Marcusjolaine

Camping at Mingus Mountain, AZ

EcoboostKev

Beautiful area!!! And beautiful Outback!! Welcome to the Outback family!

Dirttracker18

IMO your problems start there. An LT tire makes a significant difference I handling a heavy load. Any sway your TT exhibits will be amplified and more difficult to control with P tires. The sidewalks just cannot handle the lateral loads.

Marcusjolaine

Thanks for you input. These are the standard tires Ford put on the truck from the factory. I'm surprised they would put a 4ply, passenger car rated car tire on a truck that would was spec'ed with the max tow package.

Marcusjolaine

Thanks,

Do you know any Outback owners forum's? Keystone has a generalize one but not broke down by brand.

brulaz

Afraid all the manufacturers do that with their "half-tons". They are setup for the best ride *unloaded* as that's how most people use them most of the time: grocery-getters and commuters.

You may get some help when loaded by pumping up the P-rated tires to the max pressure on their sidewall. I understand some newer P rated tires go all the way up to 51psi max and some people are happy with that when loaded. Especially if they don't tow/haul frequently, they can then lower the pressure for day-to-day.

For me though, LT tires are the way to go.

Marcusjolaine

Thanks for the info. on the P-rated. Max PSI is 44 and I had them at 40. I didn't think to adjust them until after the trip. I'm surprised that little bit of air difference would make that big a difference in handling. Again they are a 4ply.
Did you go with the E rated, 10ply for you LT tires? If so, what brand and style? Do you like them? I've been shopping and they all look like really aggressive tires for towing.

NelloSR

I have a Maxtow, same issue. I am running the Bridgestone Duelers 10 ply, load range E. No issues in the last 45K miles.

venatic

You guys are killing me! Our first time to go out, I got sick and we had to cancel. Being on call makes it hard to find a weekend to get out.

brulaz

I've got a 4x2, so went with All-Seasons instead of All-Terrains usually used on 4x4s. I also sold my 20" alloys and got some 17" alloys because the LT's were a lot cheaper in size for some reason.

Ended up with Michelin LTX MS/2 LT245/75R17E, run them at 50psi.
Have put 44,000km on them, mostly loaded up. They've been a good tire. Lots of tread left. They're warrantied to 115,000km.

My original Pirelli P's also had a 44psi max, but the yellow sticker on the door jamb said 35psi for every day driving.