Old Fart Truck Tires
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Topic: Old Fart Truck Tires
Posted By: Coke
Subject: Old Fart Truck Tires
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 1:09pm
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Looking for recommendations, suggestions, spitball ideas whatever. I'm resurrecting an old (1983) C10 Suburban, it's not 4WD, it's not lifted, I might stick a spool or a locker in the back, it's mainly for dragging stuff around the yard, runs to the lumber store and stuff. I like the idea of tall skinny, pizza cutter, tires on it, good for mud and snow. It's got the standard (I think) Chevy rims, 15x7 (as I measured) can I get away with putting a 7-15 tire on it, like these from the WalMart? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Power-King-LT7-00-15-Super-Traction-II-Tires/54988372" rel="nofollow - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Power-King-LT7-00-15-Super-Traction-II-Tires/54988372 It came with a 235/75R15 which is about an inch and a half wider.  ------------- 1957 D17 Diesel w/ M&W Pistons |
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 3:33pm
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Normally the tires are 1 or 2 inch WIDER than the rim... A 7 inch tire is 175 mm wide.. Thats pretty narrow for a truck... You would be further ahead with 8 inch ( 205 mm) or 9 inch (225 mm)...... Your present 235 mm are equal to 9.25 inch wide. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 3:39pm
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The tires your reference on the wal mart page are 7 inch wide and carry about 2000 pounds each.. So in theory they will fit on 7 inch rims and be adequate for a LIGHT duty truck... Problem is that Wal Mart might not install them on 7 inch rims... Need to see what their policy is... You would be better looking at 225 - 235 mm tires .. If you want cheap, i would do this.......  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 5:53pm
| Theres someone that used to own a tire shop on here, he should have advise |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 6:26pm
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If you wait, Walmart is having a Black Days sale on tires. I believe it starts Nov 4. ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 9:50pm
| they should work Coke, i like the tread! |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 11:17pm
| You know those are a bias pyl tire. Suburbans are heavy don't go narrower than the 235 it came with. |
Posted By: Hyperpack
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2020 at 10:21am
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My Dad called those Tarpaper tires because they were hard rubber and had No traction. I had them on a truck 30 years ago they made lots of noise and wore like iron but wouldnt pull anything in the snow. I finally put them on a trailer and put on some old worn radials that pulled 50 times better. Hyperpack
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2020 at 9:25pm
| shucks...i still have some of them Firestone tires that got recalled on some of my burbs and pickups, they are still going strong and keeping me unstuck! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 12:02am
| Dale, I sold hundreds of that very same tire. 7:00x 15. It will work pretty darn good on your burban. There is a better traction tire. It is a Jetzon Dual Bite. We had guys using them on the back of 1/2 ton 2x4 pickups hauling firewood outta the timber. They are both noisy on the pavement. I just tried to google Jetson Dual Bites. They must have discontinued them. There is nothing like them on Jetsons web page |
Posted By: Coke
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 6:24pm
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Yeah, I do want cheap, but I also want it to look a bit better, even if it's in the shed 90% of the time. I thought 7-15's were spec'd for the rim they went on? Like they are about 8" wide in reality? But I'm no tire guy. Jetzon have a Trailcutter M&S is that anything like the Dual Bite? Googling DualBite all I see is someone saying they switched to the Traction King after they couldn't find the dual bite anymore. ------------- 1957 D17 Diesel w/ M&W Pistons |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 6:57pm
| 7-15's really are for a 6" rim I had power king bias plus on my jeep they really are a crap tire my 47 cj2a needed tall skinny tire they were tall and skinny fair traction in mud and snow no traction on the road noisy road very bad and lumped for the first couple miles every morning. A cheap a/s radial has better traction and much better ride |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 7:34pm
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You better check with Wal Mart on the INSTALL... I DOUBT any installer will put 7 inch tires on a 7 inch rim.... And when they find out you are putting them on a 6000 pounds truck, im guessing they will say NO. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 12:58am
| Coke. The tire is nothing like the dual bite. The tread on the dual bite looks real similar to the tread on the Goodyear bias ply 9:50 x16.5 of the 1980's. I spent an hour looking for the wholesale warehouse we bought them from. I could not find a phone number for them. I do remember the name, Moore tire out of North West Missouri. We were in northwest Missouri 2 months ago. I saw one of their delivery trucks on the road. Sorry I cannot find anything more than that. |
Posted By: fixer1958
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 7:00am
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Mud and snow I would go with a more open tread so they don't load up in sticky mud. Snow potentially OK, ice would be useless. Something on this order. Nothing is cheap. https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_atf_next_aps_sr_pg2_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A00559072J3NEE1D5J0XE&url=%2FCavalry-RL1254-LT235-75R15-Rated%2Fdp%2FB07M5HH3RM%2Fref%3Dsr_1_17_sspa%3Fdchild%3D1%26keywords%3D235-75-15%2Btires%26qid%3D1603627145%26sr%3D8-17-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1603627144&id=5702731147265090&widgetName=sp_atf_next" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 10:23am
| I currently have 235 80r16 s load range Es on my suburban they are to small. The good thing about skinny tires on a heavy suburban they wear out real fast it's been 2 years ane they need to be replaced soon. My 454 powered 3/4 ton HD 4wd is just to heavy on any thin less than packed gravel it sinks. It's getting the same 265s my one ton has real soon |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 5:29pm
| Went back to 285s on my Ford 250 Lead sled 7.3. Front end on narrow tires just headed for paydirt. |
Posted By: Coke
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2020 at 9:00am
 This is the sort of ratio of rubber to wheel I'm looking for (nice style tread too) what size should I be looking at for a 15x7 rim then? ------------- 1957 D17 Diesel w/ M&W Pistons |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2020 at 9:32am
| Those were a 90 series tire. 80 series is the tallest you can get in a radial but you'll have to go to a 16" rim. In a 15" I think 75 are all you can get. If your dead set on the 700-15 bias tire you should go down to a 6" wide rim. And you'll wind up buying your tires as take outs no dealer will mount them on your suburban. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2020 at 12:56pm
the closest your going to come to that tread is probably something like the snow tire that FIXER posted the link to.
 ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |