Does new 3500's come with 17' wheels

[Hemmen1]

If so how much more of a "weight rating" do they carry over my 2001 3500 that has 235/85R/16's. Also, I'm just guessing 17' wheels would be able to get more miles out of. Do people recap 17' wheels?



Darren

 

[David Muench]

They do - 17x6" on the dually. I don't know about the tire ratings though.

 

[KCJackson]

LT235/85R16E - 3042 pounds at 80 psi

LT235/80R17E - 3085 pounds at 80 psi

 

[Barry]

That's reason # 413 that I bought a 2002 and not a 2003. Who in the world makes 17" tires and does anyone have a clue as to what they will cost??? Where do folks come up with these ideas???

 

[dmurdock]

Barry, i think the real big shock will be for the people who bought the 1500's with the 20" wheels :--)

 

[Terry]

What the heck would have been wrong with 19. 5s???

 

[Barry]

Hey Pop, I never thought about the 20 inchers!! You would probably have to pay off the truck and finance the tires... ... ... ... .

 

[David Muench]

Originally posted by Barry

That's reason # 413 that I bought a 2002 and not a 2003. Who in the world makes 17" tires and does anyone have a clue as to what they will cost??? Where do folks come up with these ideas???

Actually, I've been looking into that for my truck. I've found a lot more 17" rim size tires than I expected. Some are expensive, some are not. 37" SSR's for 17" rims are actually significantly cheaper than 35" SSR's for 16. 5's. So I'm pretty happy there.



And I think they came up with the idea so they could fit the rims over the new giant disc brakes. Cool with me.



Why they didn't make 19. 5's an option on the dually? Dunno. .

 

[Swayse]

wifes truck

Wife has a 1500 with 20" wheels, $130 each for the tires. Really not that bad for 275 60 20 , and that's a 33" tire.

 

[nickleinonen]

if i could get factory 20's on the hd ram, i think i would do that. when the factory ones wore out, toss on some nitto or toyo 325/50/20's. my truck will be 4x4, but will never really see the dirt. don't need 4x really, but cheaper up front to take the option... and it is good in winter [with some 33x12. 5x17 tires on maybe used factory 17" steel or alloys]

 

[Jeremiah]

Weight ratings

Speaking in terms of payload, the '03 3500 Dodge w/the Cummins engine and SWR is eclipsed by Ford and Chevy (not that I'd want either one).



The Ford single-wheel rear-end crew cab hauls 3450 lbs. A 2500 crew cab Chevy (they don't offer a single wheel 1-ton) hauls 3931 lbs. Dodge? Well, it hauls 2700 lbs.



It's damned embarrassing, considering how far ahead of the competition CD says the Dodge truck is. Dodges may be heavy pullers but they sure ain't heavy haulers.



And guess what? It won't take Ford and Chevy long to point this out either.

 

[KCJackson]

Dodge lists the following payloads for the 3500 Quad SRW:

- Cummins shortbed 2wd 5M - 3510

- Cummins shortbed 2wd 4A - 3560

- Cummins shortbed 4wd 5M - 3030

- Cummins shortbed 4wd 4A - 3080

- Cummins HO shortbed 2wd 5M - 3370

- Cummins HO shortbed 4wd 5M - 2900



The longbed reduces payload by 130 pounds, the SLT reduces an additional 100 pounbds.



Make sure that the Ford and GM numbers are for their diesels, too. Dodge only offers the Cummins in the 3500 Quad SRW. If Dodge offered the 5. 7L Hemi in the same truck, the payload would increase by 630 pounds over the standard-output Cummins, giving a rating as high as 4140.

 

[Jeremiah]

Payloads

Yup, the numbers do go down for the long box Quad in the 6-speed trannie. I checked 'em several times and tried as best I could to get 'em to go up. But according to the numbers Steve furnished, it's 2700 lbs.



And I am positive about the Ford being 3450 lbs. Coulda missed the Chevy numbers because I got 'em off the 'Net.



Think maybe we could up the Dodge numbers by running 10-ply commercial tires?