My son has been loking for tires for his 3/4 ton in an E rated and they are usually rated for less mileage than the P rated tires in the same tire.....but I wouldn't use anything but an E rated if you haul heavy loads...
Tires for SUV - P or LT?
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I have never seen a LT tire have a rating - at least on tirerack (which posts the ratings that are easily to find).
This is an SUV so i dont see it needing an E rated tire like my Dodge/cummins ram did.. I was considering going with a C/D just for the extra sidewall strength.. Especially since mileage ratings are pretty hard to get warranty on..
Brian
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They all either have it in lbs or load range rating such as;
Load Index 100 = Load (lbs) 1764
That weight/load rating is always at maximum recommended inflation pressure.
Many, in fact nearly all tire builders have multiple tire tread patterns that come both in P-Metric and LT.
P-Metric M & S tires are as good in snow as LT tires with the same tread. If you never off road and you don't tow more than a couple thousand lbs, no point in paying for LT. But if you ever run through a frozen puddle like I did 25 years or so ago and the ice cuts the sidewall out and leaves you with a flat tire on 25 degree snowy day up a muddy lane, you'll want LT's.
Load Index 100 = Load (lbs) 1764
That weight/load rating is always at maximum recommended inflation pressure.
Many, in fact nearly all tire builders have multiple tire tread patterns that come both in P-Metric and LT.
P-Metric M & S tires are as good in snow as LT tires with the same tread. If you never off road and you don't tow more than a couple thousand lbs, no point in paying for LT. But if you ever run through a frozen puddle like I did 25 years or so ago and the ice cuts the sidewall out and leaves you with a flat tire on 25 degree snowy day up a muddy lane, you'll want LT's.
Well I just put the Yokohama's on my Dakota PU and I can tell they are a whole lot better than the Goodyears GS/A I think they were...These ride alot better down the road and I did some beach driveing last weekend and never needed 4 wheel drive with these where the Goodyears alway required 4 wheel in the soft stuff!! We get a fair amount of rain here to and they don't seem to spin near as bad from a start or around corners as did the Goodyears!! Mine were 265/70/16's and a guy at work bought a set 2 days later and his were as yours 265/75/16's from Discount Tire!
Mom, can you get off my forum please!
I love it...seriously though, as part of a technical consulting gig I had to read thru the entire case files of the Ford/Firestone debacle, I also spent countless hours with more tire engineers than one should ever have to. I will say I did learn a lot about the engineering that goes into tires.
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After 2 sets of p's ,OEM goodyear somethings (40K miles), Kuhmo ecsta (35K Miles) went with michelin LTX M/S's on the wife's 2006 Highlander. 45K and still look good and perform well. They handle better and have decent traction and ride. Overall much happier with the LT tire even for the added price.
I would have to look at the sticker - but i thought it only listed the tire size, not a brand/model...
So you would NOT recommend using an LT tire on a suv if it originally came with P tires?
Wouldnt this fall under Moss-magnoson act for parts - that says IF they dictate you must use certain parts, the parts must be provided to you (or something similar - in regards to using non OEM parts in repairs/service)
brian