toyos vs silent armour

[osiris]

I am ready for new tires and I am pretty sure I have narrowed it down to the 33 inch toyo all terrains or the 33 inch silent armours... . what do you guys think? I am leaning towards the silent armours... .

 

[SSalzer]

I just put Toyo 35" all terrains on my truck about 2 weeks ago. So far I like them but it's too soon to give any kind of valuable opinion.

 

[BHolm]

The 285/70-17 sized silent armor has been pretty tough to come by. I had to order mine and wait over a month! It will be my second set though and the first set has over 50k miles on them. Excellent in the winter, durable off road. I used to run BFG AT's on my trucks but I like the GoodYears a LOT better. I am totally sold on them, good chocie in my book.

 

[donnier]

IV been doing some searching and was wondering why the tire web sites only show the 285 as a load range D for our trucks.

Do they make a load range E?

 

[BHolm]

The 285 is only availible in the D range. However, the 285 D has the same load carrying capacity and the stock 265 E tires.



Some people get all excited about having to have E rated tires, and I suspect you will hear from them shortly now that we have opened that can of worms



I will just share my personal experiences, and you can decide for yourself. I have run 285 D tires on all of my SRW trucks since 2001, four Dodges and two Chevy's. Two of the ucks hauled commercially for my business and were always loaded up to or beyond the trucks CGVWR. Most recently when moving household goods from MN to CO (three trips), my truck scaled at 24k+ and I ran it that way over all the steep and curving mtn passes CO has to offer. You will hear testimonials as to how D tires are unstable, blah, blah, blah. I never had any problems in hundreds of thousands of miles. No complaints from me or my professional drivers. Bottom line for me is that if the weight rating number on the sidewall is not exceeded, the tire is safe to carry that load. The letter is an antiquated guideline IMO. Now get ready for the barrage of E lovers:-laf

 

[JJPage]

My Toyos balanced up nice, and the ride is excellent, however they are wearing rather quickly, 12k and almost to the wear bars.

 

[DocDetonancour]

The 285 is only availible in the D range. However, the 285 D has the same load carrying capacity and the stock 265 E tires.



Some people get all excited about having to have E rated tires, and I suspect you will hear from them shortly now that we have opened that can of worms



I will just share my personal experiences, and you can decide for yourself. I have run 285 D tires on all of my SRW trucks since 2001, four Dodges and two Chevy's. Two of the ucks hauled commercially for my business and were always loaded up to or beyond the trucks CGVWR. Most recently when moving household goods from MN to CO (three trips), my truck scaled at 24k+ and I ran it that way over all the steep and curving mtn passes CO has to offer. You will hear testimonials as to how D tires are unstable, blah, blah, blah. I never had any problems in hundreds of thousands of miles. No complaints from me or my professional drivers. Bottom line for me is that if the weight rating number on the sidewall is not exceeded, the tire is safe to carry that load. The letter is an antiquated guideline IMO. Now get ready for the barrage of E lovers:-laf

My only ? is how much sag on the front end? I don't like to see sidewall sag. thanks, Doc

 

[BHolm]

I have the fronts at 45 psi, they are a little squished on the bottom but not too bad, and there is room for another 20 psi



I have scale tickets showing 6200 lbs on the rear axle, tires looked good at 65 psi and no overheating issues in the hot summer running across Nebraska at 80 mph for 8-9 hrs straight.



Doc, these new fangled radials are supposed to squish a little too ya know

 

[donnier]

Will the 285's fit on a stock 2 wheel drive with no lift without rubbing?

 

[Forrest Nearing]

I've run D rated tires that are rated for enough weight, and I've replaced them with E rated tires. I'll never run D rated tires on one of these trucks again. When coming to a stop w/ the big D's, the truck would kinda rock back and forth on them even at max pressure. went to a set of E rated, and coming to a stop and all other aspects of handling were greatly improved