to modern 16" truck wheels and steel belted radial tires. What a difference in handling too. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 707 | The 700-17's I had on the truck when I bought it had a tread height of 32" and might have been correct, but the 235/80R16 I have now are, at 30.5", about 10 times the tire. Here's a current pic with a camper, at 2,000 lbs a moderate load: [IMG]http://thumb11.webshots.net/t/60/460/2/93/35/2357293350096215731NILUKV_th.jpg[/IMG] click on it for a bigger image..
1951 3800 Be the change you want to see. -hotshoe
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | I had 8X19.5 tires on my 1 ton, they just fit, and should do the same on your 3/4 ton.
Grigg | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | 1950, 3604 stock split rims and stock tire size is 7.00 x 15" 29.5" tall.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I think there was the option of the 17 x 750s and this is what my 1 Ton had. They were on split rims and stood 34" tall. I run 750 x 16 tubeless radials now. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 25 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 25 | about what is your guys's ground clearence (from the running boards)im not shure if the tire would just go into the fender or would it bring the body up,is thier something i could do that would be the equivilant of like a 3" suspension lift with out going full blown frame switch? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Recently I've swapped the 7.00x15 split rims for tubless radial 16.5” wheels. There were two like new 9.50R16.5 tires with the rims so I used them on the rear. For the front I bought new Cooper 8.75R16.5 tires and they are the same height as the original bias plies with the intention of replacing the 9.50’s with the smaller 8.75 tires some day. My running boards have over 12” of clearance, a little more with the bigger tires on the rear. I have no trouble with fender or frame clearance and can change the tires by just jacking up on the axles. Here are a couple of pics, just scroll forward. http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2780229790098611668IHElAc Denny Graham Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 231 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 231 | would the 1/2 AD trucks have the same tire size,if not how could i get 12-15" of clearence on my 49 1/2? | | |
|
|
