All terrain tires for ocasional use in sand
04-26-2024, 11:54 PM
#11
From someone who lives in the desert, any street tire will be fine. Like mentioned it's all about floating on the sand. You mentioned you have 20s, so I'm make sure to get a tire with decent side wall to manage when you air down. Personally, I prefer the all terrain tires. Find one with a smoother look like yokohama Geolanders, these last forever.
05-01-2024, 03:48 PM
#12
The "E" rated tires weigh more, ~10 lbs per tire, which will reduce your miles per gallon and possibly other performance areas of the truck such as acceleration and braking. More rotational mass to get started and to try to stop.
20" Rim - Falken Wildpeak A/T3W
275/55R20 XL - 48.1 Lbs
LT275/55R20 D - 56.4 Lbs
275/60R20 SL - 47.8 Lbs
LT275/60R20 D - 58.2 Lbs
The above are the "D" rated tires that Falken sells in the same size as the "P" truck tires for the F150 standard size, they don't offer "E" rated in that size. That being said, the "E" rated will be even higher weight due to the thicker sidewall.
The ride will also be harsh and you will feel the small bumps more on an "E" rated tire if you are not loaded with a bunch of weight as the sidewall will not have any give, especially the rear with very little weight on over the tires.
20" Rim - Falken Wildpeak A/T3W
275/55R20 XL - 48.1 Lbs
LT275/55R20 D - 56.4 Lbs
275/60R20 SL - 47.8 Lbs
LT275/60R20 D - 58.2 Lbs
The above are the "D" rated tires that Falken sells in the same size as the "P" truck tires for the F150 standard size, they don't offer "E" rated in that size. That being said, the "E" rated will be even higher weight due to the thicker sidewall.
The ride will also be harsh and you will feel the small bumps more on an "E" rated tire if you are not loaded with a bunch of weight as the sidewall will not have any give, especially the rear with very little weight on over the tires.
There are some nice lightweight Load Range C tires out there. I was running a set of 315/70R17 Wrangler Territory MT's that come in at 52 lbs. With my 17" wheels the whole setup was only 77 lbs.
For sand you wanna air down to get as much surface area. The lower the better within reason, 15-17 psi is probably about as low as you would wanna go. When I would snow wheel my 1995 4Runner in the winter I would air down to ~5 psi so that the tires were like tank treads and it was pretty unstoppable.
Also, a narrower tread is a good thing. It will cut through the sand better. Contrary to popular belief, wider tires do not have a larger contact patch, its actually just wider and shorter at the same PSI as a narrower tire. So having the narrower longer tread contact patch means you are not push as wide of a trough through the sand.
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